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US Route 90

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 443Deaths 473Counties 19Latest data year 2024

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024. The route is the trafficway recorded for each crash (FARS TWAY_ID); the same route number in another state has its own page.

US Route 90 in Florida was the trafficway in 443 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 473 people died.

That is 1.5% of the 30,387 fatal crashes in Florida over the same years. The ten-year crash count rose 40% from 317 in 2005–2014 to 443 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Duval County (128), Escambia County (79) and Leon County (45) and 16 other counties.

19.2% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Florida: 20.7%) and 9.3% had a speeding-related driver (9.8%); pedestrians were 29.0% and motorcyclists 16.5% of those killed.

443fatal crashes, 2015–2024+40% vs 2005–2014
473people killed1.1 per fatal crash
19%with a drinking driverFlorida: 21%
9%speeding-relatedFlorida: 10%

Fatal crashes per year

034672000200520102015202020242000: 25 crashes2001: 31 crashes2002: 27 crashes2003: 45 crashes2004: 34 crashes2005: 44 crashes2006: 25 crashes2007: 46 crashes2008: 27 crashes2009: 32 crashes2010: 33 crashes2011: 30 crashes2012: 29 crashes2013: 28 crashes2014: 23 crashes2015: 37 crashes2016: 34 crashes2017: 45 crashes2018: 42 crashes2019: 42 crashes2020: 54 crashes2021: 67 crashes2022: 41 crashes2023: 45 crashes2024: 36 crashes
Fatal crashes on US Route 90 (FL) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 36 crashes.

Route identification in FARS is consistent from 2000; earlier years are not shown. Shaded band: the ten-year window used for the shares below.

Compared with all fatal crashes in Florida

MeasureUS Route 90Florida
Fatal crashes, 2015–202444330,387
Deaths, 2015–202447332,681
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Share of state fatal crashes1.5%100%
Change vs previous ten years+40%+19%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking19.2%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver9.3%
Pedestriansshare of people killed29%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed16.5%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes57.3%

tick marks the Florida share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties along the route

#CountyFatal crashes on US-90Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Duval County12829%1,498
2Escambia County7918%553
3Leon County4510%336
4Walton County317%209
5Gadsden County297%134
6Santa Rosa County286%201
7Columbia County266%217
8Jackson County164%150
9Okaloosa County164%289
10Suwannee County133%152
11Baker County92%61
12Holmes County61%62
13Madison County61%66
14Jefferson County41%41
15Washington County31%68
16Bay County10%321
17Broward County10%2,318
18Miami-Dade County10%2,902
19Nassau County10%148

Hour of day

12am5.9%
1am3.2%
2am2.3%
3am1.8%
4am2.3%
5am2.9%
6am3.6%
7am3.2%
8am2.5%
9am2.7%
10am3.6%
11am2.9%
12pm2.9%
1pm3.4%
2pm2.7%
3pm3.8%
4pm4.7%
5pm6.5%
6pm6.8%
7pm8.8%
8pm6.1%
9pm8.4%
10pm4.5%
11pm4.5%

Share of fatal crashes on US Route 90 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Florida share for all roads.

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Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on US Route 90 in Florida?

443 fatal crashes with 473 deaths over 2015–2024, per NHTSA's FARS. The route is the trafficway recorded for the crash; the same numbered route in another state has its own page.

Which counties along US Route 90 had the most fatal crashes?

Duval County (128), Escambia County (79), Leon County (45), Walton County (31) and Gadsden County (29).

What share of crashes on US Route 90 involved alcohol or speeding?

19.2% had a driver reported as drinking and 9.3% a speeding-related driver, against 20.7% and 9.8% for all fatal crashes in Florida.

When do fatal crashes happen on US Route 90?

57.3% of the crashes were between 6pm and 6am. The hour chart on this page shows the full distribution.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, annual national CSV files 2000–2024 (accident, vehicle and person tables), public domain. Route pages are built for signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology and corrections.