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Mississippi fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 753 deaths in 678 fatal crashes in Mississippi in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 25.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Mississippi and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.81 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Mississippi and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Mississippi was number 1 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Mississippi rose by 2.7% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 69.8% of the fatal crashes in Mississippi with a known setting were rural, against 42.7% in the United States.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.

The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Mississippi by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this state has a change on record.

County map

Figure 2.Counties of Mississippi by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Adams County: 13.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAlcorn County: 25.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAmite County: 36.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAttala County: 28.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBenton County: 48.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBolivar County: 25.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCalhoun County: 28.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCarroll County: 34.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChickasaw County: 31.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChoctaw County: 23.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClaiborne County: 48.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClarke County: 27.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClay County: 18.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCoahoma County: 27.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCopiah County: 39.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCovington County: 53.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDeSoto County: 12.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearForrest County: 22.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFranklin County: 26.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGeorge County: 32.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreene County: 32.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrenada County: 38.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHancock County: 24.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarrison County: 14.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHinds County: 23.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHolmes County: 46.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHumphreys County: 41.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearIssaquena County: 76.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearItawamba County: 27.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJackson County: 18.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJasper County: 44.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJefferson County: 40.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJefferson Davis County: 48.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJones County: 20.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKemper County: 52.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLafayette County: 18.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLamar County: 16.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLauderdale County: 24.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLawrence County: 22.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLeake County: 34.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLee County: 21.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLeflore County: 20.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLincoln County: 27.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLowndes County: 17.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMadison County: 12.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarion County: 27.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarshall County: 50.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMonroe County: 25.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMontgomery County: 29.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNeshoba County: 35.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNewton County: 24.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNoxubee County: 39.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOktibbeha County: 16.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPanola County: 40.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPearl River County: 26.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPerry County: 44.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPike County: 31.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPontotoc County: 27.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPrentiss County: 24.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearQuitman County: 47.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRankin County: 12.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearScott County: 42.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSharkey County: 37.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSimpson County: 26.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSmith County: 23.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStone County: 29.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSunflower County: 24.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTallahatchie County: 26.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTate County: 34.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTippah County: 23.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTishomingo County: 29.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTunica County: 57.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUnion County: 24.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWalthall County: 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWarren County: 24.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 32.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWayne County: 31.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWebster County: 18.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWilkinson County: 38.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWinston County: 24.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearYalobusha County: 37.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearYazoo County: 23.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 100 counties
  • 10 to 14.95 counties
  • 15 to 19.98 counties
  • 20 to 29.936 counties
  • 30 or more33 counties

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county.

In words: 0 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 5 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 8 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 36 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 33 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Mississippi: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County29,77644213.9
Alcorn County34,616149225.7
Amite County12,50044536.0
Attala County17,243115228.9
Benton County7,56063848.0
Bolivar County28,52357725.1
Calhoun County12,71553928.5
Carroll County9,38503434.4
Chickasaw County16,79475431.7
Choctaw County8,0911 or 21923.2
Claiborne County8,09264348.7
Clarke County15,20934327.7
Clay County18,23943618.9
Coahoma County20,04135927.0
Copiah County27,629511039.0
Covington County18,04289953.3
DeSoto County196,8482122312.0
Forrest County78,8132717322.5
Franklin County7,52902026.1
George County25,84698032.6
Greene County13,68744432.3
Grenada County20,918138238.8
Hancock County46,5101011224.0
Harrison County214,5942430814.8
Hinds County212,7185952923.1
Holmes County15,63867946.5
Humphreys County7,12343341.8
Issaquena County1,2881 or 21076.3
Itawamba County24,19056627.8
Jackson County146,8992626318.3
Jasper County15,86847244.2
Jefferson County6,8871 or 22940.6
Jefferson Davis County11,03145448.1
Jones County66,1011613920.6
Kemper County8,56634952.5
Lafayette County60,0751310318.4
Lamar County66,9141410716.7
Lauderdale County70,5271417824.1
Lawrence County11,73842722.1
Leake County21,592107734.9
Lee County83,3291618021.4
Leflore County26,16285820.6
Lincoln County35,005129527.5
Lowndes County57,2101410217.4
Madison County114,9151314012.9
Marion County24,08656827.6
Marshall County34,4092017650.6
Monroe County33,45379025.9
Montgomery County9,4361 or 22929.5
Neshoba County28,817710235.0
Newton County21,03565224.5
Noxubee County9,86984139.5
Oktibbeha County51,756138216.2
Panola County32,7191313540.3
Pearl River County59,0131514826.2
Perry County11,448105244.3
Pike County38,9991812631.8
Pontotoc County31,99178827.8
Prentiss County25,30486224.6
Quitman County5,52733147.8
Rankin County160,8932819312.4
Scott County27,920711942.4
Sharkey County3,1991 or 21537.9
Simpson County25,61847026.6
Smith County14,03643523.3
Stone County19,46175529.6
Sunflower County23,10966324.9
Tallahatchie County10,96163526.9
Tate County28,62699734.2
Tippah County21,4691 or 25123.4
Tishomingo County18,60345729.9
Tunica County9,11165657.6
Union County28,37957024.7
Walthall County13,84562719.1
Warren County42,1381611024.6
Washington County41,2182414232.0
Wayne County19,79996331.4
Webster County10,0451 or 21818.2
Wilkinson County7,82043338.7
Winston County17,458114424.6
Yalobusha County12,46074637.1
Yazoo County23,16636223.2

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 3.Deaths in Mississippi by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 949 (2000)2024: 753

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Mississippi: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202475367825.51.81
202373366724.91.79
202270364623.91.76
202176669526.01.88
202074868525.31.89
201964258021.61.56
201866359622.21.63
201768560922.91.68
201668762523.01.69
201567760422.61.70
201460754320.3n/a
201361355820.5n/a
201258250719.5n/a
201163056721.1n/a
201064158121.6n/a
200970063123.7n/a
200878371126.6n/a
200788480430.2n/a
200691181231.4n/a
200593184032.0n/a
200490078631.2n/a
200387278630.4n/a
200288576931.0n/a
200178470427.5n/a
200094984633.3n/a
1999927832n/an/a
1998948842n/an/a
1997861741n/an/a
1996811695n/an/a
1995868738n/an/a
1994791689n/an/a
1993813697n/an/a
1992766649n/an/a
1991714606n/an/a
1990750629n/an/a
1989727621n/an/a
1988722632n/an/a
1987756657n/an/a
1986771670n/an/a
1985662582n/an/a
1984679594n/an/a
1983715626n/an/a
1982730617n/an/a
1981744632n/an/a
1980695603n/an/a
1979715630n/an/a
1978784670n/an/a
1977684578n/an/a
1976581496n/an/a
1975546483n/an/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.Mississippi beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodMississippiUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202425.511.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year23.811.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.811.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.741.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Mississippi had 2,950,172 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Mississippi had 41,554 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Mississippi: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 6,385 fatal crashes1,1796,385 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 6,385 fatal crashes9456,385 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 5,134 occupant deaths with restraint use known2,7215,134 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 7,057 deaths8167,057 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 7,057 deaths947,057 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 7,057 deaths4747,057 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 6,344 fatal crashes with the condition reported4,4316,344 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 6,300 fatal crashes with the condition reported2,9436,300 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Mississippi: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday3161722552731,016
Monday114203250214781
Tuesday113193260259825
Wednesday100194270252816
Thursday118204260274856
Friday1431993103731,025
Saturday2651862663471,064
All days1,1691,3511,8711,9926,383

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Mississippi: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate78312.3%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways280.4%4.4%
Other principal arterial1,77427.9%29.8%
Minor arterial1,40122.1%22.1%
Major collector1,22419.3%15.5%
Minor collector4156.5%3.4%
Local72311.4%12.2%
Not reported37n/an/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Routes

51 signed routes in Mississippi have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Mississippi

Interstate routes

Official channels

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to .

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Mississippi in ten years?

FARS records 7,057 deaths in 6,385 fatal crashes in Mississippi from 2015 to 2024. It records 7,282 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in Mississippi?

Mississippi had 753 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 1.9 percent.

How many fatal crashes in Mississippi had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 1,179 of 6,385 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 945 of them.

How many pages does Mississippi have?

Mississippi has 82 county pages, 51 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.