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Residents 2,943,045Deaths 2024 753Deaths 2015–2024 7,057Counties 82Routes with pages 51

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.

Mississippi recorded 753 deaths in 678 fatal crashes in 2024, the latest year in NHTSA's FARS, and 7,057 deaths over 2015–2024.

That is 23.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about 2.0 times the national rate of 11.8. The ten-year total was about level between 2005–2014 (7,282) and 2015–2024 (7,057).

Relative to the national shares, alcohol (a driver reported as drinking) stands out most: 18.5% of fatal crashes against 26.3% nationally. 69.8% of the state's fatal crashes were on rural roads and 46.7% happened after dark.

Among counties with at least 50 deaths in the ten years, the highest rates per 100,000 residents were in Tunica County (57.6), Covington County (53.4) and Marshall County (50.6).

753deaths in 2024678 fatal crashes
23.8per 100,000 residents a year, 2015–2024US 11.8
-3%ten-year change in deaths7,282 → 7,057
19%crashes with a drinking driverUS 26%

Trend since 1975

0475949197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 546 deaths1976: 581 deaths1977: 684 deaths1978: 784 deaths1979: 715 deaths1980: 695 deaths1981: 744 deaths1982: 730 deaths1983: 715 deaths1984: 679 deaths1985: 662 deaths1986: 771 deaths1987: 756 deaths1988: 722 deaths1989: 727 deaths1990: 750 deaths1991: 714 deaths1992: 766 deaths1993: 813 deaths1994: 791 deaths1995: 868 deaths1996: 811 deaths1997: 861 deaths1998: 948 deaths1999: 927 deaths2000: 949 deaths2001: 784 deaths2002: 885 deaths2003: 872 deaths2004: 900 deaths2005: 931 deaths2006: 911 deaths2007: 884 deaths2008: 783 deaths2009: 700 deaths2010: 641 deaths2011: 630 deaths2012: 582 deaths2013: 613 deaths2014: 607 deaths2015: 677 deaths2016: 687 deaths2017: 685 deaths2018: 663 deaths2019: 642 deaths2020: 748 deaths2021: 766 deaths2022: 703 deaths2023: 733 deaths2024: 753 deaths
People killed in crashes in Mississippi by year, 1975–2024. Latest point: 2024, 753 deaths.

Rate per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024

017332000200520102015202020242000: 33.32001: 27.52002: 312003: 30.42004: 31.22005: 322006: 31.42007: 30.22008: 26.62009: 23.72010: 21.62011: 21.12012: 19.52013: 20.52014: 20.32015: 22.62016: 232017: 22.92018: 22.22019: 21.62020: 25.32021: 262022: 23.92023: 24.92024: 25.6
Deaths per 100,000 residents in Mississippi and nationally, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 25.6. this page United States

Year pages: 20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975

Compared with the nation

MeasureMississippiUnited States
Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2015–202423.811.8
Deaths per 100,000 residents, 202425.611.5
Deaths, 2015–20247,057389,190
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Change vs previous ten years-3%+7%
Share of the national toll1.8%100%

Factors

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking18.5%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver14.8%
Pedestriansshare of people killed11.6%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed6.7%
Unrestrainedoccupant deaths with no restraint used53%
In darknesscrashes after dark46.7%
Rural roadscrashes on rural roads69.8%

tick marks the US 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 ranked by rate

Deaths per 100,000 residents a year over 2015–2024. Small counties on through routes can rank high on few deaths; the deaths column gives the scale. Counties with fewer than 10 fatal crashes in the ten years show no factor shares.

#CountyResidentsDeaths 2015–2024Per 100k / yrDeaths 2024AlcoholSpeeding
1Issaquena County1,2951076.21–2——
2Tunica County9,1575657.6621%13%
3Covington County18,0159953.4816%15%
4Kemper County8,5624952.5324%18%
5Marshall County34,37417650.62015%20%
6Claiborne County8,1224348.6649%17%
7Jefferson Davis County11,0595448.1417%2%
8Benton County7,5663848.0614%8%
9Quitman County5,5423147.8331%7%
10Holmes County15,5607946.6630%7%
11Perry County11,4065244.31011%11%
12Jasper County15,7997244.249%19%
13Scott County27,66611942.4715%15%
14Humphreys County7,1213341.9423%13%
15Jefferson County6,9002940.61–233%15%
16Panola County32,76413540.31322%16%
17Noxubee County9,8254139.688%8%
18Copiah County27,53611039.0516%8%
19Grenada County20,9318238.81310%13%
20Wilkinson County7,8203338.7416%16%
21Sharkey County3,2341537.81–217%25%
22Yalobusha County12,4584637.179%9%
23Amite County12,4514536.0423%12%
24Neshoba County28,97310235.0719%8%
25Leake County21,4627734.91019%14%
26Carroll County9,3783434.4019%3%
27Tate County28,5519734.2930%11%
28George County25,8808032.6921%15%
29Greene County13,6754432.3420%20%
30Washington County41,18114232.02416%12%
31Pike County38,98012631.81825%15%
32Chickasaw County16,7745431.7711%11%
33Wayne County19,7496331.4918%4%
34Tishomingo County18,5535729.9430%2%
35Stone County19,5695529.6730%17%
36Montgomery County9,4112929.51–215%11%
37Attala County17,2225228.91119%16%
38Calhoun County12,7543928.4525%17%
39Pontotoc County32,0148827.8724%14%
40Itawamba County24,1986627.8514%14%
41Marion County24,0086827.7513%15%
42Clarke County15,1554327.7310%13%
43Lincoln County34,9569527.51214%19%
44Coahoma County20,1055926.9320%8%
45Tallahatchie County10,9213526.9613%6%
46Simpson County25,5977026.6412%11%
47Pearl River County59,03014826.21523%16%
48Franklin County7,5162026.1015%0%
49Monroe County33,4839025.9720%15%
50Alcorn County34,2289225.81416%12%
51Bolivar County28,3957725.1510%18%
52Sunflower County23,0296324.9622%7%
53Union County28,3637024.7510%10%
54Warren County42,10511024.61618%18%
55Prentiss County25,4896224.6825%7%
56Winston County17,4184424.61119%14%
57Newton County21,0635224.5623%13%
58Lauderdale County70,58817824.11414%19%
59Hancock County46,49211224.01017%18%
60Tippah County21,4235123.41–216%11%
61Yazoo County23,0246223.2316%14%
62Smith County14,0513523.2418%6%
63Choctaw County8,0911923.21–212%24%
64Hinds County211,97552923.15916%21%
65Forrest County78,43517322.52711%9%
66Lawrence County11,6722722.1428%4%
67Lee County83,01218021.41618%13%
68Jones County65,83713920.61610%16%
69Leflore County26,1575820.6820%4%
70Walthall County13,8392719.1627%19%
71Clay County18,2133618.9428%14%
72Lafayette County59,84310318.41322%7%
73Jackson County147,00226318.32626%17%
74Webster County10,0391818.21–225%31%
75Lowndes County57,21010217.41415%14%
76Lamar County66,73410716.71412%14%
77Oktibbeha County51,9658216.21325%14%
78Harrison County213,73030814.82419%22%
79Adams County28,6744214.0434%24%
80Madison County114,24714012.91326%17%
81Rankin County160,57319312.42817%21%
82DeSoto County195,87122312.02118%22%

Routes with the most fatal crashes

#RouteTypeFatal crashesDeathsAlcoholSpeeding
1Interstate 55Interstate29934314%10%
2US Route 49US highway27630414%9%
3US Route 61US highway16919619%12%
4Interstate 20Interstate15017315%13%
5US Route 45US highway14316211%4%
6US Route 82US highway13715816%9%
7Interstate 59Interstate1221408%13%
8Interstate 10Interstate10812222%12%
9US Route 98US highway10712415%8%
10State Route 15State highway10111513%14%
11US Route 90US highway9510225%18%
12US Route 84US highway81899%5%
13US Route 51US highway818820%15%
14State Route 25State highway799123%5%
15State Route 35State highway717913%10%
16US Route 72US highway688110%10%
17US Route 80US highway687510%18%
18State Route 16State highway678315%9%
19US Route 278US highway667923%8%
20State Route 18State highway627118%5%
21State Route 43State highway596415%9%
22State Route 12State highway557122%13%
23State Route 63State highway545919%7%
24Interstate 22Interstate526110%10%
25State Route 19State highway50518%6%
26State Route 13State highway495214%0%
27State Route 4State highway485610%8%
28State Route 302State highway47499%15%
29US Route 11US highway455416%18%
30State Route 8State highway39458%15%

Signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024; 51 routes in Mississippi qualify. Local streets and county roads are not listed. Long routes carry more traffic and so more crashes; this is a count, not a rate.

Time of day and day of week

12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat

Fatal crashes in Mississippi by weekday and hour, 2015–2024: darker cells are busier. 6,383 crashes with a known hour and weekday.

By weekday

Saturday17%
Friday16%
Sunday16%
Thursday13%
Tuesday13%
Wednesday13%
Monday12%

Light condition

Daylight49%
Dark, not lighted35%
Dark, lighted10%
Dawn2%
Dusk2%
Dark, lighting unknown2%

Road type

Other principal arterial28%
Minor arterial22%
Major collector19%
Interstate12%
Local11%
Minor collector7%
Other freeways and expressways0%

FHWA functional classes (FARS FUNC_SYS), share of fatal crashes with a reported class; tick marks the national share. What the classes mean.

Questions and answers

How many people died in crashes in Mississippi in 2024?

753 people in 678 fatal crashes, per NHTSA's FARS annual file. Over 2015–2024 the total is 7,057.

How does Mississippi compare with the national rate?

23.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year over 2015–2024, against 11.8 nationally; in 2024 alone, 25.6 against 11.5.

Which counties in Mississippi have the most fatal crashes?

By deaths over 2015–2024: Hinds County (529), Harrison County (308) and Jackson County (263). The county table ranks by rate per 100,000 residents instead, which is a fairer comparison across sizes.

What share of fatal crashes in Mississippi involved alcohol or speeding?

18.5% of fatal crashes in 2015–2024 had a driver reported as drinking (US: 26.3%) and 14.8% had a speeding-related driver (US: 27.2%).

Which routes in Mississippi have the most fatal crashes?

Interstate 55 (299 fatal crashes, 2015–2024), US Route 49 (276 fatal crashes, 2015–2024) and US Route 61 (169 fatal crashes, 2015–2024). Route pages exist for signed routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in the ten years.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System annual files 1975–2024; US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology, sources and corrections.