Car accident statistics for Volusia County, Florida (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Volusia County by year

Car accident deaths rose from 112 in 2020 to 120 in 2021, then fell to 111 in 2022, 95 in 2023 and 82 in 2024. The highest count was in 2021, and the lowest was in 2024. The 2024 count was 30 deaths lower than the 2020 count. Across the reporting period, the average was 104.0 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths followed the same annual direction: 137 in 2020, 148 in 2021, 131 in 2022, 110 in 2023 and 108 in 2024. The car accident shares were 81.8%, 81.1%, 84.7%, 86.4% and 75.9%, respectively. The highest share occurred in 2023, rather than the year with the highest death count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Volusia County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 267 deaths, or 51.3% of car accident deaths in Volusia County during 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 111 deaths, or 21.3%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 142 deaths, or 27.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

These categories classify people killed in the selected passenger-vehicle-involved crashes. They do not limit the death count to passenger vehicle occupants. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) follows the FARS classification, which can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Angle (side impact) accounted for 112 deaths (21.5%); Head-on, 77 (14.8%); Rear-end, 68 (13.1%); Sideswipe, 13 (2.5%); and Other, 1 (0.2%). Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 249 car accident deaths (47.9%), the largest row.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. The latter category means that event was not a collision between motor vehicles in transport. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic; the classification does not test whether another vehicle was physically moving.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 200 car accident deaths, or 38.5%, in Volusia County from 2020 through 2024. Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 320 deaths, or 61.5%. The nighttime count was higher than the daytime count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The land-use classification recorded 417 deaths as Urban (80.2%), 100 as Rural (19.2%) and 3 as Unknown (0.6%). Urban was the largest category. Crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 30 car accident deaths, representing 5.8% of the county's car accident deaths during the reporting period.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Volusia County's rate was 18.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That was higher than Florida's 13.3 and the national rate of 10.5. Among the listed neighboring counties, Marion County had the highest rate at 23.1, followed by Lake County at 13.9, Brevard County at 13.1 and Orange County at 10.9. Volusia's rate was lower than Marion's and higher than the other listed neighbors' rates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These car accident rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Volusia's separately displayed 2024 population estimate of 601,107 is not the denominator used for this calculation.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Recorded characteristics cover all fatal crashes in Volusia County, of any vehicle type, rather than just car accident crashes. Shares use all traffic deaths: Speeding-related, 12.3%; Roadway departure, 35.5%; At an intersection, 31.7%; Pedestrian involved, 18.0%; Motorcycle involved, 32.0%; Hit-and-run, 4.3%; Driver distraction reported, 9.8%; and In a work zone, 1.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Roadway departure had the largest listed share, while In a work zone had the smallest. A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These records describe characteristics, not findings of fault or cause.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts use crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Readers searching for a car accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind when reading these counts.^[8][6][7]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use 2020 through 2024 deaths divided by summed annual Census population estimates from Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Brevard County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Lake County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Marion County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Florida car accident statistics (2020-2024)