ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s already been a week into the new year, and state officials have revealed which parts of Florida were most affected by fatal car crashes in 2025.
According to state data, there were over 358,000 crashes statewide last year — a figure that has been steadily dropping since 2021 — with nearly 3,000 of those crashes being fatal.
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While state data shows that Miami-Dade County saw the greatest number of fatal crashes in 2025 (259 in total), it was far from the deadliest overall.
When factoring in population size, the deadliest turned out to be Hamilton County, which saw a greater ratio of crashes.
In fact, the 10 deadliest Florida counties for car crashes last year were as follows:
| Deadliest Rank | County | Fatal Crashes | Number of fatal crashes per 10K residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton | 13 | 9.44 |
| 2 | Lafayette | 7 | 8.53 |
| 3 | Glades | 7 | 5.51 |
| 4 | Suwannee | 22 | 4.79 |
| 5 | Levy | 19 | 4.13 |
| 6 | Dixie | 7 | 4.01 |
| 7 | Columbia | 29 | 3.98 |
| 8 | Gadsden | 17 | 3.81 |
| 9 | Franklin | 5 | 3.78 |
| 10 | Jefferson | 5 | 3.20 |
Central Florida didn’t manage to break the top 10 for deadliest counties this time around. The closest was Marion County, with roughly 1.89 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents.
However, one Central Florida county actually ranked as the safest area of the state: Seminole County.
| Safest Rank | County | Fatal Crashes | Number of fatal crashes per 10K residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seminole | 28 | 0.57 |
| 2 | Collier | 27 | 0.66 |
| 3 | Sarasota | 34 | 0.72 |
| 4 | Leon | 22 | 0.72 |
| 5 | Santa Rosa | 17 | 0.81 |
| 6 | Pinellas | 89 | 0.91 |
| 7 | Manatee | 42 | 0.92 |
| 8 | Miami-Dade | 259 | 0.93 |
| 9 | Clay | 22 | 0.93 |
| 10 | Palm Beach | 145 | 0.93 |
For Central Florida alone, the data breaks down as follows:
- BREVARD COUNTY — 43rd deadliest statewide
- 7,862 total crashes
- 1.32 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- FLAGLER COUNTY — 42nd deadliest statewide
- 1,445 total crashes
- 1.33 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- LAKE COUNTY — 31st deadliest statewide
- 5,394 total crashes
- 1.73 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- MARION COUNTY — 26th deadliest statewide
- 6,320 total crashes
- 1.89 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- ORANGE COUNTY — 53rd deadliest statewide
- 24,833 total crashes
- 1.06 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- OSCEOLA COUNTY — 51st deadliest statewide
- 5,695 total crashes
- 1.14 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- POLK COUNTY — 49th deadliest statewide
- 12,321 total crashes
- 1.16 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- SEMINOLE COUNTY — Safest statewide
- 5,594 total crashes
- 0.57 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- SUMTER COUNTY — 30th deadliest statewide
- 1,740 total crashes
- 1.77 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
- VOLUSIA COUNTY — 32nd deadliest statewide
- 8,664 total crashes
- 1.72 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents
*County population estimates taken from 2024 FLDOH data