# Traffic fatalities in Mississippi

Traffic fatalities in Mississippi was 753 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-28`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/mississippi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-28

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 753 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 733 |
| 2022 | 703 |
| 2021 | 766 |
| 2020 | 748 |
| 2019 | 642 |
| 2018 | 663 |
| 2017 | 685 |
| 2016 | 687 |
| 2015 | 677 |
| 2014 | 607 |
| 2013 | 613 |
| 2012 | 582 |
| 2011 | 630 |
| 2010 | 641 |
| 2009 | 700 |
| 2008 | 783 |
| 2007 | 884 |
| 2006 | 911 |
| 2005 | 931 |
| 2004 | 900 |
| 2003 | 872 |
| 2002 | 885 |
| 2001 | 784 |
| 2000 | 949 |
| 1999 | 927 |
| 1998 | 948 |
| 1997 | 861 |
| 1996 | 811 |
| 1995 | 868 |
| 1994 | 791 |
| 1993 | 813 |
| 1992 | 766 |
| 1991 | 714 |
| 1990 | 750 |
| 1989 | 727 |
| 1988 | 722 |
| 1987 | 756 |
| 1986 | 771 |
| 1985 | 662 |
| 1984 | 679 |
| 1983 | 715 |
| 1982 | 730 |
| 1981 | 744 |
| 1980 | 695 |
| 1979 | 715 |
| 1978 | 784 |
| 1977 | 684 |
| 1976 | 581 |
| 1975 | 546 |