Jacksonville crash statistics and trends

If you've been in a wreck in Jacksonville this year, the numbers back up what the roads feel like: crashes are down, but deaths aren't following. Through July 29, 2026, Duval County had logged 108 traffic deaths for the year, even though overall crash volume was running roughly 1,000 below the same point in 2025.¹ Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesperson Officer Christian Hancock said the two trends aren't contradictory once you look at where the fatal crashes happen. "These traffic homicides are not typically those types of crashes," he said of the high-frequency fender-bender locations. "They happen out in the outskirts and longer stretches, higher speeds, of course."¹

2025 closed out with 169 traffic deaths across the county, and 2026 was already at 43 by early March.² By late June, the tally stood at 92, a quarter of them pedestrians.³

Six years of crash data behind Vision Zero

The city's own numbers, compiled for its Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP), go deeper. Between 2018 and 2023, Duval County recorded 196,453 crashes, including 3,691 that caused a death or serious injury. Those crashes killed 921 people and seriously injured 2,770 more. The city's early estimate for 2024 alone was about 145 crash deaths.⁴ Mayor Donna Deegan's administration unveiled VZAP in July 2025, setting a goal of eliminating traffic deaths and cutting serious injuries in half by 2035.⁵

Where the crashes cluster

JSO's own hotspot analysis, "Top 25 High-Frequency Crash Locations, Citywide 2025," published January 27, 2026, points to a short list of repeat locations.⁶ Main Street N and State Street W, downtown, led the city by a wide margin with 483 crashes in 2025, about 150 more than the next spot on the list. Blanding Boulevard and Argyle Forest Boulevard, on the Westside, wasn't far behind at 337, a stretch JSO's data described as "one of the most hazardous stretches in the city."⁶

The rest of the top ten:

• University Boulevard W and Phillips Highway: 221 crashes
• State Street E and Liberty Street: 208 crashes
• Baymeadows Road and Southside Boulevard: 196 crashes
• Dunn Avenue and Regency Drive: 194 crashes
• Union Street W and N Davis Street: 193 crashes
• 103rd Street at both Blanding Boulevard and Firestone Road, Cassat Avenue and Lenox Avenue, and I-95 and Max Leggett Parkway, tied at 185 crashes each

JSO notes this count doesn't separate minor fender-benders from serious wrecks, so a location's rank here is about frequency, not severity.⁶

Severity is what the city's separate High Injury Network maps for VZAP, and it points to a different set of corridors: Moncrief Road, Sunbeam Road, Rogero Road, Myrtle Avenue, 8th Street, Hodges Boulevard, Parental Home Road, and Chaffee Road.⁴

Pedestrians and cyclists take the worst of it

VZAP's crash analysis found that vehicle occupants face roughly a 26% injury rate in a crash; bicyclists face a rate about 80% higher than that, and pedestrians and motorcyclists about 77% higher.⁴ Smart Growth America's 2026 "Dangerous by Design" report ranks the Jacksonville metro 16th deadliest in the country for pedestrians, with an average annual fatality rate of 3.41 per 100,000 residents and 287 pedestrian deaths counted from 2020 through 2024, up from 262 in the previous five-year stretch.⁷

Those numbers aren't abstract locally. On September 20, 2025, a man in his late twenties was struck and killed crossing Phillips Highway near Clinton Avenue, the county's 118th traffic death of the year and its 24th pedestrian death.⁸ In one week in June 2026, three more pedestrians died, including crashes on Phillips Highway and West 8th Street, the same corridor VZAP's High Injury Network flags for redesign.³ City Bicycle-Pedestrian Coordinator Matt Fall said more than 60% of the city's pedestrian deaths happen in the dark.³ An earlier crash on Baymeadows Road killed a math coach, Mitchell Patch, and his one-year-old son Everett as they tried to cross, a case the city cites as the reason FDOT is adding a marked crosswalk and pedestrian refuge island there.⁵

Motorcyclists are the one group moving the wrong way

Statewide, motorcycle deaths were falling in 2025. Duval County didn't follow. The county recorded at least 37 motorcycle deaths that year, matching 2024's total and up from 32 in 2023, out of more than 300 motorcycle crashes and 280 injuries. For the first half of 2025, Duval led every county in Florida for motorcycle fatalities.⁹

What's being built and enforced

VZAP carries $350,000 in initial federal funding plus another $1.27 million for 25 "quick-build" demonstration projects, tracked on a public dashboard.⁴⁵ FDOT is running its own fix nearby: an $8 million rebuild of the Blanding Boulevard (State Road 21) and Wells Road intersection, financial project number 446808-1, with new signals, resurfacing, sidewalks, and a bike path. Work began August 4, 2025, and is scheduled to wrap in fall 2026.¹⁰

JSO backs the engineering work with targeted patrols. A March 2026 operation against aggressive driving, tied to an FDOT grant, focused on Atlantic Boulevard near Episcopal High School and San Jose Boulevard, catching drivers going as fast as 88 mph in a 65 mph zone.²

Reporting a crash in Duval County

Florida law requires a driver to notify police immediately if a crash causes injury, death, or at least $500 in property damage, under section 316.065 of the Florida Statutes.¹¹ When a crash meets that bar, the investigating officer has to file a written Long Form report with the state within 10 days of finishing the investigation, per section 316.066.¹² Reports stay confidential for the first 60 days, but the drivers involved and their attorneys can request a copy right away.¹² In Duval County, JSO processes most report requests through its online e-crash portal once the paperwork is filed.

If you're not sure what to do after a crash on any of these roads, a local attorney can help you get the report and figure out next steps. The legal directory is a reasonable place to start.

This is general information, not legal advice.

Sources

1. News4JAX, "Fewer crashes, but more deaths: JSO explains troubling trend on Jacksonville roads," July 29, 2026, https://www.news4jax.com/traffic/2026/07/29/fewer-crashes-but-more-deaths-jso-explains-troubling-trend-on-jacksonville-roads/

2. Action News Jax, "JSO targeting aggressive drivers amid deadly Duval crashes," March 4, 2026, https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jso-targeting-aggressive-drivers-amid-deadly-duval-crashes/OVQQBDUGFVGOBAMGQ7QUFT54OE/

3. News4JAX, "City responds to safety concerns after 3 pedestrians killed in 1 week," June 30, 2026, https://www.news4jax.com/traffic/2026/06/30/city-responds-to-safety-concerns-after-3-pedestrians-killed-in-1-week/

4. City of Jacksonville, Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP), https://www.jacksonville.gov/departments/planning-department/transportation-planning/ped-bike-planning/vision-zero-action-plan-(vzap)

5. News4JAX, "City of Jacksonville unveils strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities, reduce serious injuries by half by 2035," July 24, 2025, https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/07/24/city-of-jacksonville-unveils-strategy-to-eliminate-traffic-fatalities-reduce-serious-injuries-in-half-by-2035/

6. News4JAX, "JSO data reveals top 10 crash hotspots on Jacksonville roads," April 3, 2026, https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2026/04/03/jso-data-reveals-top-10-crash-hotspots-on-jacksonville-roads/

7. Smart Growth America, "Dangerous by Design 2026" rankings, https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/signature-reports/dangerous-by-design/rankings/

8. News4JAX, "Fatal pedestrian crash on Phillips Highway marks 118th traffic death in Duval County: JSO," September 21, 2025, https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/09/21/fatal-pedestrian-crash-on-phillips-highway-marks-118th-traffic-death-in-duval-county-jso/

9. News4JAX, "Motorcycle deaths are dropping across Florida. But they're on the rise in Duval County, data shows," October 15, 2025, https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/10/15/motorcycle-deaths-are-dropping-across-florida-but-theyre-on-the-rise-in-duval-county/

10. Florida Department of Transportation, Blanding Boulevard (SR 21) Access Management project details, https://nflroads.com/ProjectDetails?p=5580

11. Florida Statutes, Section 316.065, "Crashes; reports; penalties," https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._316.065

12. Florida Statutes, Section 316.066, "Written reports of crashes," https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._316.066