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2024 Annual Report with Crash Data

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We’re pleased to share the FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Program (CTSP) 2024 Annual Report. It includes traffic safety highlights, engineering articles, community outreach, and crash data for our 18 counties in Northeast Florida. This report is a valuable resource for our team members, partner agencies, and community stakeholders. It’s a helpful tool as we work together to improve roadway safety.

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CTSP 2024 Annual Report with Crash Data and Program Highlights

Inside the report, are key achievements, reports, and crash statistics. These insights are an important part of our ongoing efforts to reduce traffic-related injuries and fatalities and foster a “traffic safety culture”—one that prioritizes safety, promotes responsible behavior on the roads, and encourages collaboration.

In 2024, our Community Traffic Safety Teams made significant strides in addressing local engineering concerns, distributing safety materials, and expanding educational outreach. These accomplishments—guided by data and aligned with Florida’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan—underscore our shared commitment to Target Zero: zero deaths on our roadways.

📄 Click here for the CTSP 2024 Annual Report PDF or view the digital flipbook below.

Crash Data Summaries by County

This year, we’ve developed individual crash fact sheets for each of the 18 counties in District Two from FDOT Target Zero’s Signal Four Analytics. These sheets include data on crashes, fatalities, and serious injuries from 2024 and the previous four years. Each fact sheet highlights trends based on the Strategic Highway Safety Plan. For example, they break down crashes by:

  • Emphasis areas
  • Crashes by month, day of week, and time of day
  • Crashes by age groups
  • Location heat map of crashes

These summaries provide key takeaways that help inform our targeted safety messaging and initiatives, ensuring we focus efforts where they’re needed most.

District Two Crash Fact Sheets:

Together, we’re making Northeast Florida’s roads safer—one data point, one partnership, and one action at a time.

Previous District Two Annual Reports:
2023 Annual Report with Crash Data
Crash Data and 2022 Annual Report
Six-Year Crash Fact Report

The Pandemic's Lasting Impact on Traffic Safety in Northeast Florida

Pandemic’s Lasting Impact on Traffic Safety

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Pandemic's Lasting Impact on Traffic Safety


The COVID-19 pandemic brought substantial shifts to traffic patterns and safety in Florida’s FDOT District Two, including urban areas like Jacksonville and rural regions such as Bradford and Hamilton Counties. By collecting and analyzing data across three phases— before (2017 – 2019), during (2020 – 2021), and after the pandemic (2022 – 2023)—key insights emerge on how the pandemic impacted road safety in Northeast Florida and what challenges lie ahead.  

The Pandemic’s Lasting Impact on Traffic Safety in Northeast Florida

fatal and serious injury crashes in district 2

Pre-Pandemic Traffic Safety (2017–2019)


To establish the benchmark, a three-year comparison of crashes was conducted. Before the onset of COVID-19, traffic volumes in District Two were predictable, with congestion most prevalent in urban centers and less severe but faster-moving traffic in rural counties. This period saw a gradual reduction in overall fatal and serious injury crashes due to a combination of improved road infrastructure, enforcement of traffic laws, and public awareness campaigns targeting behaviors like speeding, impaired driving, and seatbelt non-compliance. 

Motorcycle Crash Facts


One notable trend during this time was the emphasis on motorcycle crashes. From 2017 to 2019, crashes involving motorcycles and mopeds decreased by seventeen percent (17%). Educational campaigns and law enforcement efforts helped mitigate crashes. 

Traffic Safety Facts During the Pandemic (2020–2021)

A comparison of crashes during the pandemic to the final year (2019) pre-pandemic was conducted. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly decreased traffic volume across the country, including in District Two. Remote work, school closures, and stay-at-home orders resulted in fewer cars on the road. However, this drop in traffic did not correlate with a decrease in traffic fatalities. Instead, some motorists drove at higher speeds and displayed dangerous behaviors on less busy roads, increasing the number of severe crashes, especially in rural areas. 

The data showed that while areas like Alachua County (-18%) and Bradford County (-36%) saw fewer crashes due to less congestion, the severity of crashes that did occur increased. Fatalities rose three percent (3%) throughout the district, as fewer vehicles and enforcement on the road allowed drivers to engage in riskier behaviors. Speeding (+5%), teen driving (+4%), hit and run (+9%), and impaired (+4%) related crashes contributed to higher-than-expected rates. 

Post-Pandemic Traffic Safety (2022–2023) 

A comparison of crashes two years after the pandemic to the final year (2019) pre-pandemic was conducted. As Florida began to emerge from the pandemic and traffic volumes returned to pre-2020 levels, the region faced new challenges. Many risky driving behaviors that increased during the pandemic persisted as law enforcement resources remained limited. 

Traffic congestion has returned, but the severity of crashes has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. FDOT and local law enforcement agencies have introduced new measures to address the post-pandemic surge in dangerous behaviors, including targeted DUI checkpoints and speed limit adjustments in high-crash areas. However, these measures have yet to reverse the uptick in fatalities. 

Duval County Spotlight:

Duval County offers a clear example of the shifts in traffic safety during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, fatal crashes increased by 16%, with DUI-related fatalities spiking by 48% and fatalities involving unrestrained occupants surging by 53%. In the post-pandemic period, fatal crashes rose slightly by 1%, while DUI-related fatalities declined by 5%, and fatalities involving unrestrained occupants still showed a significant increase of 32%. When looking at serious injuries, the pandemic saw an 8% increase in crashes, a 4% rise in DUI-related injuries, and a 39% jump in unrestrained cases. However, in the post-pandemic period, serious injuries related to crashes decreased by 2%, DUI-related injuries dropped sharply by 20%, but unrestrained cases continued to climb by 37%. These figures highlight both the immediate and lingering impacts of the pandemic on traffic safety in Duval County. 

Duval County Crash Facts

Duval County’s data reflects broader national trends observed during and after the pandemic, where reduced traffic volumes created more opportunities for dangerous driving behaviors. During the pandemic, drivers took advantage of emptier roads, leading to higher speeds, increased impairment due to alcohol or drugs, and neglect of seatbelt use. Post-pandemic, while traffic volumes have rebounded, the risky behaviors adopted during the pandemic have proven harder to reverse, especially among unrestrained occupants, even as DUI-related incidents have declined. This highlights the lasting behavioral shifts brought on by the pandemic and the challenges they pose for traffic safety enforcement and education efforts. 

Population Trends Play a Factor in Northeast Florida 

During the pre-pandemic years, the overall population in District Two increased by 4%. The population increase slowed to an average of 2% during the pandemic years over all 18 counties. In 2021, decreases occurred in five rural counties: Bradford, Hamilton, Lafayette, Taylor, and Union. Post-pandemic population trends saw a 2.5% increase overall. Urban counties, like St. Johns, Nassau, and Duval, continued to lead in population increases. The average trends in Northeast Florida exceed the U.S. National 0.5% average population growth yearly. With the influx of new drivers on our roadways, traffic safety engineering countermeasures, law enforcement, and education are more important than ever. 

Focus on Improving Driver Behaviors, Infrastructure, Enforcement, and Education

The COVID-19 pandemic altered traffic safety trends in Northeast Florida. Although traffic volumes have mostly returned to normal, the dangerous driving behaviors that emerged during the pandemic—such as speeding, impaired driving, and seatbelt non-compliance—have left a lasting legacy on the region’s roadways. For FDOT District Two, which encompasses a mix of urban and rural areas, addressing these behaviors requires ongoing infrastructure improvements, targeted enforcement efforts, and public awareness campaigns to reduce fatalities and improve overall safety.  This is a balancing act but a needed endeavor to reach the goal of Target Zero.

Source: Signal Four Analytics

2023 Annual Report with Crash Data

2023 Annual Report with Crash Data

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We are providing the FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Program (CTSP) 2023 Annual Report with crash data as a resource for our local team members, agencies, and partners. In addition, we have crash fact sheets for each of the 18 Northeast Florida counties in our district.

2023 Annual Report with Crash Data

CTSP 2023 Annual Report with Crash Data

The annual report includes highlights and crash data from our 18-county district. These crash fact reports are a great evaluation tool as we work toward reducing injuries and deaths on our roadways and helping build a “traffic safety culture.” This culture prioritizes safety, encourages safe road user behavior, and facilitates stakeholder cooperation. Click here to view our FDOT D2 2023 CTSP Annual Report PDF.

In 2023, the District Two Community Traffic Safety Teams successfully facilitated engineering concerns and assisted in distributing safety materials and education outreach efforts within their communities. These achievements, driven by local data to address concerns focused on the Strategic Highway Safety Plan emphasis areas, are a testament to our commitment and progress towards Target Zero goals.

District Two Crash Data Summaries

This year, we created individual crash fact sheets for all 18 counties with crash, fatality, and serious injury totals from 2023 and the previous four years. They align with the Strategic Highway Safety Plan emphasis areas. These areas, which cover roadways, user behaviors, and road users, are critical to our current safety initiatives. The fact sheets provide key takeaways for each emphasis area, such as the number of crashes during daylight vs. night, male vs. female, and urban vs. rural factors, highlighting the relevance of the data to our targeted messaging.

Crash Data and 2022 Annual Report
Six-Year Crash Fact Report
County Data Resources

In conclusion, these reports and crash facts are great evaluation tools. They assist us as we work toward reducing injuries and deaths on our roadways. This culture prioritizes safety and encourages safe road user behavior. 

Signal Four Analytics overview

Signal Four Analytics

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On April 24, 2024, the District Two Traffic Safety Program held a virtual Districtwide Discussion about the power of data. The informational presentation offered an in-depth overview of FDOT Target Zero’s Signal Four Analytics public dashboard. Most importantly, these crash facts and research data are available to help improve traffic safety.

Signal Four Analytics Dashboard Overview Video

Tracking Target ZERO with Signal Four Analytics

  • County-specific crash fact reports with different Strategic Highway Safety emphasis areas are provided at monthly Traffic Safety Team meetings.
  • Safety grant funds are dependent upon data-based facts.
  • Understanding the data will help understand roadway and driver behaviors to make improvements, reduce fatalities, and work toward the Target ZERO.
  • Signal Four Analytics, Florida’s traffic safety public dashboard, is free and easy to use. 

Data-Driving Insight and Strategy

Our new rural-inspired campaign is an example of looking at the numbers and using that data to promote safer roads. After studying national reports and FDOT Target Zero’s Signal Four Analytics, we developed a country-themed “Buckle Up and Slow Down” message.

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We found an overrepresentation of fatality and injury crashes with young men, ages 18–24, in Northeast Florida rural counties caused by speeding and lower safety belt usage. We want young male drivers to change their attitudes about speeding and realize it’s not worth the risk to their lives or future. The goal is to make buckling up and driving at safe speeds the social norm. To learn more, go to our Slow Down post.

Levy and Suwannee are two counties in Northeast Florida with a population under 44,000. Compared with other similarly sized counties in Florida, they are ranked most problematic (#1 and #3) in terms of speed and teen drivers, per the FY2024 Highway Safety Matrix.

D2 population trends

Population is one factor not included in the Signal Four Analytics but often needs to be considered. We’ve had substantial population growth in our 18-county district, some counties much more than others. This graph shows the continual increase in our Northeast Florida area.

Together, we can enhance community traffic safety with crash data and Signal Four Analytics.

Crash Data and 2022 Annual Report
Six-Year Crash Fact Report
County Data Resources
2022 Annual Report and Crash Data

Crash Data and 2022 Annual Report

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This page includes the most recent FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Program (CTSP) Annual Report and Crash Data Reports. Listed below, we provide crash facts for each of the 18 Northeast Florida counties in District Two. We also have combined districtwide totals. This resource is for our local Traffic Safety Team members, partners, and agencies.

2022 Annual Report with Crash Data
FDOT D2 CTSP 2022 Annual Report PDF

CTSP Annual Report

A summary of last year’s Northeast Florida Community Traffic Safety Program and combined crash facts from District Two. This resource may be used and shared among our Traffic Safety Team members, partners, and agencies. In addition to the crash facts for 12 Florida Strategic Highway Safety Plan emphasis areas, we highlight traffic safety efforts and community outreach in 2022 with overviews on topics addressed throughout the year. These reports are a fundamental evaluation tool as we work toward reducing injuries and deaths on our roadways. Together, we can make progress to achieve our target of ZERO.

2022 District Two Crash Data Summaries

The Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) includes roadway, user behavior, and road user emphasis areas. The crash data includes total crashes, fatalities, and injuries for each emphasis area. This year, we changed the format to incorporate demographics and key factors in the crashes. We broke out the crashes by age and gender of the at-fault driver. Also included on each fact sheet are brief takeaway points.

District Two Reports by SHSP per County

LANE DEPARTURE Crash Data – 2022 Roadway Crash Fact Reports
INTERSECTION Crash Data – 2022 Roadway Crash Fact Reports
OCCUPANT PROTECTION Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
IMPAIRED DRIVING Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
DISTRACTED DRIVING Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
BICYCLIST Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
PEDESTRIAN Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
MOTORCYCLIST Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
AGING DRIVER Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
TEEN DRIVER Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
Northeast Florida County Data Resources

We have county crash data available with previous years’ summary reports. Our team materials page has additional resources, information, newsletters, and Florida reports. These resources evaluate and establish traffic safety concerns and trends in Northeast Florida. Our Community Traffic Safety Teams work to make safety improvements with the goal of reducing crashes and saving lives.

County Data Resources
Team Materials
Six-Year Crash Fact Report