Broward County sees tens of thousands of traffic crashes every year. This page pulls together publicly available crash data from Florida’s state traffic safety agencies and the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (Broward MPO) to give residents, journalists, and advocates a clear, sourced picture of how often crashes happen here, who is most affected, and where the most dangerous stretches of road tend to be. Every figure below is drawn from a named, dated, public source, linked at the bottom of the page.
Broward County Crash Totals, 2020–2022
| Year | Total Crashes | Fatalities | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40,837 | 288 | 23,717 |
| 2021 | 41,381 | 280 | 23,071 |
| 2020 | 34,050 | 268 | 18,984 |
Source: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), 2022 Traffic Crash Facts Annual Report. Figures are subject to revision as late-filed crash reports are received. FLHSMV does not publish a breakdown of crash totals by individual city within a county — the county-wide figures above are the most granular official statistics available for all crash types combined; city-level detail on pedestrian and bicycle crashes specifically is available from Broward MPO and is covered further down this page.
What the Numbers Show
Broward County crash totals stayed above 40,000 per year through 2021 and 2022, following a dip in 2020 tied to reduced traffic during the pandemic. The injury rate has climbed alongside crash volume — roughly 58% of reported crashes in 2022 resulted in at least one injury. For context, Broward is one of Florida’s most densely populated and heavily trafficked counties, with a mix of major interstates (I-95, I-595, Florida’s Turnpike), dense urban corridors, and significant pedestrian and bicycle traffic — all factors that contribute to crash frequency and severity.
Statewide Context: Florida in 2023–2024
Broward’s roads don’t exist in isolation — they’re part of a state with some of the worst pedestrian safety numbers in the country. According to FLHSMV’s Crash Facts 2023 report:
- Florida recorded 395,175 traffic crashes in 2023.
- Those crashes resulted in 3,375 fatalities and 252,285 injuries (15,399 classified as incapacitating, 236,886 as other injuries).
- 791 pedestrians were killed statewide in 2023.
- 234 bicyclists were killed statewide in 2023.
- 621 motorcyclists were killed statewide in 2023.
- Drivers aged 15–19 were involved in 44,616 crashes statewide in 2023.
More recent national data confirms Florida’s pedestrian safety problem didn’t go away in 2024. The Governors Highway Safety Association’s Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State report (July 2025, using 2024 state data) found that 713 pedestrians were killed in Florida in 2024 — a decline of 10.8% from 799 in 2023, but still enough to rank Florida 3rd highest in the nation for raw pedestrian death count, behind only California (928) and Texas (767). Florida’s pedestrian fatality rate of 3.05 per 100,000 residents also placed it among the more dangerous states for people on foot, ranking 7th highest by rate.
Broward’s Safety Action Plan
In response to the ongoing toll, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is implementing the Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP), funded in part by a $5 million federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant with a $1.25 million local match. The plan sets a long-term goal of eliminating traffic deaths and severe injuries in the county by 2050, and includes identifying a “High Injury Network” of corridors where crashes are most concentrated, so that safety improvements can be prioritized where they matter most.
The plan’s Executive Plan is currently a March 2025 draft, not yet formally adopted — the figures below may be refined once a final version is approved, but they are the most current public numbers available. The draft analyzed five years of crash data — January 2018 through December 2022 — on surface streets countywide (limited-access highways like I-95, I-75, I-595, Florida’s Turnpike, and the Sawgrass Expressway were excluded from this particular analysis).
Over that five-year window, the draft plan found:
| Mode | Total crashes (2018–2022, surface streets) | Share of all KSI* crashes countywide |
|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian | 2,893 | 16% |
| Bicycle | 2,354 | 5% |
*KSI = “killed or seriously injured” crashes. The draft plan counted roughly 5,700 KSI crashes countywide over the five-year period (the document itself cites two slightly different totals, 5,716 and 5,743, in different sections — a discrepancy we are noting rather than resolving by guessing).
The plan also broke out some results by city:
- Fort Lauderdale recorded the highest number of neighborhood-level KSI crashes of any municipality (83).
- Davie recorded the highest number of fatal neighborhood crashes (11).
- The Broward Municipal Services District (unincorporated county areas) had the highest share of pedestrian crashes among all area types (30%).
- Looking at pedestrian and bicycle fatality rates specifically, Wilton Manors had the highest rate among Broward municipalities (1.73), while Parkland had the lowest (0.03); the countywide median rate, 0.56, was observed in Lauderdale Lakes.
High-Crash Corridors Named by City
Broward MPO’s planning documents identify specific streets and intersections as “high-injury” or “priority” locations for pedestrian and bicycle crashes. These are drawn directly from the agency’s safety planning data, organized here by municipality:
Fort Lauderdale: Sistrunk Blvd (NW 27th Ave to Andrews Ave); Broward Blvd/SR 842 (I-95 to NW 1st Ave); the Broward Blvd and NW 7th Ave intersection; Sunrise Blvd and Andrews Ave; US 1/Federal Hwy and Oakland Park Blvd.
Plantation: US 441/SR 7 (Davie Blvd to Sunrise Blvd); West Broward Blvd (Central Park Dr to University Dr); the University Dr and West Broward Blvd intersection.
Hollywood: Taft St (NW 70th Terrace to US 441/SR 7).
Dania Beach: Stirling Rd/SR 848 (I-95 to US 1); Sheridan St and US 1.
Deerfield Beach: SW 10th St (I-95 to Dixie Hwy/FL 811).
Margate: Rock Island Rd (Southgate Blvd to Royal Palm Blvd); Royal Palm Blvd (Riverside Dr to US 441/SR 7).
Lauderhill and Lauderdale Lakes: NW 19th St (NW 43rd Terrace to NW 31st Ave).
Separately, the City of Sunrise, in coordination with Broward MPO, has conducted dedicated safety studies on Oakland Park Boulevard and Royal Palm Boulevard after both corridors were flagged as high-crash corridors in the MPO’s 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan.
A more granular, older study of one specific corridor — Hallandale Beach Boulevard between NE 4th Avenue and NE 26th Avenue — illustrates what corridor-level crash data can look like. Broward MPO’s field review found 88 pedestrian and bicycle crashes on that stretch between 2010 and 2015: 62 involving bicyclists and 26 involving pedestrians. One crash was fatal, 81 resulted in injury, and the rest were property-damage-only. Eighty-four percent of these crashes occurred at or near intersection crosswalks, and 90% occurred during daylight hours — a reminder that many crashes happen under ordinary, not unusual, conditions.
Common Crash Types in the Area
- Pedestrians and cyclists bear a disproportionate share of serious injuries and deaths. Statewide, pedestrians alone accounted for a substantial share of 2023 traffic fatalities, and in Broward’s own five-year surface-street analysis, pedestrians made up 16% of all KSI crashes despite representing a small fraction of total road users.
- Intersections are a recurring danger point. In the Hallandale Beach Boulevard study, 84% of pedestrian and bicycle crashes happened at or near crosswalks and intersections — a pattern reflected in the “priority intersections” Broward MPO has flagged across multiple cities, including Fort Lauderdale and Plantation.
- Daylight crashes are common, undercutting the assumption that most serious pedestrian and bicycle crashes happen at night.
- Teen drivers are a measurable contributor to Florida’s overall crash totals, with over 44,000 crashes statewide in 2023 involving drivers aged 15 to 19.
Live, Current-Year Data
For crash data from the current year, FLHSMV maintains a public Crash Dashboard that updates on a rolling basis and can be filtered by county.
If You’ve Been Injured in a Broward County Crash
These numbers aren’t abstract — behind every entry in a crash report is someone dealing with medical bills, lost income, and recovery. This page is intended first as a factual, sourced reference for residents, journalists, and advocates. Darfoor Law Firm, P.A. — also known as The Injury Advocates — is a Plantation-based personal injury law firm serving Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, and South Florida, and represents people who have been seriously hurt in crashes like the ones described above, including pedestrian, bicycle, and motor vehicle collisions. If you or a loved one has been injured in a Broward County car accident, contact Darfoor Law Firm / The Injury Advocates for a free case review.
Sources
- FLHSMV Crash Facts 2022 — Broward County annual crash totals table
- FLHSMV Crash Facts 2023 — Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, official 2023 annual statewide crash report
- FLHSMV Crash Dashboard — rolling current-year crash data, filterable by county
- Governors Highway Safety Association, Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State — 2024 Data (July 2025)
- Broward MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (BSAP) Executive Plan, March 2025 draft
- Broward MPO — Hallandale Beach Boulevard Field Review Report
- Broward MPO — Oakland Park Blvd Safety Study
- Broward MPO — Royal Palm Blvd Safety Study
Last updated October 2026. The Broward MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Action Plan is a March 2025 draft and has not yet been formally adopted, so its numbers may be refined in a final version.