Palm Beach Florida had over 15,000 auto accidents in 2004

A report showing the most up-to-date data pertaining to the number of auto accidents in Palm Beach County, Florida was conducted by the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles in 2004.

2004 was the last year that data was collected for the county, with 15,778 auto accidents being reported. We believe that the number of accidents since 2004 hasn't dramatically increased or decreased, and the number of accidents in years before 2004 was usually around 15,000.

2000 - 15,079
2001 - 15,731
2002 - 14,906
2003 - 15,409
2004 - 15,778
Of the 15,778 Palm Beach County accidents that occured in 2004:

1400 (or 10%) were related to alcohol

178 resulted in fatalaties

15,694 (or 99.5%) resulted in injury

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reported that there was a total of 252,000 auto accidents in 2004, which means that 17% of accidents that occured in Florida took place in Palm Beach County.

Based on the Florida DMV's information, there was an average of 43 auto accidents in Palm Beach County in 2004 per day.

The information in this article was collected from the Florida Department of Motor Vehicle's 2004 car crash data report and The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles yearly traffic crash facts report.