Halloween traffic crashes killed 103 people in Florida over a decade

Traffic crashes occurring on Halloween killed 103 people across Florida over a decade, including six in Orange County, according to a new analysis of federal records.Allen Law Firm examined crashes recorded in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System on Oct. 31 each year from 2015 through 2024.The analysis identified 97 fatal crashes statewide across those 10 Halloween dates. Orange County accounted for six crashes and six deaths.Higher daily crash average on HalloweenFlorida averaged 9.7 fatal crashes per Halloween, compared with 8.42 per day during Oct. 1 through Oct. 30 across the same years, according to the analysis. That represents a 15.2% higher daily average.The comparison does not account for differences in traffic volumes or the days of the week on which Halloween fell. It does not establish that an individual’s crash risk increased by that percentage.The figures cover the entire Oct. 31 calendar day, rather than only nighttime o