JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Trust Index team is fact checking a social media post from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
It reads:
In Jacksonville, you are more likely to die in a traffic crash than be murdered.
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) January 21, 2021
Slow down, Duval!#DuvalTrafficTruths #ArriveAlive pic.twitter.com/2Eq6fSLZnx
According to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office records in 2020, there were 205 reported traffic deaths and 141 reported murders.
The Trust Index team double checked those statistics with information from Florida’s Crash Dashboard and found some discrepancies.
The state reported 180 traffic fatalities in Duval County in 2020 instead of 205.
A request for comment from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was not immediately returned Monday afternoon.
Regardless, both numbers are higher than the 141 murders. Therefore, the Trust Index team is marking the statement as “True.”
We’ve reviewed information surrounding this topic and confirmed that It’s True.