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Polk County · Monthly report

Polk County accidents, October 2026

FinalFigures fixed on November 1.

accidents
249
busiest road, 126
I-4
busiest hour
7 AM

249 accidents were reported on Polk County's state roads in October. I-4 carried 126, more than every other road together. The busiest hours were 7 AM and 5 PM, with 19 each.

Coverage: Florida Highway Patrol dispatch only. Our collector was running for 92% of the hours this month. Incidents during the gaps are not counted, so a low day may be a day we were not collecting. Accidents handled by Lakeland Police, Winter Haven Police, other city police and the Polk County Sheriff are not included.

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Method

Incidents are read from Florida Highway Patrol's public dispatch view once a minute and assigned to a road, city and ZIP from the reported location. Nothing about the people or vehicles involved is collected. Counts are what we observed while collecting, not a census of every accident. When a month ends its figures are frozen, and a later police records release is added once with a note.

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