Fatal Crash Data

The deadliest counties in America for car accidents

Los Angeles County, California had the most fatal car accidents of any county in America from 2015 to 2024: 7,312, with 7,783 deaths. Maricopa County, Arizona was second with 5,007.

Per resident, the deadliest was Reeves County, Texas: 109.4 road deaths per 100,000 residents a year. 2,138 counties with 30 or more fatal crashes in ten years, each with its own page.

The 100 counties with the most fatal car accidents, 2015 to 2024

Los Angeles County leads with 7,312 fatal crashes, Maricopa County follows with 5,007. Counts follow size, so the most populous counties lead; the per-resident ranking below evens that out.

CountyStateFatal crashesDeaths2024Per 100,000100K
a year
1Los Angeles CountyCalifornia7,3127,7837267.8
2Maricopa CountyArizona5,0075,33056012.0
3Harris CountyTexas4,5714,85155110.2
4San Bernardino CountyCalifornia3,1913,50931016.1
5Cook CountyIllinois3,0873,3253336.4
6Dallas CountyTexas2,9063,12630412.0
7Miami-Dade CountyFlorida2,9023,08626511.4
8Riverside CountyCalifornia2,8603,06527512.5
9San Diego CountyCalifornia2,5652,7352828.3
10Broward CountyFlorida2,3182,44422912.5
11Clark CountyNevada2,1242,28526710.1
12Hillsborough CountyFlorida1,9932,12417414.4
13Orange CountyCalifornia1,9822,0881946.6
14Bexar CountyTexas1,9402,05120810.2
15Wayne CountyMichigan1,8021,94816611.0
16Palm Beach CountyFlorida1,7881,92619112.8
17Tarrant CountyTexas1,7781,9011939.0
18Shelby CountyTennessee1,7551,90919520.6
19Orange CountyFlorida1,6851,77615212.6
20Sacramento CountyCalifornia1,6331,75715411.3
21Kern CountyCalifornia1,6301,80817320.1
22Duval CountyFlorida1,4981,58614816.2
23Fresno CountyCalifornia1,3941,57515015.7
24Pima CountyArizona1,3551,45116813.9
25Travis CountyTexas1,3061,40413711.0
26Suffolk CountyNew York1,2871,3891109.2
27Polk CountyFlorida1,2171,32810718.0
28Fulton CountyGeorgia1,1891,2899112.2
29King CountyWashington1,1821,2601405.6
30Marion CountyIndiana1,1521,21812512.6
31Pinellas CountyFlorida1,1401,19710212.4
32Santa Clara CountyCalifornia1,1381,195966.2
33Philadelphia CountyPennsylvania1,1311,1961337.6
34San Joaquin CountyCalifornia1,1281,23712316.1
35Volusia CountyFlorida1,1271,20510121.6
36Jefferson CountyKentucky1,0391,08810914.0
37Lee CountyFlorida1,0311,10511314.2
38Prince George's CountyMaryland1,0221,0909711.7
39DeKalb CountyGeorgia1,0071,0649814.0
40Jackson CountyMissouri9921,06711215.1
41Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina9921,0591159.5
42Franklin CountyOhio9901,057838.1
43Bernalillo CountyNew Mexico9881,04311215.4
44Davidson CountyTennessee9811,03910614.8
45Pasco CountyFlorida92997910617.2
46Alameda CountyCalifornia909965935.8
47Jefferson CountyAlabama9049599514.4
48Cuyahoga CountyOhio8939491117.6
49Oklahoma CountyOklahoma8749139611.5
50Brevard CountyFlorida8539078414.9
51Marion CountyFlorida8409269224.6
52St. Louis CountyMissouri8278991069.0
53Milwaukee CountyWisconsin780861849.2
54Greenville CountySouth Carolina7748318215.8
55El Paso CountyTexas762816779.6
56New Haven CountyConnecticut75981072No data
57Contra Costa CountyCalifornia753811647.0
58Stanislaus CountyCalifornia7518307615.1
59Tulsa CountyOklahoma7407927911.9
60Pierce CountyWashington733794948.8
61Nassau CountyNew York726771635.6
62Tulare CountyCalifornia7187936716.9
63Wake CountyNorth Carolina718772766.9
64Salt Lake CountyUtah700736696.3
65Mobile CountyAlabama6917586618.3
66El Paso CountyColorado6817217310.0
67East Baton Rouge ParishLouisiana6777166116.0
68Baltimore CountyMaryland675714738.5
69Hartford CountyConnecticut67372181No data
70Pulaski CountyArkansas6727148918.0
71Horry CountySouth Carolina6697145720.0
72Queens CountyNew York660698673.0
73Allegheny CountyPennsylvania659686745.6
74Multnomah CountyOregon652689718.6
75Kings CountyNew York636646642.5
76Oakland CountyMichigan635667615.3
77Charleston CountySouth Carolina6346825516.6
78Pinal CountyArizona6257138215.8
79Manatee CountyFlorida6136495815.9
80Knox CountyTennessee6116597313.8
81Spartanburg CountySouth Carolina6086725620.5
82Guilford CountyNorth Carolina6076497012.1
83Hamilton CountyOhio593626607.6
84Adams CountyColorado5916357912.3
85Hidalgo CountyTexas586638577.3
86Cobb CountyGeorgia584613538.0
87Denver CountyColorado581608628.5
88New Castle CountyDelaware5806235811.0
89Gwinnett CountyGeorgia578623616.6
90Kent CountyMichigan576607619.3
91St. Louis cityMissouri5696134620.5
92Montgomery CountyTexas567606609.6
93Sedgwick CountyKansas5656115711.7
94Osceola CountyFlorida5616184415.9
95Escambia CountyFlorida5535875718.4
96Richland CountySouth Carolina5535855914.0
97Lake CountyFlorida5476135016.2
98Montgomery CountyOhio5416066011.4
99Macomb CountyMichigan535558686.4
100Sarasota CountyFlorida5345775213.1

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

Download every county with a page as CSV. Free to reuse with credit: “Fatal Crash Data, fatalcrashdata.com/deadliest-counties-fatal-car-accidents/, from NHTSA FARS (2024 Annual Report File).”

The deadliest counties per resident, 2015 to 2024

Reeves County, Texas leads with 109.4 road deaths per 100,000 residents a year. Counties of 10,000 residents or more, 2,054 in all. Small counties lead this list: the deaths include everyone killed on the county's roads, travellers passing through among them, while the rate divides by the people who live there.

CountyStatePer 100,000100K
a year
DeathsResidents
1Reeves CountyTexas109.415414,078
2Big Horn CountyMontana98.913013,139
3La Paz CountyArizona98.818518,729
4Ward CountyTexas88.610111,401
5Glades CountyFlorida68.38913,040
6Leon CountyTexas67.511316,744
7Sussex CountyVirginia66.87411,071
8Torrance CountyNew Mexico66.410315,505
9Carbon CountyWyoming66.09814,855
10Pecos CountyTexas63.89815,356
11Callahan CountyTexas59.88414,048
12Live Oak CountyTexas58.97011,880
13Jasper CountySouth Carolina58.517830,412
14Butler CountyAlabama57.211019,229
15McKenzie CountyNorth Dakota57.17913,827
15Love CountyOklahoma57.15810,162
17Socorro CountyNew Mexico56.99416,529
18St. Helena ParishLouisiana56.76010,578
19Colleton CountySouth Carolina56.321538,184
20Zavala CountyTexas55.96010,726
21Freestone CountyTexas55.311019,882
22Andrews CountyTexas55.110118,323
22San Juan CountyUtah55.18214,892
24Millard CountyUtah55.07213,085
25Nolan CountyTexas54.58014,679
26Fayette CountyTexas53.813525,091
27Covington CountyMississippi53.39918,563
28Emery CountyUtah52.65310,082
29Trinity CountyCalifornia52.57514,280
29Cibola CountyNew Mexico52.514126,868
31Fairfield CountySouth Carolina52.411321,557
32Bullock CountyAlabama51.25210,153
33Blanco CountyTexas51.06111,962
34Conecuh CountyAlabama50.76011,834
35Lawrence CountyArkansas50.68316,393
35Marshall CountyMississippi50.617634,789
37Panola CountyTexas49.911523,026
38Gonzales CountyTexas49.810120,291
39Sumter CountyAlabama49.46112,337
39Hamilton CountyFlorida49.46913,971
41Macon CountyAlabama49.29218,699
42Idaho CountyIdaho48.58216,921
43Jefferson Davis CountyMississippi48.15411,228
44Eastland CountyTexas48.08718,142
45Coosa CountyAlabama47.55010,528
46Colorado CountyTexas47.410021,115
47Chicot CountyArkansas47.14810,190
48Madison CountyTexas46.76513,923
49Holmes CountyMississippi46.67916,964
50Apache CountyArizona46.531868,426

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

Deaths from 2015 to 2024 over the summed Census Bureau population estimates of those years; residents is the ten-year average. Connecticut's counties have no population after 2019 and are left out.

Questions about the deadliest counties for car accidents

Which county has the most fatal car accidents in the US?
Los Angeles County, California, with 7,312 fatal crashes and 7,783 deaths from 2015 to 2024. Maricopa County, Arizona was second with 5,007. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Which county has the highest car accident death rate?
Among counties of 10,000 residents or more, Reeves County, Texas: 109.4 road deaths per 100,000 residents a year from 2015 to 2024. The deaths include people passing through, so a small county on a busy highway can rank high on few residents. Population from Census Bureau estimates.
Which counties are counted here?
Every county with 30 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, 2,138 in all, each with its own page. A crash counts in the county NHTSA filed it under; a county's count includes its interstates and city streets alike.

Every county page, by state

Road deaths per 100,000 residents, 2024up to 9.39.3 to 11.911.9 to 15.3over 15.3Click a state for its deadliest counties and the county map.

Counties with 30 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, most first, with the ten-year count.

Alabama (64)

Alaska (4)

Arizona (14)

Arkansas (60)

California (54)

Colorado (35)

Connecticut (8)

Delaware (3)

District of Columbia (1)

Florida (64)

Georgia (120)

Hawaii (4)

Idaho (22)

Illinois (63)

Indiana (76)

Iowa (31)

Kansas (32)

Kentucky (83)

Louisiana (54)

Maine (15)

Maryland (23)

Massachusetts (12)

Michigan (60)

Minnesota (39)

Mississippi (72)

Missouri (74)

Montana (19)

Nebraska (15)

Nevada (10)

New Hampshire (10)

New Jersey (21)

New Mexico (27)

New York (60)

North Carolina (86)

North Dakota (12)

Ohio (85)

Oklahoma (56)

Oregon (28)

Pennsylvania (62)

Rhode Island (3)

South Carolina (44)

South Dakota (7)

Tennessee (82)

Texas (175)

Utah (22)

Vermont (10)

Virginia (84)

Washington (31)

West Virginia (33)

Wisconsin (54)

Wyoming (15)