The 50 counties with the most fatal crash deaths, 2015 to 2024
The county with the most deaths in fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024 was Los Angeles County, California, with 7,783.
The 50 counties with the most deaths had 94,660 deaths in all, 24.3% of the 389,190 deaths in the United States.
These counties are in 21 states.
To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .
This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates
Counties by deaths
| County | Position | Deaths, 2015 to 2024 | Rate in a year | Share of the state | Change from the ten years 2005 to 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 1 | 7,783 | 7.8 | 19.6% | +17.9% |
| Maricopa County, AZ | 2 | 5,330 | 12.0 | 48.7% | +34.6% |
| Harris County, TX | 3 | 4,851 | 10.2 | 12.2% | +31.6% |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 4 | 3,509 | 16.1 | 8.8% | +18.1% |
| Cook County, IL | 5 | 3,325 | 6.4 | 29.1% | +16.7% |
| Dallas County, TX | 6 | 3,126 | 12.0 | 7.9% | +48.0% |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 7 | 3,086 | 11.4 | 9.4% | +12.1% |
| Riverside County, CA | 8 | 3,065 | 12.5 | 7.7% | +18.6% |
| San Diego County, CA | 9 | 2,735 | 8.3 | 6.9% | +12.3% |
| Broward County, FL | 10 | 2,444 | 12.5 | 7.5% | +18.4% |
| Clark County, NV | 11 | 2,285 | 10.1 | 64.2% | +17.7% |
| Hillsborough County, FL | 12 | 2,124 | 14.4 | 6.5% | +24.0% |
| Orange County, CA | 13 | 2,088 | 6.6 | 5.3% | +24.4% |
| Bexar County, TX | 14 | 2,051 | 10.2 | 5.2% | +27.2% |
| Wayne County, MI | 15 | 1,948 | 11.0 | 18.4% | +18.0% |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 16 | 1,926 | 12.8 | 5.9% | +20.3% |
| Shelby County, TN | 17 | 1,909 | 20.6 | 16.5% | +79.6% |
| Tarrant County, TX | 18 | 1,901 | 9.0 | 4.8% | +32.0% |
| Kern County, CA | 19 | 1,808 | 20.1 | 4.6% | +29.9% |
| Orange County, FL | 20 | 1,776 | 12.6 | 5.4% | +14.3% |
| Sacramento County, CA | 21 | 1,757 | 11.3 | 4.4% | +45.6% |
| Duval County, FL | 22 | 1,586 | 16.2 | 4.9% | +24.8% |
| Fresno County, CA | 23 | 1,575 | 15.7 | 4.0% | +19.5% |
| Pima County, AZ | 24 | 1,451 | 13.9 | 13.3% | +26.7% |
| Travis County, TX | 25 | 1,404 | 11.0 | 3.5% | +46.9% |
| Suffolk County, NY | 26 | 1,389 | 9.2 | 13.0% | -6.3% |
| Polk County, FL | 27 | 1,328 | 18.0 | 4.1% | +20.1% |
| Fulton County, GA | 28 | 1,289 | 12.2 | 8.2% | +38.8% |
| King County, WA | 29 | 1,260 | 5.6 | 20.1% | +33.9% |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 30 | 1,237 | 16.1 | 3.1% | +36.7% |
| Marion County, IN | 31 | 1,218 | 12.6 | 13.9% | +53.2% |
| Volusia County, FL | 32 | 1,205 | 21.6 | 3.7% | +17.0% |
| Pinellas County, FL | 33 | 1,197 | 12.4 | 3.7% | +12.6% |
| Philadelphia County, PA | 34 | 1,196 | 7.6 | 10.3% | +21.1% |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 35 | 1,195 | 6.2 | 3.0% | +24.7% |
| Lee County, FL | 36 | 1,105 | 14.2 | 3.4% | +21.4% |
| Prince George's County, MD | 37 | 1,090 | 11.7 | 19.6% | +2.2% |
| Jefferson County, KY | 38 | 1,088 | 14.0 | 14.2% | +43.2% |
| Jackson County, MO | 39 | 1,067 | 15.1 | 11.2% | +41.1% |
| DeKalb County, GA | 40 | 1,064 | 14.0 | 6.7% | +57.6% |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | 41 | 1,059 | 9.5 | 7.0% | +46.3% |
| Franklin County, OH | 42 | 1,057 | 8.1 | 8.9% | +32.8% |
| Bernalillo County, NM | 43 | 1,043 | 15.4 | 25.5% | +68.5% |
| Davidson County, TN | 44 | 1,039 | 14.8 | 9.0% | +36.9% |
| Pasco County, FL | 45 | 979 | 17.2 | 3.0% | +25.0% |
| Alameda County, CA | 46 | 965 | 5.8 | 2.4% | +17.0% |
| Jefferson County, AL | 47 | 959 | 14.4 | 10.0% | +4.9% |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | 48 | 949 | 7.6 | 8.0% | +52.6% |
| Marion County, FL | 49 | 926 | 24.6 | 2.8% | +35.2% |
| Oklahoma County, OK | 50 | 913 | 11.5 | 13.5% | +22.9% |
How the figures were made
Note: The table orders places by a figure. It is not a judgement of a place.
Note: A county with many residents has many deaths. The rate in a year is the deaths in the ten years divided by the resident-years, for each 100,000 residents. Residents: Census Bureau population estimates, vintage 2025. The deaths include persons who do not live in the place.
Note: The share of the state is the deaths of the county divided by the deaths of the state in the same years.
Note: The counts are from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 1975 to 2024. The 2024 counts are from an annual file, and NHTSA can revise them in the final file.
A program makes this page from the FARS files with fixed sentence rules. Data to . How the figures are made. Data sources and licences.
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was Los Angeles County, CA (7,783).
Other findings
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Fatal Roads. The 50 counties with the most fatal crash deaths, 2015 to 2024. https://fatalroads.com/findings/counties-by-deaths/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .
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