# Traffic fatalities in Wayne County

Traffic fatalities in Wayne County was 177 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-county-26163`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/wayne-county-michigan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-county-26163

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 177 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 201 |
| 2022 | 216 |
| 2021 | 219 |
| 2020 | 253 |
| 2019 | 166 |
| 2018 | 164 |
| 2017 | 161 |
| 2016 | 201 |
| 2015 | 190 |
| 2014 | 174 |
| 2013 | 171 |
| 2012 | 159 |
| 2011 | 129 |
| 2010 | 157 |
| 2009 | 173 |
| 2008 | 159 |
| 2007 | 190 |
| 2006 | 173 |
| 2005 | 166 |
| 2004 | 186 |
| 2003 | 222 |
| 2002 | 209 |
| 2001 | 238 |
| 2000 | 229 |