Traffic fatality rate
Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened and divided by the resident population, so counties with busy highways and few residents can show very high rates. Differs from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate).
Key facts
- Traffic fatality rate in the United States was 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2024, according to NHTSA and BEA.
- Mississippi had the highest traffic fatality rate of 51 states in 2024, at 25.5 per 100,000 people, and Rhode Island the lowest, at 4.7 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.
- Published for 3,131 places, with figures from 1997 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
- Counties in Tennessee
- Counties in Nebraska
US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024
How it is calculated
Invokely calculation: NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by the BEA mid-year resident population (Census Bureau estimates, tables SAINC1 and CAINC1) of the same year and place, times 100,000.
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Maryland
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Mobile County
- Lee County
- Leon County
- Waukesha County
- Chesterfield County
- Charleston County
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest traffic fatality rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k&level=region&within=United%20States