Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities

Jefferson County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2017, at 83. Pickens County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 11 and the figure for Alabama was 948. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest83Jefferson County

Lowest0Pickens County

Median1167 counties

Alabama948History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 5
5 to 6
6 to 11
11 to 15
15 to 22
22 and over

count, 2017. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Jefferson County	83	-7.8%
2	Mobile County	75	-2.6%
3	Madison County	37	-17.8%
3	Tuscaloosa County	37	-26%
5	Baldwin County	26	-29.7%
5	Talladega County	26	-13.3%
7	Etowah County	25	-19.4%
8	Cullman County	24	-4%
8	Shelby County	24	-7.7%
10	Blount County	23	+35.3%
10	Limestone County	23	-17.9%
12	DeKalb County	22	+15.8%
13	Calhoun County	21	-19.2%
13	Walker County	21	-8.7%
15	Colbert County	20	+11.1%
15	Morgan County	20	+53.8%
17	Montgomery County	19	-51.3%
17	St. Clair County	19	-5%
19	Jackson County	17	0%
20	Houston County	15	-44.4%
20	Lauderdale County	15	+15.4%
20	Lee County	15	-16.7%
20	Macon County	15	+15.4%
20	Russell County	15	-48.3%
25	Autauga County	14	-6.7%
25	Butler County	14	0%
25	Marshall County	14	-36.4%
28	Escambia County	13	+62.5%
29	Covington County	12	+50%
29	Lowndes County	12	+200%
31	Chilton County	11	-47.6%
31	Dale County	11	-15.4%
31	Dallas County	11	0%
31	Pike County	11	+120%
35	Cherokee County	10	-28.6%
36	Geneva County	9	+350%
37	Bibb County	8	0%
37	Fayette County	8	+300%
37	Franklin County	8	+100%
37	Sumter County	8	+100%
37	Winston County	8	-27.3%
42	Coffee County	7	-53.3%
42	Lawrence County	7	-22.2%
42	Marion County	7	+16.7%
45	Barbour County	6	+20%
45	Bullock County	6	+50%
45	Choctaw County	6	0%
45	Coosa County	6	-40%
45	Elmore County	6	-70%
45	Greene County	6	+20%
45	Hale County	6	+20%
45	Marengo County	6	-25%
45	Monroe County	6	-14.3%
45	Washington County	6	+50%
55	Chambers County	5	-61.5%
55	Clarke County	5	-16.7%
55	Conecuh County	5	-37.5%
55	Henry County	5	-16.7%
55	Randolph County	5	0%
55	Tallapoosa County	5	-66.7%
55	Wilcox County	5	+66.7%
62	Lamar County	4	+100%
63	Cleburne County	3	-50%
63	Crenshaw County	3	-25%
65	Perry County	2	-50%
66	Clay County	1	-75%
67	Pickens County	0	-100%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip

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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities, 2017. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2017.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities, 2017}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Jefferson County, with 83 in 2017, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Pickens County, with 0 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.