Counties in Alabama by traffic fatalities

Jefferson County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2023, at 112. Clay County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 10 and the figure for Alabama was 974. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest112Jefferson County

Lowest0Clay County

Median1067 counties

Alabama974History

Map of counties, 2023

Under 5
5 to 7
7 to 10
10 to 13
13 to 20
20 and over

count, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Jefferson County	112	+14.3%
2	Mobile County	89	+21.9%
3	Madison County	51	+37.8%
4	Montgomery County	38	-42.4%
5	Tuscaloosa County	31	-29.5%
6	Lee County	25	+47.1%
7	Baldwin County	22	-33.3%
7	Cullman County	22	-31.3%
7	Marshall County	22	-18.5%
10	Shelby County	21	+16.7%
10	Talladega County	21	+61.5%
12	Calhoun County	20	+11.1%
12	Etowah County	20	-16.7%
12	St. Clair County	20	-20%
15	Blount County	18	+50%
15	Chambers County	18	+157.1%
15	Dallas County	18	-5.3%
15	Limestone County	18	-45.5%
19	Jackson County	17	+6.3%
20	Colbert County	16	+14.3%
21	Russell County	15	+7.1%
22	Morgan County	14	-30%
23	Lawrence County	13	+8.3%
23	Winston County	13	+550%
25	Houston County	12	-29.4%
25	Lauderdale County	12	+33.3%
27	Autauga County	11	+10%
27	Barbour County	11	+1,000%
27	Dale County	11	+120%
27	DeKalb County	11	-54.2%
27	Pike County	11	+22.2%
27	Walker County	11	-31.3%
33	Cherokee County	10	-16.7%
33	Clarke County	10	+100%
33	Greene County	10	+42.9%
33	Marengo County	10	+150%
37	Chilton County	9	-25%
37	Escambia County	9	-30.8%
37	Marion County	9	+125%
40	Butler County	8	-38.5%
40	Coffee County	8	-46.7%
40	Conecuh County	8	+100%
40	Tallapoosa County	8	0%
44	Cleburne County	7	-12.5%
44	Covington County	7	-12.5%
44	Lowndes County	7	-36.4%
44	Randolph County	7	+40%
48	Choctaw County	6	-33.3%
48	Geneva County	6	-25%
48	Macon County	6	+20%
48	Monroe County	6	-25%
52	Bibb County	5	+150%
52	Bullock County	5	-28.6%
52	Coosa County	5	+25%
52	Crenshaw County	5	+400%
52	Elmore County	5	-66.7%
52	Franklin County	5	-16.7%
52	Perry County	5	+150%
52	Wilcox County	5	+66.7%
60	Sumter County	4	+100%
60	Washington County	4	-20%
62	Hale County	3	+200%
62	Henry County	3	+50%
62	Pickens County	3	-25%
65	Fayette County	1	-66.7%
65	Lamar County	1	-75%
67	Clay 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alabama-counties?period=2023. 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Jefferson County, with 112 in 2023, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Clay County, with 0 in 2023.

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.