Counties in Alaska by traffic fatalities

Anchorage Municipality had the highest traffic fatalities of 25 counties in 2020, at 20. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at 0. The median was 0 and the figure for Alaska was 64. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Aleutians East Borough: 0 countAleutians West Census Area: 0 countAnchorage Municipality: 20 countBethel Census Area: 0 countBristol Bay Borough: 0 countDenali Borough: 0 countDillingham Census Area: 0 countFairbanks North Star Borough: 11 countHaines Borough: 0 countJuneau City and Borough: 0 countKenai Peninsula Borough: 6 countKetchikan Gateway Borough: 1 countKodiak Island Borough: 0 countKusilvak Census Area: 1 countLake and Peninsula Borough: 0 countMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 13 countNome Census Area: 2 countNorth Slope Borough: 0 countNorthwest Arctic Borough: 1 countPetersburg Borough: 4 countPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2 countSitka City and Borough: 0 countSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 0 countYakutat City and Borough: 0 countYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1 count
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count, 2020. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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.

All counties, 2020

Anchorage Municipality: 20 countAnchorage Municipality20Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 13 countMatanuska-Susitna Borough13Fairbanks North Star Borough: 11 countFairbanks North Star Borough11Kenai Peninsula Borough: 6 countKenai Peninsula Borough6Petersburg Borough: 4 countPetersburg Borough4Nome Census Area: 2 countNome Census Area2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2 countPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1 countKetchikan Gateway Borough1Kusilvak Census Area: 1 countKusilvak Census Area1Northwest Arctic Borough: 1 countNorthwest Arctic Borough1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1 countYukon-Koyukuk Census Area1Aleutians East Borough: 0 countAleutians East Borough0Aleutians West Census Area: 0 countAleutians West Census Area0Bethel Census Area: 0 countBethel Census Area0Bristol Bay Borough: 0 countBristol Bay Borough0Denali Borough: 0 countDenali Borough0Dillingham Census Area: 0 countDillingham Census Area0Haines Borough: 0 countHaines Borough0Juneau City and Borough: 0 countJuneau City and Borough0Kodiak Island Borough: 0 countKodiak Island Borough0Lake and Peninsula Borough: 0 countLake and Peninsula Borough0North Slope Borough: 0 countNorth Slope Borough0Sitka City and Borough: 0 countSitka City and Borough0Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 0 countSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area0Yakutat City and Borough: 0 countYakutat City and Borough0Anchorage Municipality: 20 countAnchorage Municipality20Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 13 countMatanuska-Susitna Borough13Fairbanks North Star Borough: 11 countFairbanks North Star Borough11Kenai Peninsula Borough: 6 countKenai Peninsula Borough6Petersburg Borough: 4 countPetersburg Borough4Nome Census Area: 2 countNome Census Area2Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2 countPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area2Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1 countKetchikan Gateway Borough1Kusilvak Census Area: 1 countKusilvak Census Area1Northwest Arctic Borough: 1 countNorthwest Arctic Borough1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 1 countYukon-Koyukuk Census Area1Aleutians East Borough: 0 countAleutians East Borough0Aleutians West Census Area: 0 countAleutians West Census Area0Bethel Census Area: 0 countBethel Census Area0Bristol Bay Borough: 0 countBristol Bay Borough0Denali Borough: 0 countDenali Borough0Dillingham Census Area: 0 countDillingham Census Area0Haines Borough: 0 countHaines Borough0Juneau City and Borough: 0 countJuneau City and Borough0Kodiak Island Borough: 0 countKodiak Island Borough0Lake and Peninsula Borough: 0 countLake and Peninsula Borough0North Slope Borough: 0 countNorth Slope Borough0Sitka City and Borough: 0 countSitka City and Borough0Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 0 countSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area0Yakutat City and Borough: 0 countYakutat City and Borough0
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.

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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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.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 Alaska by traffic fatalities, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.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 Alaska by traffic fatalities, 2020. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alaska-counties?period=2020. 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 Alaska by traffic fatalities, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alaska-counties?period=2020.

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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 Alaska by traffic fatalities, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/alaska-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Anchorage Municipality, with 20 in 2020, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Yakutat City and Borough, with 0 in 2020.

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. 2 counties have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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