Counties in Florida by traffic fatalities

Miami-Dade County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2016, at 294. Gulf County had the lowest, at 1. The median was 24 and the figure for Florida was 3,176. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest294Miami-Dade County

Lowest1Gulf County

Median2467 counties

Florida3,176History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 5
5 to 17
17 to 24
24 to 35
35 to 86
86 and over

count, 2016. 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, 2016

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	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Miami-Dade County	294	-13.3%
2	Broward County	245	+9.4%
3	Hillsborough County	228	+20%
4	Palm Beach County	181	-3.2%
5	Orange County	171	+20.4%
6	Duval County	156	+17.3%
7	Polk County	137	+22.3%
8	Pinellas County	128	+24.3%
9	Volusia County	122	+40.2%
10	Lee County	105	+10.5%
11	Brevard County	98	+19.5%
12	Pasco County	86	+22.9%
13	Manatee County	71	+26.8%
14	Marion County	70	0%
15	Sarasota County	68	+17.2%
16	Lake County	55	-9.8%
17	Osceola County	49	0%
18	Alachua County	46	+24.3%
18	Escambia County	46	-6.1%
20	Seminole County	41	-6.8%
21	Leon County	40	+37.9%
22	Bay County	38	+18.8%
23	Collier County	35	-23.9%
23	St. Lucie County	35	-2.8%
25	Martin County	34	+13.3%
26	Monroe County	32	+52.4%
27	Charlotte County	30	+30.4%
27	St. Johns County	30	-18.9%
29	Clay County	26	-21.2%
29	Indian River County	26	+8.3%
29	Putnam County	26	+30%
32	Flagler County	25	+108.3%
32	Hernando County	25	-28.6%
34	Citrus County	24	-17.2%
35	Levy County	23	+9.5%
36	Nassau County	22	+46.7%
37	Highlands County	21	-4.5%
37	Okaloosa County	21	-38.2%
39	Columbia County	20	-9.1%
39	Suwannee County	20	+66.7%
41	Hendry County	19	+90%
42	Gadsden County	18	+50%
42	Jackson County	18	-40%
44	Sumter County	17	0%
44	Walton County	17	+88.9%
46	Wakulla County	14	+600%
47	Baker County	13	+8.3%
47	Santa Rosa County	13	-31.6%
49	DeSoto County	11	-31.3%
50	Okeechobee County	10	+66.7%
51	Holmes County	9	0%
52	Jefferson County	7	+40%
52	Madison County	7	0%
54	Bradford County	6	-40%
54	Taylor County	6	+50%
56	Franklin County	5	+400%
56	Gilchrist County	5	+66.7%
56	Hamilton County	5	0%
56	Hardee County	5	+150%
56	Washington County	5	0%
61	Liberty County	4	n/a
62	Calhoun County	3	-25%
63	Dixie County	2	-66.7%
63	Glades County	2	-85.7%
63	Lafayette County	2	-50%
63	Union County	2	-33.3%
67	Gulf County	1	-50%

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/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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 Florida by traffic fatalities, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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 Florida by traffic fatalities, 2016. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2016. 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 Florida by traffic fatalities, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2016.

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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 Florida by traffic fatalities, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2016. 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/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Miami-Dade County, with 294 in 2016, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Gulf County, with 1 in 2016.

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.