Counties in Florida by traffic fatalities

Miami-Dade County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2018, at 293. Lafayette County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 24 and the figure for Florida was 3,135. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest293Miami-Dade County

Lowest0Lafayette County

Median2467 counties

Florida3,135History

Map of counties, 2018

Under 7
7 to 15
15 to 24
24 to 37
37 to 85
85 and over

count, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Miami-Dade County	293	+2.8%
2	Broward County	237	+4.9%
3	Palm Beach County	183	+13%
4	Orange County	177	-5.9%
5	Hillsborough County	176	-7.9%
6	Duval County	143	-5.3%
7	Pinellas County	130	+9.2%
8	Polk County	123	+9.8%
9	Volusia County	106	-18.5%
10	Pasco County	99	-7.5%
11	Lee County	94	-16.8%
12	Brevard County	85	+2.4%
13	Marion County	84	-6.7%
14	Manatee County	75	+38.9%
15	Osceola County	66	+20%
16	Escambia County	64	+25.5%
17	Lake County	63	+31.3%
18	Alachua County	51	-7.3%
18	Sarasota County	51	+4.1%
20	Collier County	44	+91.3%
21	St. Lucie County	41	0%
22	Putnam County	38	+46.2%
23	Citrus County	37	+19.4%
24	Seminole County	36	-25%
25	St. Johns County	34	-19%
26	Indian River County	32	+14.3%
27	Hernando County	31	-8.8%
28	Leon County	30	-11.8%
29	Charlotte County	27	0%
29	Okaloosa County	27	-15.6%
31	Bay County	26	-10.3%
32	Santa Rosa County	25	+31.6%
32	Sumter County	25	+8.7%
34	Walton County	24	+14.3%
35	Martin County	23	-8%
36	Columbia County	21	+5%
37	Highlands County	20	+11.1%
37	Monroe County	20	+11.1%
37	Suwannee County	20	+42.9%
40	Clay County	19	-9.5%
40	Levy County	19	-17.4%
42	Nassau County	18	0%
43	DeSoto County	15	0%
43	Flagler County	15	-54.5%
43	Jackson County	15	-16.7%
46	Hendry County	14	+55.6%
46	Okeechobee County	14	+7.7%
48	Gadsden County	12	-36.8%
48	Gilchrist County	12	+200%
48	Glades County	12	-7.7%
51	Washington County	10	0%
52	Bradford County	9	+28.6%
52	Hardee County	9	-25%
52	Wakulla County	9	+28.6%
55	Calhoun County	8	+700%
56	Jefferson County	7	+75%
57	Madison County	6	+200%
57	Taylor County	6	-53.8%
59	Baker County	5	-28.6%
59	Holmes County	5	-50%
61	Gulf County	4	-55.6%
62	Hamilton County	3	-66.7%
62	Union County	3	-25%
64	Dixie County	2	-50%
64	Liberty County	2	-33.3%
66	Franklin County	1	0%
67	Lafayette 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/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.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, 2018. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2018. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Miami-Dade County, with 293 in 2018, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Lafayette County, with 0 in 2018.

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.