Counties in Florida by traffic fatalities

Miami-Dade County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2019, at 298. Liberty County had the lowest, at 2. The median was 25 and the figure for Florida was 3,185. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest298Miami-Dade County

Lowest2Liberty County

Median2567 counties

Florida3,185History

Map of counties, 2019

Under 7
7 to 13
13 to 25
25 to 38
38 to 90
90 and over

count, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Miami-Dade County	298	+1.7%
2	Hillsborough County	219	+24.4%
3	Broward County	214	-9.7%
4	Palm Beach County	174	-4.9%
5	Orange County	173	-2.3%
6	Duval County	158	+10.5%
7	Volusia County	126	+18.9%
8	Polk County	125	+1.6%
9	Pinellas County	108	-16.9%
10	Lee County	98	+4.3%
11	Pasco County	97	-2%
12	Marion County	90	+7.1%
13	Brevard County	84	-1.2%
14	Osceola County	75	+13.6%
15	Alachua County	72	+41.2%
16	Escambia County	64	0%
17	Lake County	60	-4.8%
18	Sarasota County	57	+11.8%
19	Manatee County	56	-25.3%
20	Collier County	52	+18.2%
21	Seminole County	47	+30.6%
22	Okaloosa County	39	+44.4%
23	St. Lucie County	38	-7.3%
24	Leon County	35	+16.7%
25	Putnam County	34	-10.5%
26	Bay County	32	+23.1%
27	Highlands County	31	+55%
27	St. Johns County	31	-8.8%
29	Columbia County	30	+42.9%
30	Martin County	28	+21.7%
31	Clay County	26	+36.8%
32	Hernando County	25	-19.4%
32	Indian River County	25	-21.9%
32	Sumter County	25	0%
35	Charlotte County	22	-18.5%
35	Citrus County	22	-40.5%
37	Santa Rosa County	21	-16%
38	Jackson County	20	+33.3%
39	Walton County	19	-20.8%
40	Monroe County	18	-10%
41	Nassau County	17	-5.6%
42	Levy County	16	-15.8%
43	Okeechobee County	14	0%
43	Suwannee County	14	-30%
45	Glades County	13	+8.3%
45	Hardee County	13	+44.4%
47	Bradford County	12	+33.3%
48	Flagler County	11	-26.7%
49	Madison County	10	+66.7%
50	Washington County	9	-10%
51	DeSoto County	8	-46.7%
51	Gadsden County	8	-33.3%
51	Hendry County	8	-42.9%
51	Holmes County	8	+60%
51	Wakulla County	8	-11.1%
56	Baker County	7	+40%
57	Gilchrist County	6	-50%
57	Hamilton County	6	+100%
59	Dixie County	5	+150%
59	Taylor County	5	-16.7%
61	Calhoun County	4	-50%
62	Franklin County	3	+200%
62	Jefferson County	3	-57.1%
62	Union County	3	0%
65	Gulf County	2	-50%
65	Lafayette County	2	n/a
65	Liberty County	2	0%

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/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.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, 2019. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2019. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/florida-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Miami-Dade County, with 298 in 2019, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Liberty County, with 2 in 2019.

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.