Counties in Illinois by traffic fatalities

Cook County had the highest traffic fatalities of 102 counties in 2014, at 235. Wabash County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 4 and the figure for Illinois was 924. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest235Cook County

Lowest0Wabash County

Median4102 counties

Illinois924History

Map of counties, 2014

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2 to 4
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10 and over

count, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Cook County	235	-6%
2	Will County	61	+27.1%
3	Madison County	33	+17.9%
4	Lake County	31	-8.8%
4	St. Clair County	31	-31.1%
6	DuPage County	24	-20%
7	LaSalle County	23	+109.1%
8	Winnebago County	22	-37.1%
9	Kane County	21	-27.6%
10	Sangamon County	20	0%
11	McHenry County	19	+11.8%
11	Peoria County	19	0%
13	Champaign County	17	-5.6%
14	McLean County	16	+60%
15	Kankakee County	14	0%
16	Macon County	13	+18.2%
17	Tazewell County	12	+33.3%
18	DeKalb County	10	+25%
18	Fayette County	10	+25%
18	Montgomery County	10	+150%
18	Williamson County	10	+25%
22	Clinton County	9	+200%
22	Coles County	9	0%
22	Kendall County	9	+50%
22	Randolph County	9	-40%
22	Rock Island County	9	+28.6%
27	Franklin County	8	-11.1%
27	Grundy County	8	0%
27	Lee County	8	+300%
30	Boone County	7	-30%
30	Effingham County	7	-12.5%
30	Jackson County	7	+75%
30	Jefferson County	7	-41.7%
30	Ogle County	7	-41.7%
30	Vermilion County	7	-30%
30	Washington County	7	+40%
37	Jo Daviess County	6	-14.3%
37	Saline County	6	+100%
39	Bond County	5	n/a
39	Iroquois County	5	-44.4%
39	Lawrence County	5	+66.7%
39	Logan County	5	0%
39	McDonough County	5	+150%
44	Adams County	4	-42.9%
44	Bureau County	4	-33.3%
44	Christian County	4	-20%
44	Ford County	4	+300%
44	Henry County	4	-60%
44	Jersey County	4	0%
44	Knox County	4	-20%
44	Livingston County	4	-33.3%
44	Marshall County	4	0%
44	Morgan County	4	-63.6%
44	Perry County	4	0%
44	Stephenson County	4	0%
56	Clark County	3	-40%
56	Douglas County	3	0%
56	Hancock County	3	-40%
56	Henderson County	3	0%
56	Menard County	3	+200%
56	Monroe County	3	0%
56	Stark County	3	n/a
56	Union County	3	0%
56	Whiteside County	3	-40%
56	Woodford County	3	-25%
66	Carroll County	2	-50%
66	Clay County	2	n/a
66	Hamilton County	2	-60%
66	Hardin County	2	0%
66	Jasper County	2	-33.3%
66	Macoupin County	2	-66.7%
66	Piatt County	2	+100%
66	Pike County	2	-50%
66	Richland County	2	n/a
66	Schuyler County	2	-33.3%
66	Wayne County	2	-50%
66	White County	2	-66.7%
78	Calhoun County	1	0%
78	Cass County	1	-50%
78	Crawford County	1	-85.7%
78	De Witt County	1	-50%
78	Edgar County	1	0%
78	Fulton County	1	-80%
78	Gallatin County	1	0%
78	Greene County	1	-75%
78	Marion County	1	-75%
78	Massac County	1	0%
78	Mercer County	1	-50%
78	Moultrie County	1	0%
78	Pope County	1	-50%
78	Pulaski County	1	0%
78	Shelby County	1	n/a
78	Warren County	1	-50%
94	Alexander County	0	n/a
94	Brown County	0	-100%
94	Cumberland County	0	-100%
94	Edwards County	0	-100%
94	Johnson County	0	-100%
94	Mason County	0	-100%
94	Putnam County	0	-100%
94	Scott County	0	-100%
94	Wabash 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/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.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 Illinois by traffic fatalities, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.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 Illinois by traffic fatalities, 2014. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2014. 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 Illinois by traffic fatalities, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2014.

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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 Illinois by traffic fatalities, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2014 (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 Illinois by traffic fatalities, 2014}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2014. 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/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Cook County, with 235 in 2014, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Wabash County, with 0 in 2014.

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