Counties in Illinois by traffic fatalities

Cook County had the highest traffic fatalities of 102 counties in 2017, at 288. Scott County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 5 and the figure for Illinois was 1,090. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest288Cook County

Lowest0Scott County

Median5102 counties

Illinois1,090History

Top 40 counties, 2017

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	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Cook County	288	+7.5%
2	Will County	59	+31.1%
3	Lake County	46	-8%
4	Madison County	44	+109.5%
5	DuPage County	39	+8.3%
6	St. Clair County	36	-10%
7	McHenry County	33	+26.9%
8	Kane County	31	-20.5%
9	Winnebago County	23	-41%
10	Kankakee County	18	-21.7%
10	Sangamon County	18	-10%
12	LaSalle County	17	-43.3%
13	Vermilion County	16	+100%
14	Champaign County	14	-39.1%
15	Peoria County	13	-18.8%
16	Jackson County	12	+9.1%
16	Macon County	12	+71.4%
16	Williamson County	12	+9.1%
19	Coles County	11	+83.3%
19	DeKalb County	11	+120%
19	Fulton County	11	+266.7%
19	McLean County	11	0%
23	Jefferson County	10	-9.1%
23	Kendall County	10	+66.7%
23	Livingston County	10	-16.7%
23	Tazewell County	10	+11.1%
23	Union County	10	+900%
28	Henry County	8	+60%
29	Boone County	7	+133.3%
29	Bureau County	7	-36.4%
29	Carroll County	7	+75%
29	Knox County	7	0%
29	Randolph County	7	-30%
29	Rock Island County	7	-36.4%
29	Washington County	7	-22.2%
29	Whiteside County	7	+40%
37	Christian County	6	+20%
37	Clinton County	6	+200%
37	De Witt County	6	+100%
37	Iroquois County	6	-25%
37	Macoupin County	6	-25%
37	Marion County	6	-33.3%
37	Morgan County	6	+200%
37	Woodford County	6	+200%
45	Adams County	5	0%
45	Douglas County	5	+25%
45	Greene County	5	+25%
45	Lee County	5	-16.7%
45	Logan County	5	-50%
45	Marshall County	5	+150%
45	Ogle County	5	+150%
45	Perry County	5	+150%
45	Saline County	5	+150%
45	Stephenson County	5	-16.7%
55	Bond County	4	+100%
55	Crawford County	4	n/a
55	Franklin County	4	-42.9%
55	Grundy County	4	-55.6%
55	Lawrence County	4	0%
55	Richland County	4	+100%
55	Stark County	4	n/a
62	Cass County	3	n/a
62	Clark County	3	-57.1%
62	Clay County	3	+50%
62	Cumberland County	3	-50%
62	Edgar County	3	-57.1%
62	Fayette County	3	-66.7%
62	Jersey County	3	-57.1%
62	Jo Daviess County	3	-75%
62	Massac County	3	-25%
62	Moultrie County	3	n/a
62	Pike County	3	-25%
62	Shelby County	3	+50%
62	Wabash County	3	+50%
62	Warren County	3	+50%
62	White County	3	+50%
77	Effingham County	2	-77.8%
77	Hardin County	2	+100%
77	Johnson County	2	-33.3%
77	Mason County	2	n/a
77	McDonough County	2	-50%
77	Menard County	2	0%
77	Montgomery County	2	-75%
77	Pulaski County	2	+100%
77	Schuyler County	2	n/a
77	Wayne County	2	-33.3%
87	Alexander County	1	0%
87	Ford County	1	-80%
87	Hancock County	1	-50%
87	Henderson County	1	0%
87	Jasper County	1	-87.5%
87	Mercer County	1	0%
87	Monroe County	1	-66.7%
87	Piatt County	1	-50%
87	Pope County	1	n/a
87	Putnam County	1	0%
97	Brown County	0	-100%
97	Calhoun County	0	n/a
97	Edwards County	0	-100%
97	Gallatin County	0	-100%
97	Hamilton County	0	-100%
97	Scott 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/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.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, 2017. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2017. 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, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/illinois-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Cook County, with 288 in 2017, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Scott County, with 0 in 2017.

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