Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities

Marion County had the highest traffic fatalities of 92 counties in 2015, at 97. Decatur County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 7 and the figure for Indiana was 817. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest97Marion County

Lowest0Decatur County

Median792 counties

Indiana817History

Top 40 counties, 2015

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	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Marion County	97	+16.9%
2	Lake County	59	+22.9%
3	Elkhart County	33	+65%
4	Allen County	30	-3.2%
5	Porter County	22	+69.2%
6	Bartholomew County	20	+66.7%
7	Tippecanoe County	19	+216.7%
8	Morgan County	17	+70%
9	Clark County	15	+36.4%
9	Madison County	15	-34.8%
9	Vanderburgh County	15	-25%
12	Gibson County	14	+133.3%
12	Hamilton County	14	0%
12	Wabash County	14	+100%
15	Howard County	13	+30%
15	White County	13	+85.7%
17	Boone County	12	-7.7%
17	St. Joseph County	12	-47.8%
17	Vigo County	12	+33.3%
20	Hendricks County	11	+57.1%
21	Delaware County	10	-33.3%
21	Harrison County	10	+100%
21	LaPorte County	10	-52.4%
24	Henry County	9	+28.6%
24	Johnson County	9	+12.5%
24	Miami County	9	+125%
24	Shelby County	9	+50%
28	Dearborn County	8	+700%
28	Floyd County	8	+60%
28	Huntington County	8	+700%
28	Kosciusko County	8	0%
28	Putnam County	8	-27.3%
28	Randolph County	8	+100%
28	Spencer County	8	+300%
35	Adams County	7	+40%
35	Clay County	7	+600%
35	Clinton County	7	+133.3%
35	Crawford County	7	+600%
35	Daviess County	7	-12.5%
35	DeKalb County	7	-22.2%
35	Grant County	7	0%
35	Jackson County	7	-12.5%
35	Jasper County	7	-46.2%
35	LaGrange County	7	0%
35	Owen County	7	+133.3%
35	Vermillion County	7	+75%
35	Wayne County	7	-22.2%
48	Dubois County	6	-14.3%
48	Hancock County	6	+20%
48	Jay County	6	-25%
48	Monroe County	6	-14.3%
48	Pike County	6	+500%
48	Wells County	6	+50%
54	Montgomery County	5	+66.7%
54	Noble County	5	-28.6%
54	Steuben County	5	-16.7%
54	Sullivan County	5	+150%
54	Washington County	5	-28.6%
59	Jefferson County	4	-42.9%
59	Jennings County	4	-20%
59	Newton County	4	+33.3%
59	Perry County	4	0%
59	Posey County	4	0%
59	Starke County	4	-20%
59	Warrick County	4	+33.3%
59	Whitley County	4	-42.9%
67	Carroll County	3	-50%
67	Cass County	3	-50%
67	Fayette County	3	0%
67	Fulton County	3	+200%
67	Knox County	3	-40%
67	Lawrence County	3	-62.5%
67	Marshall County	3	-57.1%
67	Martin County	3	n/a
67	Orange County	3	+200%
67	Parke County	3	-25%
67	Rush County	3	+50%
78	Brown County	2	-60%
78	Franklin County	2	+100%
78	Greene County	2	-77.8%
78	Switzerland County	2	-50%
78	Tipton County	2	-80%
78	Union County	2	0%
78	Warren County	2	+100%
85	Benton County	1	-50%
85	Blackford County	1	n/a
85	Fountain County	1	-75%
85	Ohio County	1	0%
85	Pulaski County	1	-50%
85	Ripley County	1	-80%
85	Scott County	1	-83.3%
92	Decatur 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/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.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 Indiana by traffic fatalities, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.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 Indiana by traffic fatalities, 2015. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2015. 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 Indiana by traffic fatalities, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2015.

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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 Indiana by traffic fatalities, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities, 2015}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2015. 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/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Marion County, with 97 in 2015, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Decatur County, with 0 in 2015.

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.