Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities

Marion County had the highest traffic fatalities of 92 counties in 2016, at 104. Union County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Indiana was 829. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest104Marion County

Lowest0Union County

Median692 counties

Indiana829History

Top 40 counties, 2016

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	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Marion County	104	+7.2%
2	Lake County	50	-15.3%
3	Allen County	36	+20%
4	St. Joseph County	22	+83.3%
5	LaPorte County	19	+90%
5	Porter County	19	-13.6%
7	Decatur County	17	n/a
7	Hendricks County	17	+54.5%
7	Howard County	17	+30.8%
7	Kosciusko County	17	+112.5%
11	Elkhart County	16	-51.5%
11	Hamilton County	16	+14.3%
11	Monroe County	16	+166.7%
11	Vanderburgh County	16	+6.7%
15	Bartholomew County	14	-30%
15	Morgan County	14	-17.6%
15	Vigo County	14	+16.7%
18	Harrison County	13	+30%
18	Madison County	13	-13.3%
20	Steuben County	12	+140%
21	Grant County	11	+57.1%
21	Ripley County	11	+1,000%
21	Shelby County	11	+22.2%
24	Clark County	10	-33.3%
24	Delaware County	10	0%
24	Gibson County	10	-28.6%
24	Henry County	10	+11.1%
24	Wabash County	10	-28.6%
24	Wayne County	10	+42.9%
30	Cass County	9	+200%
30	Marshall County	9	+200%
30	Scott County	9	+800%
33	Floyd County	8	0%
33	Randolph County	8	0%
33	Warrick County	8	+100%
36	DeKalb County	7	0%
36	Greene County	7	+250%
36	Hancock County	7	+16.7%
36	Jasper County	7	0%
36	Jennings County	7	+75%
36	Parke County	7	+133.3%
36	Tippecanoe County	7	-63.2%
36	Wells County	7	+16.7%
44	Johnson County	6	-33.3%
44	LaGrange County	6	-14.3%
44	Lawrence County	6	+100%
44	Montgomery County	6	+20%
44	Pike County	6	0%
49	Boone County	5	-58.3%
49	Carroll County	5	+66.7%
49	Clay County	5	-28.6%
49	Daviess County	5	-28.6%
49	Dearborn County	5	-37.5%
49	Huntington County	5	-37.5%
49	Jefferson County	5	+25%
49	Owen County	5	-28.6%
49	Starke County	5	+25%
49	Whitley County	5	+25%
59	Clinton County	4	-42.9%
59	Jackson County	4	-42.9%
59	Miami County	4	-55.6%
59	Noble County	4	-20%
59	Sullivan County	4	-20%
59	Vermillion County	4	-42.9%
65	Blackford County	3	+200%
65	Dubois County	3	-50%
65	Fayette County	3	0%
65	Franklin County	3	+50%
65	Jay County	3	-50%
65	Knox County	3	0%
65	Newton County	3	-25%
65	Rush County	3	0%
65	Spencer County	3	-62.5%
65	Tipton County	3	+50%
65	Washington County	3	-40%
65	White County	3	-76.9%
77	Adams County	2	-71.4%
77	Benton County	2	+100%
77	Crawford County	2	-71.4%
77	Fountain County	2	+100%
77	Fulton County	2	-33.3%
77	Martin County	2	-33.3%
77	Ohio County	2	+100%
77	Orange County	2	-33.3%
77	Posey County	2	-50%
77	Pulaski County	2	+100%
77	Switzerland County	2	0%
77	Warren County	2	0%
89	Brown County	1	-50%
89	Perry County	1	-75%
89	Putnam County	1	-87.5%
92	Union 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/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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, 2016. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Marion County, with 104 in 2016, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Union County, with 0 in 2016.

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.