Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities

Marion County had the highest traffic fatalities of 92 counties in 2017, at 102. Rush County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 7 and the figure for Indiana was 916. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest102Marion County

Lowest0Rush County

Median792 counties

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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	Marion County	102	-1.9%
2	Lake County	51	+2%
3	Allen County	43	+19.4%
4	Porter County	28	+47.4%
5	LaPorte County	27	+42.1%
5	St. Joseph County	27	+22.7%
7	Elkhart County	26	+62.5%
8	Tippecanoe County	23	+228.6%
9	Vanderburgh County	21	+31.3%
10	Gibson County	19	+90%
11	Madison County	17	+30.8%
12	Bartholomew County	16	+14.3%
12	Hancock County	16	+128.6%
12	Vigo County	16	+14.3%
15	Clark County	15	+50%
15	Kosciusko County	15	-11.8%
17	Lawrence County	13	+116.7%
17	Washington County	13	+333.3%
19	Clinton County	12	+200%
19	Howard County	12	-29.4%
19	Johnson County	12	+100%
22	Floyd County	11	+37.5%
22	Greene County	11	+57.1%
22	Jackson County	11	+175%
22	Jennings County	11	+57.1%
26	Hamilton County	10	-37.5%
26	Harrison County	10	-23.1%
26	LaGrange County	10	+66.7%
26	Monroe County	10	-37.5%
30	Grant County	9	-18.2%
30	Jefferson County	9	+80%
30	Knox County	9	+200%
30	Miami County	9	+125%
30	Putnam County	9	+800%
35	Adams County	8	+300%
35	Cass County	8	-11.1%
35	Delaware County	8	-20%
35	Hendricks County	8	-52.9%
35	Newton County	8	+166.7%
35	Randolph County	8	0%
35	Whitley County	8	+60%
42	Boone County	7	+40%
42	Brown County	7	+600%
42	Daviess County	7	+40%
42	Dearborn County	7	+40%
42	Jasper County	7	0%
42	Noble County	7	+75%
42	Shelby County	7	-36.4%
42	Spencer County	7	+133.3%
42	Vermillion County	7	+75%
42	Wayne County	7	-30%
52	Dubois County	6	+100%
52	Marshall County	6	-33.3%
52	Owen County	6	+20%
52	Ripley County	6	-45.5%
52	White County	6	+100%
57	Clay County	5	0%
57	Martin County	5	+150%
57	Montgomery County	5	-16.7%
57	Scott County	5	-44.4%
57	Steuben County	5	-58.3%
57	Warrick County	5	-37.5%
63	DeKalb County	4	-42.9%
63	Fayette County	4	+33.3%
63	Franklin County	4	+33.3%
63	Henry County	4	-60%
63	Huntington County	4	-20%
63	Morgan County	4	-71.4%
63	Pulaski County	4	+100%
63	Starke County	4	-20%
63	Tipton County	4	+33.3%
63	Wells County	4	-42.9%
73	Fulton County	3	+50%
73	Jay County	3	0%
73	Orange County	3	+50%
73	Parke County	3	-57.1%
73	Posey County	3	+50%
73	Warren County	3	+50%
79	Carroll County	2	-60%
79	Crawford County	2	0%
79	Fountain County	2	0%
79	Sullivan County	2	-50%
79	Switzerland County	2	0%
79	Union County	2	n/a
85	Benton County	1	-50%
85	Blackford County	1	-66.7%
85	Decatur County	1	-94.1%
85	Ohio County	1	-50%
85	Perry County	1	0%
85	Pike County	1	-83.3%
85	Wabash County	1	-90%
92	Rush 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 Indiana 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 Indiana 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/indiana-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 Indiana 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/indiana-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 Indiana 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/indiana-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Marion County, with 102 in 2017, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Rush County, with 0 in 2017.

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.