Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities

Marion County had the highest traffic fatalities of 92 counties in 2018, at 110. Pulaski County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Indiana was 860. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest110Marion County

Lowest0Pulaski County

Median692 counties

Indiana860History

Top 40 counties, 2018

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	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Marion County	110	+7.8%
2	Lake County	51	0%
3	Allen County	33	-23.3%
4	St. Joseph County	28	+3.7%
5	Bartholomew County	21	+31.3%
6	Madison County	20	+17.6%
7	Hamilton County	19	+90%
7	Howard County	19	+58.3%
7	Porter County	19	-32.1%
10	Delaware County	18	+125%
10	Elkhart County	18	-30.8%
10	LaPorte County	18	-33.3%
13	Tippecanoe County	16	-30.4%
14	Clark County	15	0%
15	Harrison County	14	+40%
15	Kosciusko County	14	-6.7%
15	Vanderburgh County	14	-33.3%
18	Johnson County	13	+8.3%
19	Jackson County	12	+9.1%
20	Hendricks County	11	+37.5%
20	Marshall County	11	+83.3%
20	Miami County	11	+22.2%
20	Warrick County	11	+120%
24	Henry County	10	+150%
24	Jasper County	10	+42.9%
24	Monroe County	10	0%
24	Shelby County	10	+42.9%
28	Boone County	9	+28.6%
28	Floyd County	9	-18.2%
28	Grant County	9	0%
28	Huntington County	9	+125%
28	Newton County	9	+12.5%
28	Vigo County	9	-43.8%
34	Cass County	8	0%
34	Jennings County	8	-27.3%
34	Montgomery County	8	+60%
34	Morgan County	8	+100%
34	Wabash County	8	+700%
39	Dearborn County	7	0%
39	DeKalb County	7	+75%
39	Franklin County	7	+75%
39	Fulton County	7	+133.3%
39	Noble County	7	0%
39	Sullivan County	7	+250%
39	Washington County	7	-46.2%
46	Gibson County	6	-68.4%
46	Hancock County	6	-62.5%
46	LaGrange County	6	-40%
46	Lawrence County	6	-53.8%
46	Putnam County	6	-33.3%
46	Scott County	6	+20%
46	Tipton County	6	+50%
46	Wells County	6	+50%
54	Adams County	5	-37.5%
54	Clinton County	5	-58.3%
54	Decatur County	5	+400%
54	Fayette County	5	+25%
54	Posey County	5	+66.7%
54	Ripley County	5	-16.7%
54	Spencer County	5	-28.6%
54	Steuben County	5	0%
54	Whitley County	5	-37.5%
63	Greene County	4	-63.6%
63	Jefferson County	4	-55.6%
63	Warren County	4	+33.3%
63	Wayne County	4	-42.9%
67	Benton County	3	+200%
67	Carroll County	3	+50%
67	Clay County	3	-40%
67	Dubois County	3	-50%
67	Jay County	3	0%
67	Knox County	3	-66.7%
67	Perry County	3	+200%
67	Randolph County	3	-62.5%
67	Starke County	3	-25%
67	Switzerland County	3	+50%
67	White County	3	-50%
78	Blackford County	2	+100%
78	Brown County	2	-71.4%
78	Daviess County	2	-71.4%
78	Ohio County	2	+100%
78	Owen County	2	-66.7%
78	Rush County	2	n/a
78	Vermillion County	2	-71.4%
85	Crawford County	1	-50%
85	Fountain County	1	-50%
85	Martin County	1	-80%
85	Orange County	1	-66.7%
85	Union County	1	-50%
90	Parke County	0	-100%
90	Pike County	0	-100%
90	Pulaski 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/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.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, 2018. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2018. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2018. 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/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Marion County, with 110 in 2018, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Pulaski County, with 0 in 2018.

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.