Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities

Marion County had the highest traffic fatalities of 92 counties in 2021, at 149. Union County had the lowest, at 1. The median was 6 and the figure for Indiana was 932. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest149Marion County

Lowest1Union County

Median692 counties

Indiana932History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Marion County	149	+2.1%
2	Lake County	72	+24.1%
3	Allen County	45	+28.6%
4	Elkhart County	32	+6.7%
5	Madison County	31	+72.2%
5	St. Joseph County	31	-3.1%
7	Hamilton County	20	-16.7%
8	Delaware County	19	+11.8%
9	Bartholomew County	18	+50%
9	Kosciusko County	18	+28.6%
9	Vanderburgh County	18	-10%
12	LaPorte County	17	+13.3%
12	Porter County	17	-15%
14	Grant County	16	+77.8%
15	Tippecanoe County	15	+66.7%
16	Clinton County	13	+160%
16	Monroe County	13	+62.5%
18	Hendricks County	12	0%
18	Howard County	12	+20%
18	Morgan County	12	+9.1%
18	Vigo County	12	-25%
18	White County	12	+71.4%
23	Henry County	11	+10%
23	Starke County	11	+22.2%
25	Noble County	10	+100%
26	Boone County	9	+12.5%
26	Clay County	9	+125%
26	Huntington County	9	+125%
26	Sullivan County	9	+800%
30	Fayette County	8	+700%
30	Jennings County	8	+166.7%
30	LaGrange County	8	+60%
30	Marshall County	8	0%
30	Scott County	8	0%
30	Shelby County	8	-11.1%
36	Clark County	7	-53.3%
36	DeKalb County	7	-46.2%
36	Hancock County	7	-12.5%
36	Jackson County	7	-22.2%
36	Johnson County	7	-12.5%
36	Spencer County	7	+600%
36	Warrick County	7	+75%
43	Adams County	6	+20%
43	Floyd County	6	-14.3%
43	Montgomery County	6	-33.3%
43	Putnam County	6	-25%
43	Wabash County	6	+100%
43	Wayne County	6	-50%
49	Decatur County	5	+66.7%
49	Dubois County	5	+66.7%
49	Jasper County	5	-44.4%
49	Miami County	5	-28.6%
49	Randolph County	5	+25%
49	Washington County	5	-16.7%
49	Wells County	5	0%
56	Jefferson County	4	-71.4%
56	Lawrence County	4	+33.3%
56	Newton County	4	0%
56	Owen County	4	+100%
56	Ripley County	4	+33.3%
56	Rush County	4	+300%
56	Steuben County	4	-20%
63	Brown County	3	+50%
63	Carroll County	3	0%
63	Cass County	3	-70%
63	Crawford County	3	+200%
63	Daviess County	3	+50%
63	Dearborn County	3	-66.7%
63	Franklin County	3	0%
63	Gibson County	3	0%
63	Greene County	3	+50%
63	Harrison County	3	-70%
63	Orange County	3	0%
63	Parke County	3	+200%
63	Tipton County	3	-40%
76	Blackford County	2	-50%
76	Fulton County	2	-66.7%
76	Jay County	2	-60%
76	Posey County	2	0%
76	Pulaski County	2	-75%
76	Vermillion County	2	-50%
76	Warren County	2	-50%
76	Whitley County	2	-75%
84	Benton County	1	-50%
84	Fountain County	1	-75%
84	Knox County	1	-90%
84	Martin County	1	n/a
84	Ohio County	1	0%
84	Perry County	1	-50%
84	Pike County	1	-50%
84	Switzerland County	1	-66.7%
84	Union County	1	-75%

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/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.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, 2021. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2021. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Marion County, with 149 in 2021, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Union County, with 1 in 2021.

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.