Counties in Indiana by traffic fatalities

Marion County had the highest traffic fatalities of 92 counties in 2023, at 131. Wabash County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Indiana was 904. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest131Marion County

Lowest0Wabash County

Median692 counties

Indiana904History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Marion County	131	-9%
2	Lake County	55	-9.8%
3	Allen County	39	-13.3%
4	St. Joseph County	31	+19.2%
5	LaPorte County	26	+30%
6	Hamilton County	24	+33.3%
6	Vanderburgh County	24	+26.3%
8	Madison County	21	+50%
8	Tippecanoe County	21	+40%
10	Elkhart County	20	-56.5%
11	Vigo County	18	-25%
12	Delaware County	17	+13.3%
13	Clark County	16	0%
13	Johnson County	16	0%
13	Porter County	16	-33.3%
16	Howard County	15	+87.5%
17	Kosciusko County	14	+55.6%
17	Morgan County	14	+55.6%
19	Grant County	13	+18.2%
20	Hancock County	11	-15.4%
20	Hendricks County	11	-31.3%
20	Monroe County	11	-15.4%
20	Montgomery County	11	+57.1%
20	Whitley County	11	+22.2%
25	Bartholomew County	9	+12.5%
25	Boone County	9	-10%
25	Dubois County	9	+50%
25	Greene County	9	0%
25	Jefferson County	9	+350%
25	Marshall County	9	-18.2%
25	Steuben County	9	+80%
32	DeKalb County	8	+166.7%
32	Henry County	8	-11.1%
32	Jackson County	8	-20%
32	Jasper County	8	+33.3%
32	Randolph County	8	+100%
32	Spencer County	8	+60%
38	Floyd County	7	-36.4%
38	Harrison County	7	-61.1%
38	Huntington County	7	-36.4%
38	LaGrange County	7	-12.5%
38	Shelby County	7	-41.7%
38	Wayne County	7	-12.5%
38	White County	7	-22.2%
45	Daviess County	6	0%
45	Dearborn County	6	+20%
45	Fulton County	6	+100%
45	Jay County	6	-14.3%
45	Jennings County	6	-33.3%
45	Lawrence County	6	+100%
45	Perry County	6	+100%
45	Warrick County	6	+20%
53	Brown County	5	+400%
53	Cass County	5	-50%
53	Clinton County	5	-16.7%
53	Franklin County	5	+66.7%
53	Knox County	5	-28.6%
53	Newton County	5	+25%
53	Putnam County	5	-44.4%
53	Scott County	5	-44.4%
53	Starke County	5	+66.7%
62	Decatur County	4	-33.3%
62	Miami County	4	+33.3%
62	Owen County	4	+100%
62	Pulaski County	4	0%
66	Carroll County	3	-66.7%
66	Clay County	3	-40%
66	Crawford County	3	0%
66	Posey County	3	+50%
66	Rush County	3	-57.1%
66	Tipton County	3	-40%
66	Vermillion County	3	0%
66	Warren County	3	+50%
66	Washington County	3	-72.7%
75	Blackford County	2	-33.3%
75	Fayette County	2	-33.3%
75	Fountain County	2	-60%
75	Orange County	2	0%
75	Pike County	2	0%
75	Ripley County	2	-75%
75	Sullivan County	2	-50%
75	Switzerland County	2	+100%
75	Wells County	2	0%
84	Adams County	1	-66.7%
84	Benton County	1	-66.7%
84	Martin County	1	-66.7%
84	Parke County	1	0%
88	Gibson County	0	-100%
88	Noble County	0	-100%
88	Ohio County	0	n/a
88	Union County	0	-100%
88	Wabash 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/indiana-counties?period=2023. 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Marion County, with 131 in 2023, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Wabash County, with 0 in 2023.

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.