Counties in Kansas by traffic fatalities

Sedgwick County had the highest traffic fatalities of 105 counties in 2021, at 67. Wichita County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 2 and the figure for Kansas was 423. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest67Sedgwick County

Lowest0Wichita County

Median2105 counties

Kansas423History

Map of counties, 2021

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2 to 3
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6 and over

count, 2021. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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	Sedgwick County	67	+3.1%
2	Shawnee County	27	+28.6%
3	Wyandotte County	25	-3.8%
4	Johnson County	23	+9.5%
5	Harvey County	10	+11.1%
5	Leavenworth County	10	-33.3%
7	Cowley County	8	+60%
8	Brown County	7	+250%
8	Butler County	7	+40%
8	Crawford County	7	+600%
8	Dickinson County	7	+40%
8	Lyon County	7	+75%
8	Marion County	7	+250%
8	Riley County	7	0%
8	Saline County	7	-12.5%
16	Douglas County	6	-66.7%
16	Ford County	6	-14.3%
16	Labette County	6	0%
16	Sumner County	6	-33.3%
20	Ellsworth County	5	+150%
20	Finney County	5	-28.6%
20	Franklin County	5	-28.6%
20	Greeley County	5	n/a
20	Greenwood County	5	+25%
20	Jackson County	5	+25%
20	Montgomery County	5	-37.5%
20	Neosho County	5	-16.7%
28	Atchison County	4	+100%
28	Bourbon County	4	+100%
28	Cherokee County	4	0%
28	Jefferson County	4	-20%
28	Linn County	4	+33.3%
28	Logan County	4	n/a
28	Seward County	4	+33.3%
35	Chase County	3	+200%
35	Clark County	3	+50%
35	Doniphan County	3	n/a
35	Ellis County	3	+50%
35	Geary County	3	+50%
35	Haskell County	3	+200%
35	Miami County	3	-50%
35	Pottawatomie County	3	-40%
35	Rooks County	3	+50%
35	Rush County	3	+200%
35	Stevens County	3	0%
35	Thomas County	3	+200%
35	Wilson County	3	0%
48	Barton County	2	-33.3%
48	Cheyenne County	2	+100%
48	Clay County	2	0%
48	Gove County	2	0%
48	Graham County	2	n/a
48	Grant County	2	-50%
48	Gray County	2	+100%
48	Hamilton County	2	n/a
48	Harper County	2	-33.3%
48	Jewell County	2	-33.3%
48	Lane County	2	+100%
48	McPherson County	2	-60%
48	Morris County	2	+100%
48	Nemaha County	2	+100%
48	Norton County	2	+100%
48	Osage County	2	-33.3%
48	Ottawa County	2	+100%
48	Pawnee County	2	n/a
48	Reno County	2	-80%
48	Republic County	2	-50%
48	Sherman County	2	n/a
48	Washington County	2	n/a
70	Anderson County	1	-50%
70	Barber County	1	n/a
70	Cloud County	1	-80%
70	Coffey County	1	0%
70	Comanche County	1	n/a
70	Edwards County	1	n/a
70	Hodgeman County	1	n/a
70	Kearny County	1	-50%
70	Kingman County	1	0%
70	Kiowa County	1	0%
70	Meade County	1	0%
70	Phillips County	1	-66.7%
70	Rice County	1	n/a
70	Russell County	1	0%
70	Scott County	1	-75%
70	Sheridan County	1	0%
70	Smith County	1	n/a
70	Stafford County	1	-50%
70	Stanton County	1	0%
70	Trego County	1	0%
70	Wabaunsee County	1	-80%
70	Woodson County	1	-66.7%
92	Allen County	0	n/a
92	Chautauqua County	0	-100%
92	Decatur County	0	n/a
92	Elk County	0	-100%
92	Lincoln County	0	n/a
92	Marshall County	0	-100%
92	Mitchell County	0	n/a
92	Morton County	0	-100%
92	Ness County	0	n/a
92	Osborne County	0	-100%
92	Pratt County	0	-100%
92	Rawlins County	0	n/a
92	Wallace County	0	-100%
92	Wichita 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.

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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 Kansas 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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-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 Kansas 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/kansas-counties?period=2021 (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 Kansas by traffic fatalities, 2021}},
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  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/kansas-counties?period=2021. 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/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Sedgwick County, with 67 in 2021, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Wichita County, with 0 in 2021.

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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.