Counties in Maine by traffic fatalities, 2024

York County had the highest traffic fatalities of 16 counties in 2024, at 25. Piscataquis County had the lowest, at 2. The median was 8 and the figure for Maine was 177. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Highest25York County
Median816 counties
Maine177History

Map of counties, 2024

Androscoggin County: 14 countAroostook County: 10 countCumberland County: 23 countFranklin County: 5 countHancock County: 6 countKennebec County: 20 countKnox County: 3 countLincoln County: 3 countOxford County: 13 countPenobscot County: 24 countPiscataquis County: 2 countSagadahoc County: 5 countSomerset County: 15 countWaldo County: 5 countWashington County: 4 countYork County: 25 count
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count, 2024. 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.

All counties, 2024

York County: 25 countYork County25Penobscot County: 24 countPenobscot County24Cumberland County: 23 countCumberland County23Kennebec County: 20 countKennebec County20Somerset County: 15 countSomerset County15Androscoggin County: 14 countAndroscoggin County14Oxford County: 13 countOxford County13Aroostook County: 10 countAroostook County10Hancock County: 6 countHancock County6Franklin County: 5 countFranklin County5Sagadahoc County: 5 countSagadahoc County5Waldo County: 5 countWaldo County5Washington County: 4 countWashington County4Knox County: 3 countKnox County3Lincoln County: 3 countLincoln County3Piscataquis County: 2 countPiscataquis County2York County: 25 countYork County25Penobscot County: 24 countPenobscot County24Cumberland County: 23 countCumberland County23Kennebec County: 20 countKennebec County20Somerset County: 15 countSomerset County15Androscoggin County: 14 countAndroscoggin County14Oxford County: 13 countOxford County13Aroostook County: 10 countAroostook County10Hancock County: 6 countHancock County6Franklin County: 5 countFranklin County5Sagadahoc County: 5 countSagadahoc County5Waldo County: 5 countWaldo County5Washington County: 4 countWashington County4Knox County: 3 countKnox County3Lincoln County: 3 countLincoln County3Piscataquis County: 2 countPiscataquis County2
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

RankCounties2024
count
Change on 2023
1York County Provisional25+38.9%
2Penobscot County Provisional24+26.3%
3Cumberland County Provisional23+15%
4Kennebec County Provisional20+66.7%
5Somerset County Provisional15+150%
6Androscoggin County Provisional14+7.7%
7Oxford County Provisional13+62.5%
8Aroostook County Provisional10+66.7%
9Hancock County Provisional6-40%
10Franklin County Provisional50%
10Sagadahoc County Provisional5n/a
10Waldo County Provisional5+66.7%
13Washington County Provisional40%
14Knox County Provisional3+50%
14Lincoln County Provisional3-50%
16Piscataquis County Provisional2-33.3%

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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/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.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 Maine by traffic fatalities, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip

MLA 9

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Maine by traffic fatalities, 2024. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maine-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Maine by traffic fatalities, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maine-counties.

Harvard

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 Maine by traffic fatalities, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maine-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

York County, with 25 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Piscataquis County, with 2 in 2024.

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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.

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