Counties in Maine by traffic fatalities

Penobscot County had the highest traffic fatalities of 16 counties in 2014, at 21. Sagadahoc County had the lowest, at 2. The median was 8 and the figure for Maine was 131. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Map of counties, 2014

Androscoggin County: 9 countAroostook County: 3 countCumberland County: 12 countFranklin County: 4 countHancock County: 8 countKennebec County: 11 countKnox County: 4 countLincoln County: 12 countOxford County: 12 countPenobscot County: 21 countPiscataquis County: 2 countSagadahoc County: 2 countSomerset County: 8 countWaldo County: 5 countWashington County: 6 countYork County: 12 count
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count, 2014. 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, 2014

Penobscot County: 21 countPenobscot County21Cumberland County: 12 countCumberland County12Lincoln County: 12 countLincoln County12Oxford County: 12 countOxford County12York County: 12 countYork County12Kennebec County: 11 countKennebec County11Androscoggin County: 9 countAndroscoggin County9Hancock County: 8 countHancock County8Somerset County: 8 countSomerset County8Washington County: 6 countWashington County6Waldo County: 5 countWaldo County5Franklin County: 4 countFranklin County4Knox County: 4 countKnox County4Aroostook County: 3 countAroostook County3Piscataquis County: 2 countPiscataquis County2Sagadahoc County: 2 countSagadahoc County2Penobscot County: 21 countPenobscot County21Cumberland County: 12 countCumberland County12Lincoln County: 12 countLincoln County12Oxford County: 12 countOxford County12York County: 12 countYork County12Kennebec County: 11 countKennebec County11Androscoggin County: 9 countAndroscoggin County9Hancock County: 8 countHancock County8Somerset County: 8 countSomerset County8Washington County: 6 countWashington County6Waldo County: 5 countWaldo County5Franklin County: 4 countFranklin County4Knox County: 4 countKnox County4Aroostook County: 3 countAroostook County3Piscataquis County: 2 countPiscataquis County2Sagadahoc County: 2 countSagadahoc 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.

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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/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.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 Maine by traffic fatalities, 2014. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maine-counties?period=2014. 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 Maine by traffic fatalities, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maine-counties?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2014/National/FARS2014NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maine-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Penobscot County, with 21 in 2014, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Sagadahoc County, with 2 in 2014.

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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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