Counties in Maryland by traffic fatalities

Prince George's County had the highest traffic fatalities of 24 counties in 2019, at 113. Somerset County had the lowest, at 3. The median was 16 and the figure for Maryland was 535. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest113Prince George's County

Lowest3Somerset County

Median1624 counties

Maryland535History

Map of counties, 2019

Under 5
5 to 12
12 to 19
19 to 32
32 and over

count, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Prince George's County	113	+9.7%
2	Baltimore County	60	-29.4%
3	Baltimore city	49	+44.1%
4	Anne Arundel County	41	-25.5%
5	Montgomery County	37	+8.8%
6	Washington County	28	+100%
7	Frederick County	24	+41.2%
8	Howard County	23	+15%
9	Cecil County	19	-26.9%
9	Charles County	19	-9.5%
9	Wicomico County	19	+171.4%
12	Harford County	17	+41.7%
13	St. Mary's County	15	+7.1%
14	Carroll County	14	+27.3%
15	Worcester County	11	+37.5%
16	Talbot County	10	+150%
17	Calvert County	6	0%
17	Dorchester County	6	+200%
19	Allegany County	5	-16.7%
19	Caroline County	5	-54.5%
19	Garrett County	5	-16.7%
22	Kent County	3	-25%
22	Queen Anne's County	3	-40%
22	Somerset County	3	-57.1%

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/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.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 Maryland by traffic fatalities, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.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 Maryland by traffic fatalities, 2019. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maryland-counties?period=2019. 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 Maryland by traffic fatalities, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maryland-counties?period=2019.

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 Maryland by traffic fatalities, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/maryland-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Prince George's County, with 113 in 2019, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Somerset County, with 3 in 2019.

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.