# Counties in Michigan by traffic fatalities, 2024

All 83 values come from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/michigan-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wayne County | 177 |
| 2 | Macomb County | 70 |
| 3 | Oakland County | 68 |
| 4 | Kent County | 63 |
| 5 | Genesee County | 53 |
| 6 | Washtenaw County | 35 |
| 7 | Saginaw County | 29 |
| 8 | Kalamazoo County | 25 |
| 9 | Jackson County | 23 |
| 9 | Lenawee County | 23 |
| 11 | Allegan County | 21 |
| 11 | Calhoun County | 21 |
| 11 | Ingham County | 21 |
| 11 | Muskegon County | 21 |
| 15 | Monroe County | 20 |
| 16 | Lapeer County | 19 |
| 17 | Eaton County | 18 |
| 17 | St. Clair County | 18 |
| 19 | Berrien County | 17 |
| 19 | Ottawa County | 17 |
| 21 | Isabella County | 14 |
| 21 | Livingston County | 14 |
| 21 | Montcalm County | 14 |
| 21 | Newaygo County | 14 |
| 25 | Bay County | 13 |
| 25 | Shiawassee County | 13 |
| 27 | Gratiot County | 12 |
| 28 | Clinton County | 11 |
| 28 | St. Joseph County | 11 |
| 28 | Van Buren County | 11 |
| 31 | Barry County | 10 |
| 31 | Grand Traverse County | 10 |
| 33 | Midland County | 9 |
| 34 | Benzie County | 8 |
| 34 | Cass County | 8 |
| 34 | Mecosta County | 8 |
| 34 | Roscommon County | 8 |
| 38 | Charlevoix County | 7 |
| 38 | Ionia County | 7 |
| 38 | Manistee County | 7 |
| 38 | Ogemaw County | 7 |
| 42 | Alcona County | 6 |
| 42 | Alpena County | 6 |
| 42 | Branch County | 6 |
| 42 | Iron County | 6 |
| 42 | Marquette County | 6 |
| 42 | Menominee County | 6 |
| 42 | Tuscola County | 6 |
| 49 | Arenac County | 5 |
| 49 | Delta County | 5 |
| 49 | Hillsdale County | 5 |
| 49 | Kalkaska County | 5 |
| 49 | Wexford County | 5 |
| 54 | Antrim County | 4 |
| 54 | Mackinac County | 4 |
| 54 | Mason County | 4 |
| 54 | Sanilac County | 4 |
| 58 | Chippewa County | 3 |
| 58 | Dickinson County | 3 |
| 58 | Emmet County | 3 |
| 58 | Gladwin County | 3 |
| 58 | Iosco County | 3 |
| 58 | Leelanau County | 3 |
| 58 | Otsego County | 3 |
| 65 | Clare County | 2 |
| 65 | Houghton County | 2 |
| 65 | Huron County | 2 |
| 65 | Lake County | 2 |
| 65 | Oceana County | 2 |
| 65 | Oscoda County | 2 |
| 65 | Schoolcraft County | 2 |
| 72 | Crawford County | 1 |
| 72 | Gogebic County | 1 |
| 72 | Montmorency County | 1 |
| 72 | Ontonagon County | 1 |
| 72 | Osceola County | 1 |
| 77 | Alger County | 0 |
| 77 | Baraga County | 0 |
| 77 | Cheboygan County | 0 |
| 77 | Keweenaw County | 0 |
| 77 | Luce County | 0 |
| 77 | Missaukee County | 0 |
| 77 | Presque Isle County | 0 |