# Counties in Minnesota by traffic fatalities, 2024

All 87 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/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hennepin County | 55 |
| 2 | Ramsey County | 28 |
| 3 | St. Louis County | 25 |
| 4 | Dakota County | 23 |
| 5 | Wright County | 15 |
| 6 | Anoka County | 13 |
| 7 | Stearns County | 12 |
| 8 | Olmsted County | 11 |
| 8 | Sherburne County | 11 |
| 10 | Cass County | 10 |
| 10 | Otter Tail County | 10 |
| 12 | Becker County | 9 |
| 12 | Crow Wing County | 9 |
| 12 | Kandiyohi County | 9 |
| 15 | Beltrami County | 8 |
| 15 | Kanabec County | 8 |
| 15 | Scott County | 8 |
| 15 | Washington County | 8 |
| 19 | Benton County | 7 |
| 19 | Carver County | 7 |
| 19 | Chisago County | 7 |
| 19 | Clay County | 7 |
| 19 | Itasca County | 7 |
| 19 | Le Sueur County | 7 |
| 19 | Morrison County | 7 |
| 19 | Winona County | 7 |
| 27 | Aitkin County | 6 |
| 27 | Cottonwood County | 6 |
| 27 | Steele County | 6 |
| 30 | Carlton County | 5 |
| 30 | Freeborn County | 5 |
| 30 | Isanti County | 5 |
| 30 | Koochiching County | 5 |
| 30 | Mille Lacs County | 5 |
| 30 | Pine County | 5 |
| 36 | Blue Earth County | 4 |
| 36 | Brown County | 4 |
| 36 | Goodhue County | 4 |
| 36 | Hubbard County | 4 |
| 36 | McLeod County | 4 |
| 36 | Nobles County | 4 |
| 36 | Pennington County | 4 |
| 36 | Renville County | 4 |
| 36 | Rice County | 4 |
| 36 | Todd County | 4 |
| 46 | Faribault County | 3 |
| 46 | Lyon County | 3 |
| 46 | Nicollet County | 3 |
| 46 | Pope County | 3 |
| 46 | Roseau County | 3 |
| 46 | Wadena County | 3 |
| 52 | Chippewa County | 2 |
| 52 | Dodge County | 2 |
| 52 | Fillmore County | 2 |
| 52 | Houston County | 2 |
| 52 | Jackson County | 2 |
| 52 | Lac qui Parle County | 2 |
| 52 | Lake County | 2 |
| 52 | Mahnomen County | 2 |
| 52 | Martin County | 2 |
| 52 | Meeker County | 2 |
| 52 | Mower County | 2 |
| 52 | Polk County | 2 |
| 52 | Redwood County | 2 |
| 52 | Stevens County | 2 |
| 52 | Traverse County | 2 |
| 67 | Clearwater County | 1 |
| 67 | Cook County | 1 |
| 67 | Douglas County | 1 |
| 67 | Lincoln County | 1 |
| 67 | Murray County | 1 |
| 67 | Norman County | 1 |
| 67 | Red Lake County | 1 |
| 67 | Rock County | 1 |
| 67 | Wabasha County | 1 |
| 67 | Waseca County | 1 |
| 67 | Watonwan County | 1 |
| 67 | Wilkin County | 1 |
| 67 | Yellow Medicine County | 1 |
| 80 | Big Stone County | 0 |
| 80 | Grant County | 0 |
| 80 | Kittson County | 0 |
| 80 | Lake of the Woods County | 0 |
| 80 | Marshall County | 0 |
| 80 | Pipestone County | 0 |
| 80 | Sibley County | 0 |
| 80 | Swift County | 0 |