Counties in Minnesota by traffic fatalities

Hennepin County had the highest traffic fatalities of 87 counties in 2015, at 33. Wilkin County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 3 and the figure for Minnesota was 411. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest33Hennepin County

Lowest0Wilkin County

Median387 counties

Minnesota411History

Map of counties, 2015

Under 1
1 to 2
2 to 3
3 to 5
5 to 9
9 and over

count, 2015. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2015

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	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Hennepin County	33	-2.9%
2	Ramsey County	18	+50%
3	St. Louis County	16	+100%
4	Isanti County	15	+87.5%
5	Olmsted County	14	+75%
6	Blue Earth County	12	+300%
6	Stearns County	12	+33.3%
6	Washington County	12	+50%
9	Anoka County	11	-31.3%
9	Dakota County	11	+10%
9	Sherburne County	11	+450%
12	Carlton County	9	+800%
12	Morrison County	9	+12.5%
12	Otter Tail County	9	+200%
12	Pine County	9	+125%
16	Goodhue County	8	-20%
16	Kandiyohi County	8	-33.3%
16	Wright County	8	-50%
19	Benton County	7	+600%
19	Scott County	7	+40%
21	Aitkin County	6	+50%
21	Beltrami County	6	0%
21	Cottonwood County	6	+500%
21	Itasca County	6	+200%
21	Jackson County	6	n/a
21	Le Sueur County	6	+500%
21	Sibley County	6	+200%
28	Carver County	5	-50%
28	Crow Wing County	5	-50%
28	Houston County	5	n/a
28	Rice County	5	-16.7%
32	Cass County	4	-33.3%
32	Chippewa County	4	-20%
32	Chisago County	4	-50%
32	Faribault County	4	+100%
32	McLeod County	4	+100%
32	Meeker County	4	+100%
32	Mille Lacs County	4	-50%
32	Polk County	4	+33.3%
32	Steele County	4	-33.3%
32	Wadena County	4	+33.3%
32	Yellow Medicine County	4	+100%
43	Clay County	3	-25%
43	Hubbard County	3	-25%
43	Lake County	3	n/a
43	Lyon County	3	-25%
43	Nobles County	3	+50%
43	Norman County	3	n/a
43	Pennington County	3	+200%
43	Swift County	3	+50%
43	Wabasha County	3	-25%
52	Brown County	2	-71.4%
52	Clearwater County	2	+100%
52	Dodge County	2	-33.3%
52	Douglas County	2	-66.7%
52	Fillmore County	2	0%
52	Freeborn County	2	-33.3%
52	Kanabec County	2	+100%
52	Lac qui Parle County	2	+100%
52	Mower County	2	+100%
52	Nicollet County	2	-66.7%
52	Pipestone County	2	n/a
52	Redwood County	2	+100%
52	Renville County	2	-50%
52	Todd County	2	-33.3%
66	Becker County	1	-66.7%
66	Big Stone County	1	n/a
66	Koochiching County	1	n/a
66	Mahnomen County	1	0%
66	Marshall County	1	0%
66	Martin County	1	n/a
66	Murray County	1	-50%
66	Stevens County	1	n/a
66	Waseca County	1	-50%
66	Watonwan County	1	-50%
66	Winona County	1	-83.3%
77	Cook County	0	-100%
77	Grant County	0	-100%
77	Kittson County	0	n/a
77	Lake of the Woods County	0	-100%
77	Lincoln County	0	-100%
77	Pope County	0	n/a
77	Red Lake County	0	n/a
77	Rock County	0	-100%
77	Roseau County	0	-100%
77	Traverse County	0	n/a
77	Wilkin County	0	n/a

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/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.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 Minnesota by traffic fatalities, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.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 Minnesota by traffic fatalities, 2015. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/minnesota-counties?period=2015. 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 Minnesota by traffic fatalities, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/minnesota-counties?period=2015.

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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 Minnesota by traffic fatalities, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/minnesota-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in Minnesota by traffic fatalities, 2015}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/minnesota-counties?period=2015. Publisher attribution: 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/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hennepin County, with 33 in 2015, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Wilkin County, with 0 in 2015.

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.