Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2013, at 28. Sharkey County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Mississippi was 613. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest28Hinds County

Lowest0Sharkey County

Median682 counties

Mississippi613History

Map of counties, 2013

Under 3
3 to 5
5 to 6
6 to 8
8 to 12
12 and over

count, 2013. 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, 2013

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	2013 count	Change on 2012
1	Hinds County	28	-3.4%
2	Harrison County	24	-20%
3	Rankin County	21	-4.5%
4	Lee County	19	+26.7%
5	Jackson County	18	+12.5%
6	DeSoto County	17	+54.5%
7	Grenada County	15	+1,400%
7	Lauderdale County	15	0%
7	Panola County	15	+87.5%
7	Warren County	15	-6.3%
11	Copiah County	14	+16.7%
11	Marshall County	14	+75%
13	Clarke County	13	+116.7%
13	Pearl River County	13	+44.4%
15	Jones County	11	-26.7%
15	Lincoln County	11	0%
17	George County	10	-23.1%
17	Lamar County	10	+400%
17	Monroe County	10	-16.7%
17	Scott County	10	+25%
21	Bolivar County	9	+12.5%
21	Covington County	9	+12.5%
21	Lowndes County	9	+12.5%
21	Pike County	9	+50%
21	Pontotoc County	9	+80%
21	Sunflower County	9	+50%
21	Washington County	9	-57.1%
28	Forrest County	8	-55.6%
28	Hancock County	8	+14.3%
28	Holmes County	8	+14.3%
28	Newton County	8	-11.1%
28	Tishomingo County	8	+60%
28	Union County	8	+60%
34	Coahoma County	7	+40%
34	Jefferson Davis County	7	+133.3%
34	Lafayette County	7	-30%
34	Tate County	7	+75%
34	Wayne County	7	+75%
39	Adams County	6	+200%
39	Itawamba County	6	+20%
39	Jasper County	6	+100%
39	Leake County	6	-40%
39	Madison County	6	-33.3%
39	Marion County	6	-45.5%
39	Simpson County	6	-25%
39	Tallahatchie County	6	n/a
39	Walthall County	6	+500%
39	Webster County	6	n/a
39	Yazoo County	6	-25%
50	Alcorn County	5	-44.4%
50	Attala County	5	0%
50	Lawrence County	5	+400%
50	Leflore County	5	+150%
50	Oktibbeha County	5	+66.7%
50	Prentiss County	5	-37.5%
50	Tunica County	5	+66.7%
57	Amite County	4	n/a
57	Chickasaw County	4	+33.3%
57	Claiborne County	4	+100%
57	Neshoba County	4	-63.6%
57	Quitman County	4	+100%
57	Stone County	4	-20%
57	Tippah County	4	-42.9%
57	Winston County	4	-20%
57	Yalobusha County	4	-42.9%
66	Benton County	3	-40%
66	Choctaw County	3	n/a
66	Franklin County	3	+50%
66	Montgomery County	3	+200%
70	Carroll County	2	-75%
70	Greene County	2	-75%
70	Jefferson County	2	-50%
70	Kemper County	2	0%
70	Perry County	2	-50%
75	Calhoun County	1	-75%
75	Clay County	1	0%
75	Humphreys County	1	-66.7%
75	Smith County	1	-75%
75	Wilkinson County	1	-66.7%
80	Issaquena County	0	-100%
80	Noxubee County	0	n/a
80	Sharkey County	0	-100%

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/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.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 Mississippi by traffic fatalities, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.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 Mississippi by traffic fatalities, 2013. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2013. 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 Mississippi by traffic fatalities, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2013.

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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 Mississippi by traffic fatalities, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2013 (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 Mississippi by traffic fatalities, 2013}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2013. 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/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 28 in 2013, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Sharkey County, with 0 in 2013.

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.