Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2016, at 46. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 7 and the figure for Mississippi was 687. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest46Hinds County

Lowest0Issaquena County

Median782 counties

Mississippi687History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 3
3 to 4
4 to 7
7 to 9
9 to 13
13 and over

count, 2016. 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, 2016

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	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Hinds County	46	-2.1%
2	Jackson County	27	+35%
3	DeSoto County	24	0%
3	Lauderdale County	24	+140%
5	Harrison County	21	-25%
6	Lee County	19	+35.7%
6	Rankin County	19	+18.8%
8	Jones County	17	-10.5%
8	Madison County	17	+21.4%
10	Marshall County	16	-5.9%
11	Neshoba County	14	+75%
12	Hancock County	13	0%
12	Lincoln County	13	+62.5%
12	Pike County	13	-13.3%
12	Tate County	13	+44.4%
16	Copiah County	12	-36.8%
16	Panola County	12	+20%
16	Pearl River County	12	-29.4%
16	Washington County	12	+50%
20	Covington County	11	-15.4%
20	Jasper County	11	+266.7%
20	Pontotoc County	11	+22.2%
23	Forrest County	10	-33.3%
23	Itawamba County	10	+11.1%
23	Lamar County	10	+100%
23	Warren County	10	0%
23	Wayne County	10	+150%
28	George County	9	-18.2%
28	Monroe County	9	+125%
28	Oktibbeha County	9	+28.6%
28	Prentiss County	9	-18.2%
32	Bolivar County	8	-38.5%
32	Grenada County	8	-11.1%
32	Kemper County	8	+33.3%
32	Scott County	8	0%
32	Simpson County	8	+33.3%
32	Tippah County	8	-20%
38	Lafayette County	7	-36.4%
38	Lowndes County	7	0%
38	Marion County	7	-12.5%
38	Tishomingo County	7	+16.7%
42	Amite County	6	+20%
42	Calhoun County	6	+20%
42	Claiborne County	6	+20%
42	Jefferson Davis County	6	-25%
42	Leflore County	6	0%
42	Newton County	6	0%
42	Smith County	6	n/a
49	Alcorn County	5	-50%
49	Attala County	5	-44.4%
49	Coahoma County	5	-37.5%
49	Leake County	5	-54.5%
49	Union County	5	-44.4%
54	Clarke County	4	-20%
54	Greene County	4	-33.3%
54	Montgomery County	4	+300%
54	Perry County	4	+100%
54	Tallahatchie County	4	+100%
54	Tunica County	4	-33.3%
54	Yalobusha County	4	-20%
54	Yazoo County	4	-42.9%
62	Adams County	3	+50%
62	Benton County	3	+200%
62	Carroll County	3	-25%
62	Clay County	3	-40%
62	Franklin County	3	0%
62	Holmes County	3	-62.5%
62	Humphreys County	3	+200%
62	Noxubee County	3	n/a
62	Quitman County	3	+50%
62	Stone County	3	-40%
62	Walthall County	3	+200%
62	Webster County	3	+200%
62	Wilkinson County	3	0%
75	Chickasaw County	2	-80%
75	Jefferson County	2	0%
75	Lawrence County	2	0%
75	Winston County	2	-33.3%
79	Sharkey County	1	0%
79	Sunflower County	1	-83.3%
81	Choctaw County	0	n/a
81	Issaquena 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/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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, 2016. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2016 (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, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2016. 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/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 46 in 2016, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Issaquena County, with 0 in 2016.

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.