Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2017, at 44. Webster County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Mississippi was 685. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest44Hinds County

Lowest0Webster County

Median682 counties

Mississippi685History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 3
3 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 9
9 to 13
13 and over

count, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Hinds County	44	-4.3%
2	Harrison County	33	+57.1%
3	Jackson County	23	-14.8%
3	Lee County	23	+21.1%
5	DeSoto County	22	-8.3%
5	Rankin County	22	+15.8%
7	Panola County	21	+75%
8	Pike County	20	+53.8%
9	Forrest County	18	+80%
10	Marshall County	17	+6.3%
11	Scott County	15	+87.5%
12	Jones County	14	-17.6%
12	Madison County	14	-17.6%
14	Lafayette County	13	+85.7%
14	Pontotoc County	13	+18.2%
16	George County	12	+33.3%
16	Lauderdale County	12	-50%
16	Neshoba County	12	-14.3%
16	Warren County	12	+20%
16	Washington County	12	0%
21	Copiah County	11	-8.3%
21	Lamar County	11	+10%
21	Lowndes County	11	+57.1%
21	Pearl River County	11	-8.3%
21	Tishomingo County	11	+57.1%
26	Alcorn County	10	+100%
26	Tippah County	10	+25%
28	Noxubee County	9	+200%
28	Tate County	9	-30.8%
30	Itawamba County	8	-20%
30	Oktibbeha County	8	-11.1%
30	Simpson County	8	0%
30	Smith County	8	+33.3%
34	Coahoma County	7	+40%
34	Covington County	7	-36.4%
34	Holmes County	7	+133.3%
34	Leake County	7	+40%
38	Benton County	6	+100%
38	Carroll County	6	+100%
38	Clarke County	6	+50%
38	Grenada County	6	-25%
38	Jasper County	6	-45.5%
38	Lawrence County	6	+200%
38	Monroe County	6	-33.3%
38	Prentiss County	6	-33.3%
38	Wayne County	6	-40%
38	Yalobusha County	6	+50%
48	Claiborne County	5	-16.7%
48	Lincoln County	5	-61.5%
48	Marion County	5	-28.6%
51	Adams County	4	+33.3%
51	Amite County	4	-33.3%
51	Bolivar County	4	-50%
51	Hancock County	4	-69.2%
51	Humphreys County	4	+33.3%
51	Kemper County	4	-50%
51	Leflore County	4	-33.3%
51	Stone County	4	+33.3%
51	Union County	4	-20%
51	Winston County	4	+100%
51	Yazoo County	4	0%
62	Attala County	3	-40%
62	Chickasaw County	3	+50%
62	Franklin County	3	0%
62	Jefferson Davis County	3	-50%
62	Perry County	3	-25%
62	Quitman County	3	0%
62	Sharkey County	3	+200%
62	Sunflower County	3	+200%
62	Tunica County	3	-25%
71	Greene County	2	-50%
71	Jefferson County	2	0%
71	Montgomery County	2	-50%
71	Tallahatchie County	2	-50%
75	Calhoun County	1	-83.3%
75	Choctaw County	1	n/a
75	Clay County	1	-66.7%
75	Newton County	1	-83.3%
75	Walthall County	1	-66.7%
75	Wilkinson County	1	-66.7%
81	Issaquena County	0	n/a
81	Webster 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/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.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, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.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, 2017. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2017. 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, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2017/National/FARS2017NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 44 in 2017, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Webster County, with 0 in 2017.

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.