Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Harrison County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2018, at 38. Webster County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Mississippi was 663. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest38Harrison County

Lowest0Webster County

Median682 counties

Mississippi663History

Map of counties, 2018

Under 3
3 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 8
8 to 13
13 and over

count, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Harrison County	38	+15.2%
1	Hinds County	38	-13.6%
3	DeSoto County	31	+40.9%
4	Jackson County	28	+21.7%
5	Rankin County	21	-4.5%
6	Madison County	20	+42.9%
6	Pearl River County	20	+81.8%
8	Lee County	18	-21.7%
8	Marshall County	18	+5.9%
10	Forrest County	17	-5.6%
10	Neshoba County	17	+41.7%
12	Lowndes County	14	+27.3%
12	Panola County	14	-33.3%
14	Monroe County	13	+116.7%
14	Washington County	13	+8.3%
16	Jones County	12	-14.3%
17	Hancock County	11	+175%
18	Jasper County	10	+66.7%
18	Lauderdale County	10	-16.7%
20	Copiah County	9	-18.2%
20	Lincoln County	9	+80%
20	Newton County	9	+800%
20	Pontotoc County	9	-30.8%
24	Bolivar County	8	+100%
24	Holmes County	8	+14.3%
24	Lamar County	8	-27.3%
24	Leake County	8	+14.3%
24	Tishomingo County	8	-27.3%
24	Warren County	8	-33.3%
30	Covington County	7	0%
30	George County	7	-41.7%
30	Greene County	7	+250%
30	Grenada County	7	+16.7%
30	Prentiss County	7	+16.7%
30	Scott County	7	-53.3%
30	Union County	7	+75%
30	Yazoo County	7	+75%
38	Alcorn County	6	-40%
38	Noxubee County	6	-33.3%
38	Wayne County	6	0%
38	Winston County	6	+50%
42	Adams County	5	+25%
42	Benton County	5	-16.7%
42	Clay County	5	+400%
42	Itawamba County	5	-37.5%
42	Jefferson Davis County	5	+66.7%
42	Lafayette County	5	-61.5%
42	Simpson County	5	-37.5%
42	Sunflower County	5	+66.7%
42	Tate County	5	-44.4%
42	Yalobusha County	5	-16.7%
52	Calhoun County	4	+300%
52	Chickasaw County	4	+33.3%
52	Clarke County	4	-33.3%
52	Coahoma County	4	-42.9%
52	Leflore County	4	0%
52	Montgomery County	4	+100%
52	Pike County	4	-80%
52	Quitman County	4	+33.3%
52	Stone County	4	0%
52	Tippah County	4	-60%
52	Wilkinson County	4	+300%
63	Amite County	3	-25%
63	Carroll County	3	-50%
63	Claiborne County	3	-40%
63	Humphreys County	3	-25%
63	Jefferson County	3	+50%
63	Marion County	3	-40%
63	Oktibbeha County	3	-62.5%
63	Tallahatchie County	3	+50%
63	Walthall County	3	+200%
72	Choctaw County	2	+100%
72	Kemper County	2	-50%
72	Lawrence County	2	-66.7%
72	Perry County	2	-33.3%
72	Smith County	2	-75%
72	Tunica County	2	-33.3%
78	Attala County	1	-66.7%
78	Franklin County	1	-66.7%
78	Issaquena County	1	n/a
81	Sharkey County	0	-100%
81	Webster 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/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.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, 2018. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2018. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2018. 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/2018/National/FARS2018NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Harrison County, with 38 in 2018, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Webster County, with 0 in 2018.

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.