Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2019, at 56. Issaquena County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Mississippi was 642. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest56Hinds County

Lowest0Issaquena County

Median682 counties

Mississippi642History

Map of counties, 2019

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count, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Hinds County	56	+47.4%
2	Harrison County	28	-26.3%
3	Jackson County	22	-21.4%
3	Lauderdale County	22	+120%
5	Marshall County	19	+5.6%
6	DeSoto County	16	-48.4%
7	Forrest County	15	-11.8%
7	Kemper County	15	+650%
7	Tate County	15	+200%
10	Jones County	14	+16.7%
10	Lee County	14	-22.2%
10	Madison County	14	-30%
10	Pearl River County	14	-30%
14	Hancock County	13	+18.2%
14	Panola County	13	-7.1%
16	Lamar County	12	+50%
16	Washington County	12	-7.7%
18	Lincoln County	11	+22.2%
18	Pike County	11	+175%
18	Rankin County	11	-47.6%
21	Holmes County	10	+25%
21	Lafayette County	10	+100%
21	Scott County	10	+42.9%
24	Covington County	9	+28.6%
24	Itawamba County	9	+80%
24	Jasper County	9	-10%
24	Oktibbeha County	9	+200%
24	Union County	9	+28.6%
29	Chickasaw County	8	+100%
29	Clarke County	8	+100%
29	Lowndes County	8	-42.9%
29	Pontotoc County	8	-11.1%
29	Warren County	8	0%
34	Copiah County	7	-22.2%
34	George County	7	0%
34	Monroe County	7	-46.2%
34	Neshoba County	7	-58.8%
34	Perry County	7	+250%
34	Sunflower County	7	+40%
40	Attala County	6	+500%
40	Benton County	6	+20%
40	Bolivar County	6	-25%
40	Leflore County	6	+50%
40	Prentiss County	6	-14.3%
40	Simpson County	6	+20%
46	Alcorn County	5	-16.7%
46	Humphreys County	5	+66.7%
46	Leake County	5	-37.5%
46	Marion County	5	+66.7%
46	Tallahatchie County	5	+66.7%
46	Tunica County	5	+150%
46	Yazoo County	5	-28.6%
53	Amite County	4	+33.3%
53	Grenada County	4	-42.9%
53	Tishomingo County	4	-50%
56	Adams County	3	-40%
56	Calhoun County	3	-25%
56	Jefferson County	3	0%
56	Montgomery County	3	-25%
56	Newton County	3	-66.7%
56	Quitman County	3	-25%
56	Sharkey County	3	n/a
56	Smith County	3	+50%
56	Stone County	3	-25%
56	Tippah County	3	-25%
56	Webster County	3	n/a
67	Carroll County	2	-33.3%
67	Clay County	2	-60%
67	Coahoma County	2	-50%
67	Jefferson Davis County	2	-60%
67	Walthall County	2	-33.3%
67	Wayne County	2	-66.7%
67	Winston County	2	-66.7%
67	Yalobusha County	2	-60%
75	Choctaw County	1	-50%
75	Claiborne County	1	-66.7%
75	Greene County	1	-85.7%
75	Lawrence County	1	-50%
75	Noxubee County	1	-83.3%
75	Wilkinson County	1	-75%
81	Franklin County	0	-100%
81	Issaquena 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/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.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, 2019. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2019. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2019 (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, 2019}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2019. 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/2019/National/FARS2019NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 56 in 2019, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Issaquena County, with 0 in 2019.

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.