Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2020, at 75. Webster County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 7 and the figure for Mississippi was 748. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest75Hinds County

Lowest0Webster County

Median782 counties

Mississippi748History

Map of counties, 2020

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3 to 5
5 to 7
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13 and over

count, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Hinds County	75	+33.9%
2	Harrison County	38	+35.7%
3	Jackson County	33	+50%
4	Lauderdale County	26	+18.2%
5	DeSoto County	23	+43.8%
5	Lee County	23	+64.3%
7	Marshall County	19	0%
8	Pearl River County	18	+28.6%
9	Rankin County	16	+45.5%
10	Scott County	15	+50%
10	Washington County	15	+25%
12	Monroe County	14	+100%
12	Pike County	14	+27.3%
14	Panola County	13	0%
15	Coahoma County	12	+500%
15	Forrest County	12	-20%
15	Lincoln County	12	+9.1%
18	Lafayette County	11	+10%
18	Madison County	11	-21.4%
18	Warren County	11	+37.5%
21	Copiah County	10	+42.9%
21	Hancock County	10	-23.1%
23	Bolivar County	9	+50%
23	Covington County	9	0%
23	Grenada County	9	+125%
23	Jasper County	9	0%
23	Lamar County	9	-25%
23	Leake County	9	+80%
23	Pontotoc County	9	+12.5%
23	Tate County	9	-40%
31	Carroll County	8	+300%
31	Lowndes County	8	0%
31	Neshoba County	8	+14.3%
31	Simpson County	8	+33.3%
31	Tallahatchie County	8	+60%
31	Wayne County	8	+300%
31	Yazoo County	8	+60%
38	Adams County	7	+133.3%
38	Alcorn County	7	+40%
38	George County	7	0%
38	Holmes County	7	-30%
38	Jefferson County	7	+133.3%
38	Leflore County	7	+16.7%
38	Marion County	7	+40%
38	Oktibbeha County	7	-22.2%
38	Perry County	7	0%
38	Stone County	7	+133.3%
38	Wilkinson County	7	+600%
49	Amite County	6	+50%
49	Calhoun County	6	+100%
49	Noxubee County	6	+500%
49	Winston County	6	+200%
53	Greene County	5	+400%
53	Itawamba County	5	-44.4%
53	Jones County	5	-64.3%
53	Sunflower County	5	-28.6%
53	Tippah County	5	+66.7%
58	Choctaw County	4	+300%
58	Humphreys County	4	-20%
58	Kemper County	4	-73.3%
58	Newton County	4	+33.3%
58	Prentiss County	4	-33.3%
58	Tishomingo County	4	0%
64	Benton County	3	-50%
64	Chickasaw County	3	-62.5%
64	Claiborne County	3	+200%
64	Clay County	3	+50%
64	Jefferson Davis County	3	+50%
64	Tunica County	3	-40%
64	Yalobusha County	3	+50%
71	Attala County	2	-66.7%
71	Clarke County	2	-75%
71	Franklin County	2	n/a
71	Issaquena County	2	n/a
71	Lawrence County	2	+100%
71	Montgomery County	2	-33.3%
71	Union County	2	-77.8%
71	Walthall County	2	0%
79	Quitman County	1	-66.7%
79	Sharkey County	1	-66.7%
81	Smith County	0	-100%
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/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.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, 2020. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2020. 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/2020/National/FARS2020NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 75 in 2020, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Webster County, with 0 in 2020.

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.