Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2021, at 51. Tippah County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 7 and the figure for Mississippi was 766. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest51Hinds County

Lowest0Tippah County

Median782 counties

Mississippi766History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 3
3 to 5
5 to 7
7 to 10
10 to 16
16 and over

count, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Hinds County	51	-32%
2	Harrison County	39	+2.6%
3	DeSoto County	29	+26.1%
4	Lee County	25	+8.7%
5	Jackson County	23	-30.3%
6	Rankin County	18	+12.5%
6	Scott County	18	+20%
8	Forrest County	17	+41.7%
8	Jefferson Davis County	17	+466.7%
8	Lafayette County	17	+54.5%
8	Lauderdale County	17	-34.6%
8	Neshoba County	17	+112.5%
13	Lamar County	16	+77.8%
13	Monroe County	16	+14.3%
13	Tate County	16	+77.8%
16	Jones County	15	+200%
16	Marshall County	15	-21.1%
16	Simpson County	15	+87.5%
19	Oktibbeha County	13	+85.7%
19	Union County	13	+550%
21	Marion County	12	+71.4%
21	Washington County	12	-20%
23	Copiah County	11	+10%
23	Panola County	11	-15.4%
23	Sunflower County	11	+120%
23	Warren County	11	0%
27	Alcorn County	10	+42.9%
27	Lincoln County	10	-16.7%
27	Madison County	10	-9.1%
27	Pearl River County	10	-44.4%
27	Pike County	10	-28.6%
27	Tunica County	10	+233.3%
33	Bolivar County	9	0%
33	George County	9	+28.6%
33	Pontotoc County	9	0%
36	Covington County	8	-11.1%
36	Holmes County	8	+14.3%
36	Lowndes County	8	0%
36	Perry County	8	+14.3%
40	Attala County	7	+250%
40	Grenada County	7	-22.2%
40	Hancock County	7	-30%
40	Jasper County	7	-22.2%
40	Leake County	7	-22.2%
40	Leflore County	7	0%
40	Newton County	7	+75%
47	Amite County	6	0%
47	Chickasaw County	6	+100%
47	Greene County	6	+20%
47	Wayne County	6	-25%
47	Yalobusha County	6	+100%
52	Calhoun County	5	-16.7%
52	Choctaw County	5	+25%
52	Claiborne County	5	+66.7%
52	Clay County	5	+66.7%
52	Coahoma County	5	-58.3%
52	Itawamba County	5	0%
52	Noxubee County	5	-16.7%
52	Stone County	5	-28.6%
52	Tishomingo County	5	+25%
61	Adams County	4	-42.9%
61	Prentiss County	4	0%
61	Quitman County	4	+300%
61	Winston County	4	-33.3%
61	Yazoo County	4	-50%
66	Clarke County	3	+50%
66	Walthall County	3	+50%
66	Webster County	3	n/a
69	Carroll County	2	-75%
69	Humphreys County	2	-50%
69	Issaquena County	2	0%
69	Kemper County	2	-50%
69	Smith County	2	n/a
69	Tallahatchie County	2	-75%
69	Wilkinson County	2	-71.4%
76	Franklin County	1	-50%
76	Jefferson County	1	-85.7%
76	Lawrence County	1	-50%
76	Montgomery County	1	-50%
76	Sharkey County	1	0%
81	Benton County	0	-100%
81	Tippah 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/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.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, 2021. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2021. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2021/National/FARS2021NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 51 in 2021, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Tippah County, with 0 in 2021.

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.