Counties in Mississippi by traffic fatalities

Hinds County had the highest traffic fatalities of 82 counties in 2023, at 60. Tallahatchie County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for Mississippi was 733. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest60Hinds County

Lowest0Tallahatchie County

Median682 counties

Mississippi733History

Map of counties, 2023

Under 3
3 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 11
11 to 16
16 and over

count, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Hinds County	60	+13.2%
2	Harrison County	29	-3.3%
3	Jackson County	24	-35.1%
4	Forrest County	21	0%
5	DeSoto County	20	+53.8%
5	Lauderdale County	20	-13%
7	Rankin County	19	-17.4%
7	Washington County	19	+26.7%
9	Panola County	18	+80%
9	Pearl River County	18	+38.5%
9	Scott County	18	+38.5%
12	Warren County	17	+142.9%
13	Jones County	16	+45.5%
13	Madison County	16	+45.5%
15	Lee County	15	+15.4%
15	Marshall County	15	-25%
17	Alcorn County	13	+8.3%
17	Copiah County	13	0%
17	Hancock County	13	-27.8%
20	Covington County	12	-20%
20	Grenada County	12	+71.4%
20	Lamar County	12	+20%
20	Lowndes County	12	-7.7%
20	Tunica County	12	+140%
25	Bolivar County	11	+175%
25	Holmes County	11	0%
25	Stone County	11	+83.3%
25	Yazoo County	11	+22.2%
29	Leake County	9	+50%
29	Marion County	9	+28.6%
29	Neshoba County	9	+200%
29	Union County	9	+28.6%
33	Coahoma County	8	+60%
33	Oktibbeha County	8	+60%
35	Chickasaw County	7	+75%
35	Lafayette County	7	-22.2%
35	Newton County	7	+133.3%
35	Wayne County	7	+40%
39	George County	6	+100%
39	Lincoln County	6	-33.3%
39	Pike County	6	-60%
39	Pontotoc County	6	-14.3%
39	Sunflower County	6	-53.8%
39	Webster County	6	n/a
45	Attala County	5	+66.7%
45	Benton County	5	+66.7%
45	Clay County	5	+66.7%
45	Monroe County	5	-44.4%
45	Prentiss County	5	+150%
45	Quitman County	5	+66.7%
45	Tate County	5	-28.6%
45	Wilkinson County	5	+66.7%
45	Yalobusha County	5	+66.7%
54	Amite County	4	+33.3%
54	Calhoun County	4	n/a
54	Choctaw County	4	+300%
54	Clarke County	4	0%
54	Greene County	4	-20%
54	Humphreys County	4	+33.3%
54	Itawamba County	4	-33.3%
54	Jasper County	4	-55.6%
54	Kemper County	4	+300%
54	Montgomery County	4	-42.9%
54	Smith County	4	-33.3%
54	Tishomingo County	4	0%
54	Winston County	4	+100%
67	Adams County	3	-57.1%
67	Franklin County	3	-25%
67	Jefferson Davis County	3	0%
67	Leflore County	3	-57.1%
67	Perry County	3	-50%
67	Sharkey County	3	+200%
67	Simpson County	3	-57.1%
67	Tippah County	3	-50%
75	Carroll County	2	-50%
75	Noxubee County	2	+100%
75	Walthall County	2	-50%
78	Claiborne County	1	-87.5%
78	Jefferson County	1	-85.7%
80	Issaquena County	0	-100%
80	Lawrence County	0	-100%
80	Tallahatchie 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/mississippi-counties?period=2023. 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hinds County, with 60 in 2023, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Tallahatchie County, with 0 in 2023.

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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.