Counties in New Hampshire by traffic fatalities

Hillsborough County had the highest traffic fatalities of 10 counties in 2021, at 31. Sullivan County had the lowest, at 3. The median was 10 and the figure for New Hampshire was 118. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Map of counties, 2021

Belknap County: 3 countCarroll County: 9 countCheshire County: 7 countCoos County: 3 countGrafton County: 12 countHillsborough County: 31 countMerrimack County: 11 countRockingham County: 23 countStrafford County: 16 countSullivan County: 3 count
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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.

All counties, 2021

Hillsborough County: 31 countHillsborough County31Rockingham County: 23 countRockingham County23Strafford County: 16 countStrafford County16Grafton County: 12 countGrafton County12Merrimack County: 11 countMerrimack County11Carroll County: 9 countCarroll County9Cheshire County: 7 countCheshire County7Belknap County: 3 countBelknap County3Coos County: 3 countCoos County3Sullivan County: 3 countSullivan County3Hillsborough County: 31 countHillsborough County31Rockingham County: 23 countRockingham County23Strafford County: 16 countStrafford County16Grafton County: 12 countGrafton County12Merrimack County: 11 countMerrimack County11Carroll County: 9 countCarroll County9Cheshire County: 7 countCheshire County7Belknap County: 3 countBelknap County3Coos County: 3 countCoos County3Sullivan County: 3 countSullivan County3
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

RankCounties2021
count
Change on 2020
1Hillsborough County31+47.6%
2Rockingham County23+43.8%
3Strafford County16+23.1%
4Grafton County12+300%
5Merrimack County11-45%
6Carroll County9+28.6%
7Cheshire County7+40%
8Belknap County3-72.7%
8Coos County3-25%
8Sullivan County3-25%

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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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 New Hampshire 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2021.

Harvard

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 New Hampshire 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/new-hampshire-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Hillsborough County, with 31 in 2021, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Sullivan County, with 3 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.

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