Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024
Philadelphia County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2024, at 137. Elk County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 10 and the figure for Pennsylvania was 1,127. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Map of counties, 2024
- Under 3
- 3 to 6
- 6 to 10
- 10 to 16
- 16 to 28
- 28 and over
Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County Provisional | 137 | +1.5% |
| 2 | Allegheny County Provisional | 74 | -3.9% |
| 3 | Lancaster County Provisional | 52 | +2% |
| 4 | Montgomery County Provisional | 50 | -3.8% |
| 5 | Berks County Provisional | 47 | -7.8% |
| 6 | Bucks County Provisional | 45 | -8.2% |
| 7 | York County Provisional | 41 | +17.1% |
| 8 | Erie County Provisional | 36 | +20% |
| 9 | Delaware County Provisional | 32 | +23.1% |
| 9 | Lehigh County Provisional | 32 | +23.1% |
| 11 | Washington County Provisional | 29 | +93.3% |
| 12 | Westmoreland County Provisional | 28 | -12.5% |
| 13 | Dauphin County Provisional | 26 | -25.7% |
| 14 | Chester County Provisional | 24 | -27.3% |
| 15 | Schuylkill County Provisional | 22 | -8.3% |
| 16 | Franklin County Provisional | 21 | -32.3% |
| 17 | Lackawanna County Provisional | 20 | +11.1% |
| 17 | Lebanon County Provisional | 20 | +33.3% |
| 19 | Fayette County Provisional | 19 | -5% |
| 20 | Cumberland County Provisional | 18 | -18.2% |
| 20 | Luzerne County Provisional | 18 | -50% |
| 20 | Monroe County Provisional | 18 | -21.7% |
| 23 | Bradford County Provisional | 16 | +23.1% |
| 24 | Butler County Provisional | 15 | -40% |
| 24 | Lycoming County Provisional | 15 | +15.4% |
| 24 | Mercer County Provisional | 15 | -28.6% |
| 24 | Northampton County Provisional | 15 | -31.8% |
| 28 | Crawford County Provisional | 14 | 0% |
| 29 | Adams County Provisional | 13 | +30% |
| 29 | Carbon County Provisional | 13 | +8.3% |
| 31 | Cambria County Provisional | 12 | -25% |
| 31 | Clearfield County Provisional | 12 | +50% |
| 33 | Susquehanna County Provisional | 11 | +37.5% |
| 34 | Blair County Provisional | 10 | 0% |
| 34 | Pike County Provisional | 10 | +233.3% |
| 36 | Bedford County Provisional | 9 | -18.2% |
| 36 | Somerset County Provisional | 9 | -10% |
| 36 | Wayne County Provisional | 9 | 0% |
| 39 | Armstrong County Provisional | 8 | -20% |
| 39 | Northumberland County Provisional | 8 | -38.5% |
| 41 | Centre County Provisional | 7 | -53.3% |
| 41 | Clarion County Provisional | 7 | +250% |
| 41 | Indiana County Provisional | 7 | -22.2% |
| 41 | Perry County Provisional | 7 | -12.5% |
| 45 | Columbia County Provisional | 6 | -40% |
| 45 | Lawrence County Provisional | 6 | 0% |
| 45 | Montour County Provisional | 6 | +200% |
| 45 | Snyder County Provisional | 6 | 0% |
| 49 | Clinton County Provisional | 5 | -16.7% |
| 49 | Greene County Provisional | 5 | |
| 49 | Warren County Provisional | 5 | +150% |
| 52 | Beaver County Provisional | 4 | -60% |
| 52 | Union County Provisional | 4 | -33.3% |
| 52 | Venango County Provisional | 4 | -20% |
| 52 | Wyoming County Provisional | 4 | 0% |
| 56 | Huntingdon County Provisional | 3 | -66.7% |
| 56 | Jefferson County Provisional | 3 | -57.1% |
| 56 | Tioga County Provisional | 3 | -50% |
| 59 | Fulton County Provisional | 2 | -77.8% |
| 59 | Juniata County Provisional | 2 | -33.3% |
| 59 | McKean County Provisional | 2 | -71.4% |
| 59 | Potter County Provisional | 2 | -60% |
| 63 | Cameron County Provisional | 1 | |
| 63 | Forest County Provisional | 1 | |
| 63 | Mifflin County Provisional | 1 | -87.5% |
| 63 | Sullivan County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 67 | Elk County Provisional | 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/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip
MLA 9
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties. 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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties.
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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{national_counties_in_pennsylvania_by_2024,
author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties. 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/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY - DATA
AU - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
TI - Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2024
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/24
PB - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
DB - Invokely
UR - https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip
L2 - https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties
Y2 - 2026/10/12
N1 - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties.
N1 - 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/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER -
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Rank Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"traffic_fatalities","level":"province","within":"Pennsylvania","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=traffic_fatalities&level=province&within=Pennsylvania&limit=10Questions
Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?
Philadelphia County, with 137 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?
Elk County, with 0 in 2024.
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.