Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities

Philadelphia County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2013, at 89. Sullivan County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 14 and the figure for Pennsylvania was 1,210. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest89Philadelphia County

Lowest0Sullivan County

Median1467 counties

Pennsylvania1,210History

Map of counties, 2013

Under 5
5 to 9
9 to 14
14 to 18
18 to 30
30 and over

count, 2013. 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, 2013

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	2013 count	Change on 2012
1	Philadelphia County	89	-16.8%
2	Allegheny County	65	-3%
3	Lancaster County	45	-4.3%
4	Bucks County	44	-32.3%
4	York County	44	+69.2%
6	Berks County	41	-19.6%
7	Montgomery County	40	-9.1%
8	Luzerne County	39	+11.4%
9	Erie County	34	+21.4%
10	Chester County	33	+6.5%
11	Lehigh County	30	-28.6%
11	Westmoreland County	30	-45.5%
13	Crawford County	29	+93.3%
13	Washington County	29	0%
15	Mercer County	28	+64.7%
16	Delaware County	27	0%
17	Dauphin County	25	+4.2%
17	Monroe County	25	-7.4%
19	Blair County	24	+26.3%
20	Lackawanna County	23	+43.8%
20	Schuylkill County	23	-30.3%
22	Franklin County	20	+5.3%
23	Butler County	18	-35.7%
23	Lebanon County	18	+12.5%
23	Northampton County	18	-21.7%
26	Fayette County	17	-15%
27	Carbon County	16	+166.7%
28	Bradford County	15	0%
28	Clearfield County	15	-25%
28	Cumberland County	15	-16.7%
28	Indiana County	15	+87.5%
28	McKean County	15	+87.5%
28	Northumberland County	15	+66.7%
34	Huntingdon County	14	+180%
35	Beaver County	13	-31.6%
36	Bedford County	12	-29.4%
36	Centre County	12	-14.3%
36	Clarion County	12	+71.4%
39	Cambria County	11	-35.3%
39	Somerset County	11	-8.3%
39	Tioga County	11	+10%
42	Lycoming County	10	-33.3%
43	Clinton County	9	-25%
43	Mifflin County	9	+125%
43	Perry County	9	-50%
46	Elk County	8	+100%
46	Greene County	8	-50%
46	Jefferson County	8	-11.1%
46	Lawrence County	8	-27.3%
46	Pike County	8	+33.3%
46	Susquehanna County	8	-46.7%
52	Armstrong County	6	-40%
52	Columbia County	6	-33.3%
52	Juniata County	6	+100%
52	Wayne County	6	-25%
56	Adams County	5	-64.3%
56	Forest County	5	+400%
56	Union County	5	-44.4%
56	Venango County	5	-72.2%
56	Wyoming County	5	-28.6%
61	Snyder County	4	-50%
61	Warren County	4	-42.9%
63	Potter County	3	+50%
64	Cameron County	2	0%
65	Fulton County	1	-75%
65	Montour County	1	n/a
67	Sullivan 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/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2013. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013. 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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013.

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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 Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2013. 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/2013/National/FARS2013NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Philadelphia County, with 89 in 2013, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Sullivan County, with 0 in 2013.

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.