Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities

Philadelphia County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2016, at 101. Cameron County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 12 and the figure for Pennsylvania was 1,188. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest101Philadelphia County

Lowest0Cameron County

Median1267 counties

Pennsylvania1,188History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 4
4 to 9
9 to 12
12 to 21
21 to 29
29 and over

count, 2016. 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, 2016

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	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Philadelphia County	101	+7.4%
2	Allegheny County	72	+33.3%
3	Bucks County	52	-7.1%
4	Lancaster County	44	-8.3%
5	York County	39	-2.5%
6	Berks County	35	-10.3%
7	Westmoreland County	33	-19.5%
8	Luzerne County	32	-17.9%
8	Montgomery County	32	-5.9%
10	Butler County	30	+87.5%
10	Dauphin County	30	+57.9%
12	Delaware County	29	+38.1%
12	Monroe County	29	-14.7%
12	Northampton County	29	+3.6%
15	Cumberland County	28	+115.4%
15	Lehigh County	28	-24.3%
17	Erie County	27	-12.9%
18	Chester County	24	-31.4%
19	Blair County	22	-4.3%
19	Fayette County	22	-21.4%
19	Washington County	22	-4.3%
22	Indiana County	21	+23.5%
22	Lebanon County	21	+10.5%
24	Centre County	20	+33.3%
24	Franklin County	20	-20%
24	Lackawanna County	20	+5.3%
27	Northumberland County	16	+77.8%
28	Adams County	15	+7.1%
28	Lycoming County	15	-34.8%
28	Mercer County	15	+15.4%
28	Susquehanna County	15	+50%
32	Schuylkill County	14	-6.7%
33	Tioga County	13	+160%
34	Cambria County	12	+33.3%
34	Carbon County	12	+9.1%
34	Crawford County	12	+50%
34	Wayne County	12	+50%
38	Bedford County	11	+57.1%
38	Elk County	11	+175%
38	Jefferson County	11	+57.1%
38	Perry County	11	0%
38	Venango County	11	+450%
43	Bradford County	10	-37.5%
43	Lawrence County	10	-9.1%
45	Clearfield County	9	-55%
46	Somerset County	8	-33.3%
47	Columbia County	7	-50%
47	McKean County	7	0%
49	Armstrong County	6	-57.1%
49	Clinton County	6	-40%
49	Juniata County	6	-50%
49	Pike County	6	-14.3%
53	Beaver County	5	-58.3%
53	Greene County	5	-16.7%
55	Clarion County	4	0%
55	Forest County	4	n/a
55	Huntingdon County	4	-42.9%
55	Snyder County	4	-55.6%
55	Warren County	4	-33.3%
60	Mifflin County	3	-25%
60	Montour County	3	-40%
62	Fulton County	2	-60%
62	Potter County	2	-50%
62	Union County	2	-33.3%
62	Wyoming County	2	-50%
66	Sullivan County	1	-50%
67	Cameron 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/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.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, 2016. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Philadelphia County, with 101 in 2016, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Cameron County, with 0 in 2016.

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.