Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities

Philadelphia County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2022, at 142. Wyoming County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 11 and the figure for Pennsylvania was 1,179. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest142Philadelphia County

Lowest0Wyoming County

Median1167 counties

Pennsylvania1,179History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 3
3 to 8
8 to 11
11 to 16
16 to 28
28 and over

count, 2022. 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, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Philadelphia County	142	+6.8%
2	Allegheny County	84	+23.5%
3	Lancaster County	57	-21.9%
4	Montgomery County	53	+35.9%
5	Bucks County	51	-7.3%
6	Berks County	47	+2.2%
7	York County	36	-21.7%
8	Luzerne County	33	-19.5%
9	Westmoreland County	32	-11.1%
10	Lehigh County	31	+3.3%
11	Dauphin County	30	-26.8%
12	Erie County	28	+33.3%
13	Delaware County	27	+8%
14	Chester County	26	-23.5%
15	Northampton County	24	+84.6%
16	Monroe County	23	-14.8%
17	Lackawanna County	22	+15.8%
18	Fayette County	21	+40%
19	Schuylkill County	20	-23.1%
20	Centre County	18	+80%
21	Butler County	17	-5.6%
22	Clearfield County	16	+14.3%
22	Crawford County	16	-15.8%
22	Franklin County	16	+6.7%
25	Beaver County	15	+50%
25	Cumberland County	15	-37.5%
27	Adams County	13	+18.2%
27	Blair County	13	+85.7%
27	Washington County	13	-43.5%
30	Armstrong County	12	+9.1%
30	Cambria County	12	+71.4%
30	Clarion County	12	+71.4%
33	Lebanon County	11	-57.7%
33	Lycoming County	11	-47.6%
35	Columbia County	10	+100%
35	Mercer County	10	-9.1%
35	Somerset County	10	-16.7%
38	Carbon County	9	-18.2%
38	Northumberland County	9	+28.6%
38	Pike County	9	+125%
38	Susquehanna County	9	+50%
42	Bedford County	8	-42.9%
42	Bradford County	8	-11.1%
42	Clinton County	8	+14.3%
42	Huntingdon County	8	-11.1%
42	Lawrence County	8	-27.3%
42	Mifflin County	8	+60%
48	Indiana County	7	-36.4%
48	Venango County	7	-41.7%
48	Warren County	7	+40%
51	Perry County	6	+20%
51	Wayne County	6	-40%
53	McKean County	5	0%
53	Snyder County	5	+25%
55	Union County	4	-33.3%
56	Forest County	3	+200%
56	Greene County	3	0%
56	Jefferson County	3	-50%
56	Juniata County	3	-57.1%
60	Elk County	2	-50%
60	Fulton County	2	-66.7%
60	Potter County	2	-33.3%
60	Tioga County	2	-80%
64	Montour County	1	-50%
65	Cameron County	0	-100%
65	Sullivan County	0	n/a
65	Wyoming 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/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.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, 2022. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022. 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/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Philadelphia County, with 142 in 2022, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Wyoming County, with 0 in 2022.

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.