Counties in Pennsylvania by traffic fatalities

Philadelphia County had the highest traffic fatalities of 67 counties in 2023, at 135. Greene County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 10 and the figure for Pennsylvania was 1,211. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest135Philadelphia County

Lowest0Greene County

Median1067 counties

Pennsylvania1,211History

Map of counties, 2023

Under 5
5 to 8
8 to 10
10 to 18
18 to 31
31 and over

count, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Philadelphia County	135	-4.9%
2	Allegheny County	77	-8.3%
3	Montgomery County	52	-1.9%
4	Berks County	51	+8.5%
4	Lancaster County	51	-10.5%
6	Bucks County	49	-3.9%
7	Luzerne County	36	+9.1%
8	Dauphin County	35	+16.7%
8	York County	35	-2.8%
10	Chester County	33	+26.9%
11	Westmoreland County	32	0%
12	Franklin County	31	+93.8%
13	Erie County	30	+7.1%
14	Delaware County	26	-3.7%
14	Lehigh County	26	-16.1%
16	Butler County	25	+47.1%
17	Schuylkill County	24	+20%
18	Monroe County	23	0%
19	Cumberland County	22	+46.7%
19	Northampton County	22	-8.3%
21	Mercer County	21	+110%
22	Fayette County	20	-4.8%
23	Lackawanna County	18	-18.2%
24	Cambria County	16	+33.3%
25	Centre County	15	-16.7%
25	Lebanon County	15	+36.4%
25	Washington County	15	+15.4%
28	Crawford County	14	-12.5%
29	Bradford County	13	+62.5%
29	Lycoming County	13	+18.2%
29	Northumberland County	13	+44.4%
32	Carbon County	12	+33.3%
33	Bedford County	11	+37.5%
34	Adams County	10	-23.1%
34	Armstrong County	10	-16.7%
34	Beaver County	10	-33.3%
34	Blair County	10	-23.1%
34	Columbia County	10	0%
34	Somerset County	10	0%
40	Fulton County	9	+350%
40	Huntingdon County	9	+12.5%
40	Indiana County	9	+28.6%
40	Wayne County	9	+50%
44	Clearfield County	8	-50%
44	Mifflin County	8	0%
44	Perry County	8	+33.3%
44	Susquehanna County	8	-11.1%
48	Jefferson County	7	+133.3%
48	McKean County	7	+40%
50	Clinton County	6	-25%
50	Lawrence County	6	-25%
50	Snyder County	6	+20%
50	Tioga County	6	+200%
50	Union County	6	+50%
55	Potter County	5	+150%
55	Venango County	5	-28.6%
57	Wyoming County	4	n/a
58	Juniata County	3	0%
58	Pike County	3	-66.7%
60	Clarion County	2	-83.3%
60	Montour County	2	+100%
60	Warren County	2	-71.4%
63	Elk County	1	-50%
63	Sullivan County	1	n/a
65	Cameron County	0	n/a
65	Forest County	0	-100%
65	Greene 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/pennsylvania-counties?period=2023. 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Philadelphia County, with 135 in 2023, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Greene County, with 0 in 2023.

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.