Counties in North Dakota by traffic fatality rate

Griggs County had the highest traffic fatality rate of 53 counties in 2016, at 130 per 100,000 people. Wells County had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 24.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for North Dakota was 14.8 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

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Highest130Griggs County
Median24.153 counties
North Dakota14.8History

Map of counties, 2016

Adams County: 0 per 100,000 peopleBarnes County: 17.9 per 100,000 peopleBenson County: 47.4 per 100,000 peopleBillings County: 101.8 per 100,000 peopleBottineau County: 30.2 per 100,000 peopleBowman County: 0 per 100,000 peopleBurke County: 88 per 100,000 peopleBurleigh County: 6.2 per 100,000 peopleCass County: 2.9 per 100,000 peopleCavalier County: 26.3 per 100,000 peopleDickey County: 58.3 per 100,000 peopleDivide County: 128.4 per 100,000 peopleDunn County: 24.2 per 100,000 peopleEddy County: 0 per 100,000 peopleEmmons County: 0 per 100,000 peopleFoster County: 0 per 100,000 peopleGolden Valley County: 107.9 per 100,000 peopleGrand Forks County: 1.4 per 100,000 peopleGrant County: 41.2 per 100,000 peopleGriggs County: 130 per 100,000 peopleHettinger County: 0 per 100,000 peopleKidder County: 82.3 per 100,000 peopleLaMoure County: 24.1 per 100,000 peopleLogan County: 0 per 100,000 peopleMcHenry County: 52.2 per 100,000 peopleMcIntosh County: 0 per 100,000 peopleMcKenzie County: 65.1 per 100,000 peopleMcLean County: 60.8 per 100,000 peopleMercer County: 45.8 per 100,000 peopleMorton County: 28.2 per 100,000 peopleMountrail County: 81.5 per 100,000 peopleNelson County: 33.1 per 100,000 peopleOliver County: 0 per 100,000 peoplePembina County: 0 per 100,000 peoplePierce County: 47.2 per 100,000 peopleRamsey County: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleRansom County: 35.1 per 100,000 peopleRenville County: 39.8 per 100,000 peopleRichland County: 24.2 per 100,000 peopleRolette County: 44.5 per 100,000 peopleSargent County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSheridan County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSioux County: 46.7 per 100,000 peopleSlope County: 0 per 100,000 peopleStark County: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleSteele County: 0 per 100,000 peopleStutsman County: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleTowner County: 0 per 100,000 peopleTraill County: 0 per 100,000 peopleWalsh County: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleWard County: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleWells County: 0 per 100,000 peopleWilliams County: 2.8 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2016. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

Griggs County: 130 per 100,000 peopleGriggs County130Divide County: 128.4 per 100,000 peopleDivide County128.4Golden Valley County: 107.9 per 100,000 peopleGolden Valley County107.9Billings County: 101.8 per 100,000 peopleBillings County101.8Burke County: 88 per 100,000 peopleBurke County88Kidder County: 82.3 per 100,000 peopleKidder County82.3Mountrail County: 81.5 per 100,000 peopleMountrail County81.5McKenzie County: 65.1 per 100,000 peopleMcKenzie County65.1McLean County: 60.8 per 100,000 peopleMcLean County60.8Dickey County: 58.3 per 100,000 peopleDickey County58.3McHenry County: 52.2 per 100,000 peopleMcHenry County52.2Benson County: 47.4 per 100,000 peopleBenson County47.4Pierce County: 47.2 per 100,000 peoplePierce County47.2Sioux County: 46.7 per 100,000 peopleSioux County46.7Mercer County: 45.8 per 100,000 peopleMercer County45.8Rolette County: 44.5 per 100,000 peopleRolette County44.5Grant County: 41.2 per 100,000 peopleGrant County41.2Renville County: 39.8 per 100,000 peopleRenville County39.8Ransom County: 35.1 per 100,000 peopleRansom County35.1Nelson County: 33.1 per 100,000 peopleNelson County33.1Bottineau County: 30.2 per 100,000 peopleBottineau County30.2Morton County: 28.2 per 100,000 peopleMorton County28.2Walsh County: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleWalsh County27.6Cavalier County: 26.3 per 100,000 peopleCavalier County26.3Dunn County: 24.2 per 100,000 peopleDunn County24.2Richland County: 24.2 per 100,000 peopleRichland County24.2LaMoure County: 24.1 per 100,000 peopleLaMoure County24.1Barnes County: 17.9 per 100,000 peopleBarnes County17.9Ramsey County: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleRamsey County17.1Stutsman County: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleStutsman County13.8Stark County: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleStark County9.4Ward County: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleWard County8.4Burleigh County: 6.2 per 100,000 peopleBurleigh County6.2Cass County: 2.9 per 100,000 peopleCass County2.9Williams County: 2.8 per 100,000 peopleWilliams County2.8Grand Forks County: 1.4 per 100,000 peopleGrand Forks County1.4Adams County: 0 per 100,000 peopleAdams County0Bowman County: 0 per 100,000 peopleBowman County0Eddy County: 0 per 100,000 peopleEddy County0Emmons County: 0 per 100,000 peopleEmmons County0Foster County: 0 per 100,000 peopleFoster County0Hettinger County: 0 per 100,000 peopleHettinger County0Logan County: 0 per 100,000 peopleLogan County0McIntosh County: 0 per 100,000 peopleMcIntosh County0Oliver County: 0 per 100,000 peopleOliver County0Pembina County: 0 per 100,000 peoplePembina County0Sargent County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSargent County0Sheridan County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSheridan County0Slope County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSlope County0Steele County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSteele County0Towner County: 0 per 100,000 peopleTowner County0Traill County: 0 per 100,000 peopleTraill County0Wells County: 0 per 100,000 peopleWells County0Griggs County: 130 per 100,000 peopleGriggs County130Divide County: 128.4 per 100,000 peopleDivide County128.4Golden Valley County: 107.9 per 100,000 peopleGolden Valley County107.9Billings County: 101.8 per 100,000 peopleBillings County101.8Burke County: 88 per 100,000 peopleBurke County88Kidder County: 82.3 per 100,000 peopleKidder County82.3Mountrail County: 81.5 per 100,000 peopleMountrail County81.5McKenzie County: 65.1 per 100,000 peopleMcKenzie County65.1McLean County: 60.8 per 100,000 peopleMcLean County60.8Dickey County: 58.3 per 100,000 peopleDickey County58.3McHenry County: 52.2 per 100,000 peopleMcHenry County52.2Benson County: 47.4 per 100,000 peopleBenson County47.4Pierce County: 47.2 per 100,000 peoplePierce County47.2Sioux County: 46.7 per 100,000 peopleSioux County46.7Mercer County: 45.8 per 100,000 peopleMercer County45.8Rolette County: 44.5 per 100,000 peopleRolette County44.5Grant County: 41.2 per 100,000 peopleGrant County41.2Renville County: 39.8 per 100,000 peopleRenville County39.8Ransom County: 35.1 per 100,000 peopleRansom County35.1Nelson County: 33.1 per 100,000 peopleNelson County33.1Bottineau County: 30.2 per 100,000 peopleBottineau County30.2Morton County: 28.2 per 100,000 peopleMorton County28.2Walsh County: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleWalsh County27.6Cavalier County: 26.3 per 100,000 peopleCavalier County26.3Dunn County: 24.2 per 100,000 peopleDunn County24.2Richland County: 24.2 per 100,000 peopleRichland County24.2LaMoure County: 24.1 per 100,000 peopleLaMoure County24.1Barnes County: 17.9 per 100,000 peopleBarnes County17.9Ramsey County: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleRamsey County17.1Stutsman County: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleStutsman County13.8Stark County: 9.4 per 100,000 peopleStark County9.4Ward County: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleWard County8.4Burleigh County: 6.2 per 100,000 peopleBurleigh County6.2Cass County: 2.9 per 100,000 peopleCass County2.9Williams County: 2.8 per 100,000 peopleWilliams County2.8Grand Forks County: 1.4 per 100,000 peopleGrand Forks County1.4Adams County: 0 per 100,000 peopleAdams County0Bowman County: 0 per 100,000 peopleBowman County0Eddy County: 0 per 100,000 peopleEddy County0Emmons County: 0 per 100,000 peopleEmmons County0Foster County: 0 per 100,000 peopleFoster County0Hettinger County: 0 per 100,000 peopleHettinger County0Logan County: 0 per 100,000 peopleLogan County0McIntosh County: 0 per 100,000 peopleMcIntosh County0Oliver County: 0 per 100,000 peopleOliver County0Pembina County: 0 per 100,000 peoplePembina County0Sargent County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSargent County0Sheridan County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSheridan County0Slope County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSlope County0Steele County: 0 per 100,000 peopleSteele County0Towner County: 0 per 100,000 peopleTowner County0Traill County: 0 per 100,000 peopleTraill County0Wells County: 0 per 100,000 peopleWells County0
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
per 100,000 people
Change on 2015
1Griggs County130+130 pts
2Divide County128.4+128.4 pts
3Golden Valley County107.9+107.9 pts
4Billings County101.8+101.8 pts
5Burke County88+88 pts
6Kidder County82.3+82.3 pts
7Mountrail County81.5+31.3 pts
8McKenzie County65.1-78.3 pts
9McLean County60.8-0.1 pts
10Dickey County58.3+58.3 pts
11McHenry County52.2+52.2 pts
12Benson County47.4+16.1 pts
13Pierce County47.2-22.7 pts
14Sioux County46.7-24 pts
15Mercer County45.8+45.8 pts
16Rolette County44.5+37.2 pts
17Grant County41.2+41.2 pts
18Renville County39.8+39.8 pts
19Ransom County35.1+35.1 pts
20Nelson County33.1+33.1 pts
21Bottineau County30.2+15.4 pts
22Morton County28.2+9 pts
23Walsh County27.6-9.1 pts
24Cavalier County26.3+0.1 pts
25Dunn County24.2-44.3 pts
26Richland County24.2+12.1 pts
27LaMoure County24.1+24.1 pts
28Barnes County17.9-8.8 pts
29Ramsey County17.1+8.6 pts
30Stutsman County13.8-18.6 pts
31Stark County9.4-8.9 pts
32Ward County8.4-2.6 pts
33Burleigh County6.2-4.3 pts
34Cass County2.9-0.6 pts
35Williams County2.8-46.3 pts
36Grand Forks County1.4-6.9 pts
37Adams County0-41.9 pts
37Bowman County0-61.3 pts
37Eddy County00 pts
37Emmons County0-58.1 pts
37Foster County00 pts
37Hettinger County00 pts
37Logan County00 pts
37McIntosh County00 pts
37Oliver County0-54.4 pts
37Pembina County0-14.1 pts
37Sargent County0-26 pts
37Sheridan County0-76.7 pts
37Slope County00 pts
37Steele County00 pts
37Towner County0-87.8 pts
37Traill County00 pts
37Wells County00 pts

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Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.

Deaths are counted where the crash happened and divided by the resident population, so counties with busy highways and few residents can show very high rates. Differs from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate).

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Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Invokely. (n.d.). NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents (Counties in North Dakota by traffic fatality rate, 2016) [Data set]. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k

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NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents, Counties in North Dakota by traffic fatality rate, 2016. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest traffic fatality rate?

Griggs County, with 130 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to NHTSA and BEA.

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Wells County, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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