US Counties With the Lowest Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths

2,491 US counties ranked by motor vehicle crash deaths, from lowest to highest. First are New York County, NY (2.71), Arlington County, VA (2.73) and Loudoun County, VA (3.46). The middle one of the 2,491 has 18.1.

What this measures

Deaths in car and other motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 people. Source: County Health Rankings.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

Rank	County	deaths per 100,000
1	New York County, NY	2.71
2	Arlington County, VA	2.73
3	Loudoun County, VA	3.46
4	Kings County, NY	3.66
5	Richmond County, NY	3.83
6	Queens County, NY	3.98
7	Middlesex County, MA	4.03
8	Morris County, NJ	4.06
9	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	4.15
10	Westchester County, NY	4.15
11	Bronx County, NY	4.29
12	Fairfax County, VA	4.35
13	Hudson County, NJ	4.38
14	Bergen County, NJ	4.4
15	Suffolk County, MA	4.43
16	Story County, IA	4.51
17	San Francisco County, CA	4.56
18	Somerset County, NJ	4.76
19	Alexandria city, VA	4.8
20	Newport County, RI	4.81
21	Essex County, MA	4.85
22	DuPage County, IL	4.91
23	Dakota County, MN	4.92
24	Hamilton County, IN	4.93
25	Dallas County, IA	4.97
26	Rockland County, NY	4.97
27	Broomfield County, CO	5.02
28	Hampshire County, MA	5.04
29	Norfolk County, MA	5.05
30	Washington County, MN	5.1
31	Madison County, ID	5.22
32	Albany County, NY	5.45
33	Hennepin County, MN	5.51
34	Passaic County, NJ	5.51
35	San Mateo County, CA	5.53
36	Whitman County, WA	5.54
37	Clay County, MN	5.55
38	Carver County, MN	5.57
39	Marin County, CA	5.57
40	Johnson County, KS	5.58
41	Utah County, UT	5.61
42	Montgomery County, MD	5.62
43	Delaware County, OH	5.64
44	Putnam County, NY	5.65
45	Oakland County, MI	5.67
46	Blue Earth County, MN	5.68
47	Douglas County, CO	5.68
48	Waukesha County, WI	5.69
49	King County, WA	5.73
50	Erie County, NY	5.78
51	Montgomery County, PA	5.86
52	Honolulu County, HI	5.9
53	Harrisonburg city, VA	5.94
54	Monmouth County, NJ	5.95
55	Middlesex County, NJ	5.97
56	Ramsey County, MN	6
57	Washington County, OR	6.01
58	Cass County, ND	6.02
59	Scott County, MN	6.03
60	Chittenden County, VT	6.06
61	Rensselaer County, NY	6.09
62	Union County, NJ	6.1
63	Nassau County, NY	6.11
64	Essex County, NY	6.12
65	Broome County, NY	6.13
66	Essex County, NJ	6.17
67	Steele County, MN	6.19
68	Johnson County, IA	6.21
69	Eagle County, CO	6.24
70	Chester County, PA	6.28
71	Allegheny County, PA	6.32
72	Hunterdon County, NJ	6.34
73	District of Columbia, DC	6.39
74	Riley County, KS	6.45
75	Summit County, UT	6.46
76	Howard County, MD	6.48
77	Davis County, UT	6.5
78	Ozaukee County, WI	6.5
79	Worcester County, MA	6.6
80	Washtenaw County, MI	6.61
81	Forsyth County, GA	6.62
82	Monroe County, IL	6.62
83	Stafford County, VA	6.7
84	Virginia Beach city, VA	6.82
85	Alameda County, CA	6.83
86	Saratoga County, NY	6.84
87	Monroe County, NY	6.85
88	Fort Bend County, TX	6.85
89	Collin County, TX	6.89
90	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	6.9
91	Dane County, WI	6.92
92	Kane County, IL	6.93
93	Lake County, OH	6.94
94	Santa Clara County, CA	6.95
95	Clinton County, NY	6.95
96	Mercer County, NJ	6.96
97	Douglas County, WA	6.98
98	Monroe County, IN	6.99
99	Monongalia County, WV	7.01
100	Olmsted County, MN	7.03

Every state, lowest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	deaths per 100,000
1	New York	5.9
2	Massachusetts	6.01
3	District of Columbia	6.39
4	Rhode Island	6.89
5	New Jersey	6.98
6	Hawaii	7.56
7	Minnesota	8.2
8	Connecticut	8.54
9	Utah	8.72
10	Washington	8.78
11	New Hampshire	9.05
12	Pennsylvania	9.46
13	Maryland	9.5
14	Illinois	9.63
15	Vermont	10.4
16	Wisconsin	10.5
17	Virginia	10.7
18	Michigan	10.9
19	California	10.9
20	Ohio	11.1
21	Alaska	11.2
22	Iowa	11.4
23	Nevada	11.6
24	Colorado	11.8
25	Oregon	12.4
26	Nebraska	12.5
27	Maine	12.6
28	Delaware	13.2
29	Indiana	13.2
30	Texas	13.8
31	North Dakota	13.8
32	Idaho	13.8
33	Kansas	14.3
34	Arizona	14.9
35	Georgia	15.6
36	North Carolina	15.6
37	Florida	15.7
38	Missouri	15.9
39	West Virginia	15.9
40	South Dakota	16.6
41	Wyoming	17
42	Tennessee	17.2
43	Kentucky	17.4
44	Oklahoma	17.9
45	Montana	17.9
46	Louisiana	18
47	New Mexico	19.8
48	Arkansas	19.8
49	Alabama	20.7
50	South Carolina	20.8
51	Mississippi	25.5

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