NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Indiana
Quick answer: Marion County recorded the most road deaths in Indiana from 2020 to 2024 (698), while Pulaski County had the highest death rate, 37 per 100,000 residents a year against 13.3 for the state as a whole.
Per 100,000 residents a year · counties with 10,000+ people
Highest death rate
| # | County | Deaths per 100k / year | Deaths 2020–2024 | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulaski County | 37 | 23 | 12,441 |
| 2 | Newton County | 33 | 23 | 13,922 |
| 3 | White County | 32.4 | 40 | 24,717 |
| 4 | Crawford County | 30.5 | 16 | 10,499 |
| 5 | Scott County | 28.5 | 35 | 24,526 |
| 6 | Spencer County | 28.1 | 28 | 19,955 |
| 7 | Starke County | 25.7 | 30 | 23,365 |
| 8 | Jennings County | 25.4 | 35 | 27,562 |
| 9 | Blackford County | 25.1 | 15 | 11,950 |
| 10 | Jasper County | 24.7 | 41 | 33,234 |
| 11 | Harrison County | 24.1 | 48 | 39,859 |
| 12 | Jay County | 23.7 | 24 | 20,229 |
| 13 | Tipton County | 23.5 | 18 | 15,346 |
| 14 | Shelby County | 22.5 | 51 | 45,265 |
| 15 | Washington County | 22 | 31 | 28,212 |
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| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County | 698 | 665 | 14.3 | 26% | 59% | 25% | I-465, I-70, I-65 | |
| Lake County | 282 | 258 | 11.3 | 15% | 55% | 25% | I-80, US-12, I-65 | |
| Allen County | 205 | 190 | 10.4 | 11% | 47% | 28% | US-27, I-69, US-24 | |
| Elkhart County | 160 | 141 | 15.4 | 9% | 43% | 25% | US-33, US-20, SR-19 | |
| St. Joseph County | 143 | 131 | 10.5 | 15% | 52% | 19% | US-20, I-80, SR-23 | |
| Hamilton County | 104 | 97 | 5.7 | 9% | 42% | 22% | I-69, US-31, SR-32 | |
| Vanderburgh County | 102 | 96 | 11.3 | 15% | 40% | 25% | US-41, SR-66, I-69 | |
| LaPorte County | 100 | 91 | 17.9 | 6% | 41% | 23% | US-421, US-35, I-94 | |
| Porter County | 100 | 96 | 11.4 | 11% | 46% | 18% | US-20, I-94, SR-130 | |
| Madison County | 94 | 88 | 14.3 | 18% | 38% | 17% | I-69, SR-9, SR-236 | |
| Delaware County | 86 | 79 | 15.3 | 8% | 34% | 13% | SR-67, SR-32, I-69 | |
| Vigo County | 81 | 73 | 15.3 | 12% | 40% | 18% | US-41, US-150, SR-63 | |
| Tippecanoe County | 77 | 73 | 8.1 | 14% | 48% | 21% | US-52, I-65, US-231 | |
| Kosciusko County | 72 | 63 | 17.9 | 3% | 43% | 27% | SR-15N, SR-15S, US-30E | |
| Clark County | 68 | 64 | 10.9 | 9% | 55% | 14% | I-65, SR-62, SR-3 | |
| Hendricks County | 65 | 60 | 7.1 | 8% | 32% | 15% | US-40, US-36, SR-267 | |
| Grant County | 59 | 54 | 17.8 | 5% | 44% | 9% | SR-37, I-69, SR-9 | |
| Bartholomew County | 56 | 55 | 13.4 | 21% | 42% | 15% | US-31, SR-46, I-65N | |
| Johnson County | 56 | 52 | 6.7 | 14% | 46% | 17% | US-31, I-65, SR-135 | |
| Monroe County | 54 | 53 | 7.7 | 11% | 45% | 23% | SR-45, SR-37, SR-46 | |
| Howard County | 52 | 50 | 12.4 | 8% | 40% | 26% | SR-931, SR-22, SR-931S | |
| Shelby County | 51 | 49 | 22.5 | 6% | 41% | 18% | I-74, SR-9, SR-44 | |
| Morgan County | 50 | 50 | 13.8 | 6% | 36% | 16% | SR-67, SR-39, I-70 | |
| Hancock County | 48 | 46 | 11.4 | 4% | 46% | 22% | I-70, US-40, SR-9 | |
| Harrison County | 48 | 45 | 24.1 | 2% | 29% | 16% | SR-135, SR-64, I-64 | |
| Marshall County | 46 | 44 | 19.9 | 9% | 27% | 14% | US-31, US-30, US-6 | |
| Henry County | 44 | 41 | 18 | 0% | 49% | 15% | I-70, SR-3, SR-38 | |
| Boone County | 42 | 38 | 11.2 | 12% | 50% | 13% | I-65, I-65N, SR-47 | |
| Jasper County | 41 | 38 | 24.7 | 2% | 61% | 24% | I-65, SR-10, US-231 | |
| Jackson County | 41 | 38 | 17.6 | 7% | 21% | 11% | US-50, I-65, I-65S | |
| White County | 40 | 35 | 32.4 | 0% | 40% | 9% | I-65, US-24, SR-43 | |
| DeKalb County | 40 | 35 | 18.3 | 8% | 37% | 26% | I-69, I-65, SR-8 | |
| Montgomery County | 38 | 33 | 19.8 | 5% | 48% | 6% | US-231S, I-74, US-231 | |
| Huntington County | 38 | 36 | 20.7 | 3% | 33% | 25% | US-24, US-24W, SR-105 | |
| Wayne County | 37 | 34 | 11.1 | 5% | 41% | 18% | I-70, US-27, US-35 | |
| Floyd County | 37 | 34 | 9.1 | 11% | 41% | 18% | I-64, I-265, SR-64 | |
| LaGrange County | 37 | 35 | 18.1 | 19% | 34% | 11% | I-80, SR-120, SR-5 | |
| Whitley County | 36 | 32 | 20.8 | 3% | 41% | 19% | US-30, SR-14, US-33 | |
| Jennings County | 35 | 31 | 25.4 | 11% | 45% | 23% | SR-3, US-50, SR-7 | |
| Scott County | 35 | 33 | 28.5 | 6% | 39% | 15% | I-65, SR-356, SR-56 | |
| Clinton County | 35 | 31 | 21.2 | 6% | 35% | 19% | US-421, SR-26, SR-38 | |
| Putnam County | 34 | 30 | 18.2 | 6% | 33% | 7% | SR-42E, US-231, SR-243 | |
| Jefferson County | 31 | 29 | 18.8 | 6% | 45% | 3% | SR-62, SR-256, SR-56W | |
| Warrick County | 31 | 31 | 9.5 | 10% | 35% | 10% | SR-66, SR-68, SR-62 | |
| Dearborn County | 31 | 30 | 12.1 | 19% | 53% | 17% | US-50, US-52, I-74 | |
| Washington County | 31 | 28 | 22 | 6% | 29% | 14% | SR-60, US-150, SR-56 | |
| Cass County | 31 | 26 | 16.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% | US-24, SR-25, SR-25N | |
| Starke County | 30 | 27 | 25.7 | 3% | 44% | 11% | US-30, SR-8, US-35S | |
| Knox County | 29 | 27 | 16.1 | 10% | 41% | 19% | US-41, SR-67N, SR-67S | |
| Steuben County | 29 | 27 | 16.7 | 7% | 52% | 26% | I-80, SR-120, US-20 | |
| Spencer County | 28 | 23 | 28.1 | 4% | 48% | 17% | US-231, SR-66, US-231N | |
| Noble County | 27 | 25 | 11.4 | 11% | 32% | 8% | US-33, SR-3N, SR-5 | |
| Greene County | 27 | 27 | 17.4 | 0% | 37% | 19% | I-69, SR-59, SR-54 | |
| Dubois County | 26 | 23 | 11.9 | 4% | 26% | 4% | US-231, SR-164, SR-56 | |
| Daviess County | 24 | 20 | 14.3 | 8% | 55% | 10% | I-69, US-50, US-231 | |
| Jay County | 24 | 22 | 23.7 | 4% | 41% | 23% | SR-67, US-27, SR-26 | |
| Decatur County | 24 | 24 | 18.2 | 8% | 46% | 29% | SR-3, I-74, US-421 | |
| Lawrence County | 24 | 23 | 10.6 | 8% | 17% | 22% | SR-37, US-50, SR-60 | |
| Pulaski County | 23 | 21 | 37 | 4% | 29% | 5% | US-421, SR-39, SR-14 | |
| Newton County | 23 | 22 | 33 | 4% | 41% | 18% | US-41, US-24, US-24W | |
| Randolph County | 23 | 23 | 18.9 | 0% | 26% | 13% | SR-32, US-27N, US-36E | |
| Clay County | 23 | 20 | 17.4 | 17% | 45% | 5% | I-70, SR-59N, I-70E | |
| Miami County | 22 | 20 | 12.3 | 14% | 40% | 35% | SR-19, US-31, US-31S | |
| Sullivan County | 21 | 18 | 20.2 | 0% | 39% | 17% | US-150, US-41, SR-48 | |
| Fulton County | 20 | 19 | 19.7 | 10% | 32% | 16% | US-31, SR-14, SR-114 | |
| Gibson County | 20 | 20 | 12.1 | 5% | 25% | 10% | US-41, SR-168, SR-64 | |
| Ripley County | 20 | 19 | 13.7 | 5% | 42% | 26% | US-421, SR-129, SR-350 | |
| Carroll County | 20 | 19 | 19.5 | 0% | 37% | 26% | SR-29, US-421, SR-25 | |
| Wells County | 19 | 18 | 13.4 | 5% | 28% | 17% | SR-116, SR-124, SR-1 | |
| Adams County | 19 | 19 | 10.5 | 5% | 21% | 11% | SR-124W, US-224, US-27 | |
| Wabash County | 18 | 17 | 11.7 | 6% | 29% | 12% | US-24, SR-15, SR-124 | |
| Tipton County | 18 | 17 | 23.5 | 6% | 47% | 18% | SR-28, US-31, SR-213 | |
| Franklin County | 16 | 16 | 13.9 | 0% | 31% | 19% | US-52, SR-252, SR-1 | |
| Rush County | 16 | 15 | 19.1 | 6% | 33% | 13% | SR-3, SR-3S, SR-44 | |
| Crawford County | 16 | 13 | 30.5 | 0% | 38% | 8% | SR-37, SR-66, SR-64 | |
| Fayette County | 16 | 15 | 13.7 | 12% | 40% | 13% | SR-1, SR-44W, SR-44 | |
| Blackford County | 15 | 12 | 25.1 | 0% | 25% | 42% | SR-18, SR-3, SR-22 | |
| Vermillion County | 15 | 14 | 19.5 | 7% | 36% | 21% | SR-63, SR-234, SR-63S | |
| Perry County | 15 | 15 | 15.6 | 7% | 40% | 47% | SR-66, SR-237, I-64 | |
| Fountain County | 15 | 15 | 18.1 | 7% | 27% | 20% | I-74, US-41, SR-32E | |
| Posey County | 13 | 11 | 10.4 | 0% | 36% | 9% | SR-69, SR-62W, I-64 | |
| Owen County | 13 | 13 | 12 | 0% | 23% | 31% | SR-67, US-231, SR-46 | |
| Orange County | 13 | 12 | 13.2 | 0% | 17% | 8% | SR-37, SR-56, US-150W | |
| Brown County | 12 | 12 | 15.4 | 0% | 17% | 25% | SR-135, SR-46, SR-46W | |
| Warren County | 11 | 10 | 26 | 0% | 50% | 30% | SR-28, US-41S, US-41N | |
| Parke County | 10 | 10 | 12.2 | 10% | 50% | 20% | US-41S, US-41, US-36E | |
| Pike County | 9 | 9 | 14.8 | 11% | 11% | 11% | SR-257, SR-64, SR-65 | |
| Union County | 9 | 6 | 25.8 | 22% | 33% | 17% | US-27, SR-44 | |
| Benton County | 9 | 8 | 20.6 | 0% | 50% | 12% | US-41, SR-18, SR-352 | |
| Switzerland County | 7 | 7 | 14.1 | 0% | 29% | 29% | SR-56, SR-156 | |
| Martin County | 6 | 6 | 12.2 | 0% | 50% | 17% | US-231, US-50, US-150 | |
| Ohio County | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-56S |
Deaths = people killed in crashes in the county, 2020–2024. Pedestrians = share of deaths who were on foot. At night = share of fatal crashes in the dark. Alcohol = share of fatal crashes where police reported a driver had been drinking. Rate = yearly average deaths ÷ average population × 100,000. Source: NHTSA FARS, U.S. Census Bureau.
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Questions
Dangerous counties — FAQ
What is the most dangerous county in Indiana for driving?
Marion County recorded the most road deaths in Indiana from 2020 to 2024 (698), while Pulaski County had the highest death rate, 37 per 100,000 residents a year against 13.3 for the state as a whole. Big counties lead on counts because more people drive there; the rate shows the risk for each resident.
How many people died on Indiana roads from 2020 to 2024?
4,541 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 908 a year.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every fatal crash in NHTSA's FARS census for 2020–2024, placed in the county where it happened, divided by the county's average population from the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates are only ranked for counties with at least 10,000 residents.