NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Kentucky
Quick answer: Jefferson County recorded the most road deaths in Kentucky from 2020 to 2024 (624), while Todd County had the highest death rate, 40.1 per 100,000 residents a year against 17 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 | Todd County | 40.1 | 25 | 12,469 |
| 2 | Rockcastle County | 38.4 | 31 | 16,163 |
| 3 | Butler County | 33.9 | 21 | 12,393 |
| 4 | Breckinridge County | 33.5 | 35 | 20,881 |
| 5 | Caldwell County | 33.3 | 21 | 12,618 |
| 6 | Breathitt County | 33.1 | 22 | 13,276 |
| 7 | Green County | 31.7 | 18 | 11,369 |
| 8 | Lewis County | 30.9 | 20 | 12,965 |
| 9 | Pike County | 30.3 | 86 | 56,727 |
| 10 | Floyd County | 30.1 | 53 | 35,224 |
| 11 | Trigg County | 29.3 | 21 | 14,315 |
| 12 | Clay County | 29.1 | 29 | 19,921 |
| 13 | Larue County | 29.1 | 22 | 15,107 |
| 14 | Knott County | 28.9 | 20 | 13,830 |
| 15 | Bath County | 28 | 18 | 12,851 |
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| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 624 | 594 | 15.9 | 27% | 63% | 28% | US-31, SR-61, I-264 | |
| Fayette County | 192 | 179 | 11.9 | 24% | 60% | 30% | US-60, SR-4, US-25 | |
| Hardin County | 108 | 99 | 19.3 | 13% | 38% | 16% | US-31W, I-65, US-31 | |
| Warren County | 87 | 82 | 12.3 | 9% | 43% | 23% | I-65, US-231, US-31W | |
| Pike County | 86 | 79 | 30.3 | 7% | 41% | 19% | US-23, US-119, US-460 | |
| Pulaski County | 69 | 65 | 20.9 | 12% | 37% | 23% | US-27, SR-80, SR-914 | |
| Laurel County | 66 | 60 | 21 | 8% | 35% | 22% | US-25, I-75, SR-80 | |
| McCracken County | 63 | 52 | 18.6 | 13% | 27% | 15% | US-60, I-24, US-62 | |
| Bullitt County | 59 | 55 | 14 | 10% | 56% | 27% | I-65, SR-44, SR-61 | |
| Christian County | 58 | 56 | 16.1 | 14% | 39% | 14% | SR-9004, SR-107, SR-109 | |
| Daviess County | 57 | 56 | 11 | 14% | 32% | 20% | US-60, SR-54, SR-2155 | |
| Madison County | 55 | 53 | 11.5 | 13% | 38% | 21% | US-25, I-75, SR-21 | |
| Floyd County | 53 | 47 | 30.1 | 15% | 43% | 17% | US-23, SR-80, SR-114 | |
| Barren County | 51 | 47 | 22.7 | 6% | 19% | 19% | SR-90, US-31, SR-9008 | |
| Boone County | 51 | 45 | 7.3 | 20% | 49% | 33% | I-75, US-42, I-275 | |
| Henderson County | 50 | 47 | 22.6 | 14% | 40% | 30% | US-41, US-60, SR-9005 | |
| Scott County | 48 | 43 | 16.1 | 10% | 40% | 14% | I-75, US-62, SR-32 | |
| Nelson County | 47 | 46 | 19.7 | 4% | 43% | 41% | SR-9002, US-62, SR-245 | |
| Meade County | 41 | 36 | 27.2 | 2% | 33% | 22% | US-31, SR-313, SR-79 | |
| Kenton County | 40 | 35 | 4.7 | 18% | 49% | 31% | I-75, US-25, SR-16 | |
| Whitley County | 40 | 39 | 21.7 | 8% | 46% | 33% | I-75, US-25W, SR-92 | |
| Marshall County | 39 | 37 | 24.6 | 3% | 32% | 32% | I-24, US-68, US-641 | |
| Hopkins County | 37 | 35 | 16.4 | 14% | 57% | 14% | I-69, US-41, SR-9001 | |
| Grayson County | 36 | 36 | 27 | 6% | 14% | 19% | SR-9001, SR-54, SR-88 | |
| Harlan County | 36 | 31 | 27.9 | 8% | 39% | 23% | US-421, US-119, SR-38 | |
| Grant County | 35 | 29 | 27.5 | 11% | 52% | 28% | I-75, US-25, SR-467 | |
| Breckinridge County | 35 | 32 | 33.5 | 0% | 34% | 25% | US-60, SR-79, SR-86 | |
| Perry County | 35 | 33 | 25.5 | 11% | 39% | 27% | SR-15, SR-9006, SR-1096 | |
| Campbell County | 34 | 31 | 7.3 | 9% | 32% | 23% | SR-9, US-27, I-471 | |
| Woodford County | 34 | 31 | 24.9 | 3% | 45% | 23% | I-64, US-62, US-60 | |
| Calloway County | 33 | 31 | 17.3 | 15% | 52% | 19% | US-641, SR-94, SR-121 | |
| Oldham County | 33 | 32 | 9.5 | 12% | 41% | 41% | US-42, I-71, SR-329 | |
| Muhlenberg County | 33 | 31 | 21.6 | 6% | 29% | 10% | US-62, SR-181, US-431 | |
| Carter County | 32 | 27 | 24.3 | 6% | 33% | 33% | I-64, US-60, SR-2 | |
| Ohio County | 31 | 30 | 26.1 | 10% | 53% | 30% | US-231, SR-54, SR-69 | |
| Rockcastle County | 31 | 29 | 38.4 | 3% | 38% | 10% | I-75, US-25, US-150 | |
| Logan County | 31 | 29 | 22.2 | 0% | 10% | 34% | US-68, SR-100, US-431 | |
| Montgomery County | 31 | 28 | 21.8 | 16% | 39% | 21% | US-460, US-60, I-64 | |
| Shelby County | 30 | 27 | 12.2 | 7% | 37% | 26% | I-64, US-60, SR-55 | |
| Jessamine County | 30 | 27 | 11 | 10% | 44% | 30% | US-27, SR-169, US-68 | |
| Clark County | 30 | 29 | 16.1 | 17% | 34% | 14% | SR-627, US-60, I-64 | |
| Clay County | 29 | 26 | 29.1 | 10% | 27% | 27% | US-421, SR-11, SR-9006 | |
| Lincoln County | 29 | 27 | 23.7 | 7% | 33% | 26% | US-150, US-27, US-127 | |
| Marion County | 27 | 22 | 27.3 | 7% | 36% | 45% | US-68, SR-2154, SR-49 | |
| Bourbon County | 26 | 24 | 25.7 | 8% | 50% | 25% | US-460, US-68, SR-627 | |
| Graves County | 26 | 21 | 14.2 | 4% | 43% | 14% | SR-1241, SR-9003, I-69 | |
| Simpson County | 25 | 22 | 25 | 8% | 50% | 27% | I-65, US-31W, SR-2593 | |
| Bell County | 25 | 22 | 21.3 | 12% | 55% | 32% | US-119, US-25, SR-66 | |
| Allen County | 25 | 22 | 23.5 | 8% | 32% | 32% | US-231, US-31E, US-31 | |
| Todd County | 25 | 23 | 40.1 | 12% | 22% | 17% | US-79, US-68, SR-106 | |
| Hart County | 24 | 22 | 24.5 | 4% | 32% | 18% | I-65, SR-88, US-31W | |
| Adair County | 23 | 21 | 24.1 | 9% | 19% | 14% | SR-61, SR-9008, SR-55 | |
| Taylor County | 23 | 21 | 17.4 | 0% | 14% | 14% | US-68, SR-55, SR-210 | |
| Larue County | 22 | 19 | 29.1 | 5% | 26% | 11% | SR-210, SR-61, US-31 | |
| Letcher County | 22 | 18 | 21.1 | 5% | 22% | 17% | US-119, SR-15, SR-7 | |
| Breathitt County | 22 | 20 | 33.1 | 9% | 55% | 45% | SR-15, SR-30, SR-1098 | |
| McCreary County | 22 | 21 | 26.1 | 9% | 52% | 38% | US-27, SR-1470, SR-92 | |
| Knox County | 22 | 20 | 14.7 | 14% | 50% | 30% | US-25E, US-25, SR-11 | |
| Henry County | 22 | 21 | 27.8 | 5% | 38% | 48% | SR-146, I-71, US-421 | |
| Trigg County | 21 | 19 | 29.3 | 10% | 42% | 21% | US-68, SR-139, I-24 | |
| Mason County | 21 | 19 | 24.8 | 14% | 53% | 58% | SR-9, SR-3056, SR-11 | |
| Butler County | 21 | 19 | 33.9 | 0% | 26% | 16% | SR-70, US-231, SR-185 | |
| Wayne County | 21 | 20 | 21.4 | 0% | 30% | 30% | SR-90, SR-92, SR-167 | |
| Caldwell County | 21 | 21 | 33.3 | 0% | 48% | 24% | SR-672, SR-293, US-62 | |
| Lewis County | 20 | 18 | 30.9 | 5% | 28% | 22% | SR-9, SR-8, SR-10 | |
| Knott County | 20 | 19 | 28.9 | 5% | 37% | 16% | SR-899, SR-15, SR-160 | |
| Franklin County | 20 | 19 | 7.7 | 25% | 58% | 42% | I-64, US-127, US-421 | |
| Boyd County | 19 | 16 | 7.9 | 0% | 44% | 44% | SR-168, US-23, I-64 | |
| Mercer County | 18 | 16 | 15.6 | 6% | 31% | 12% | SR-152, US-127, SR-9002 | |
| Rowan County | 18 | 17 | 14.6 | 11% | 41% | 35% | SR-32, US-60, I-64 | |
| Green County | 18 | 18 | 31.7 | 0% | 22% | 22% | US-68, SR-61, SR-218 | |
| Boyle County | 18 | 17 | 11.6 | 17% | 35% | 12% | US-127, US-150, US-150B | |
| Bath County | 18 | 15 | 28 | 6% | 7% | 13% | SR-11, I-64, SR-36 | |
| Morgan County | 17 | 15 | 24.2 | 0% | 20% | 20% | US-460, SR-7, SR-519 | |
| Lyon County | 17 | 15 | 38.2 | 6% | 27% | 33% | I-24, SR-93, SR-293 | |
| Ballard County | 17 | 15 | 44.4 | 0% | 27% | 20% | SR-286, US-51, US-60 | |
| Jackson County | 16 | 15 | 24.5 | 6% | 33% | 33% | US-421, SR-290, SR-30 | |
| Washington County | 16 | 15 | 26.4 | 0% | 27% | 33% | US-150, SR-55, SR-9002 | |
| Gallatin County | 16 | 15 | 36.5 | 6% | 40% | 40% | US-42, I-71, SR-16 | |
| Russell County | 16 | 16 | 17.6 | 6% | 38% | 50% | US-127, SR-9008, SR-80 | |
| Casey County | 16 | 13 | 20.1 | 0% | 23% | 38% | US-127, SR-70, SR-80 | |
| Clinton County | 16 | 15 | 34.8 | 12% | 27% | 33% | US-127, SR-90, SR-558 | |
| Wolfe County | 16 | 15 | 49.7 | 6% | 20% | 13% | SR-15, SR-715, SR-9009 | |
| Powell County | 15 | 14 | 23 | 13% | 14% | 29% | SR-11, SR-9000, SR-15 | |
| Magoffin County | 15 | 14 | 26.4 | 0% | 36% | 50% | US-460, SR-7, SR-9009 | |
| Greenup County | 15 | 14 | 8.5 | 7% | 29% | 36% | SR-67, US-23, SR-3307 | |
| Carroll County | 14 | 14 | 25.6 | 21% | 36% | 14% | I-71, US-42, SR-36 | |
| Trimble County | 14 | 13 | 32.8 | 7% | 38% | 31% | US-421, US-42, SR-36 | |
| Harrison County | 14 | 14 | 14.6 | 7% | 43% | 7% | US-27, US-62, SR-32 | |
| Johnson County | 13 | 13 | 11.6 | 8% | 23% | 0% | SR-40, SR-469, SR-321 | |
| Edmonson County | 13 | 12 | 21 | 0% | 25% | 42% | SR-259, US-31W, SR-238 | |
| Leslie County | 13 | 12 | 25.8 | 0% | 25% | 33% | SR-699, SR-3427, SR-406 | |
| Garrard County | 13 | 12 | 14.8 | 0% | 8% | 8% | US-27, SR-39, SR-3109 | |
| Webster County | 13 | 11 | 20.2 | 0% | 45% | 55% | I-69, SR-56, SR-630 | |
| Lawrence County | 12 | 12 | 14.9 | 0% | 17% | 33% | US-23, SR-3, SR-2565 | |
| Crittenden County | 12 | 10 | 26.7 | 0% | 40% | 40% | US-60, SR-120, SR-295 | |
| Lee County | 12 | 11 | 32.7 | 8% | 36% | 27% | SR-52, SR-11, SR-2016 | |
| Menifee County | 11 | 11 | 35.3 | 9% | 36% | 18% | SR-746, SR-36, SR-946 | |
| Nicholas County | 10 | 9 | 25.9 | 0% | 44% | 22% | SR-32, SR-1244, SR-57 | |
| Martin County | 10 | 10 | 18.1 | 0% | 40% | 20% | SR-40, SR-3, SR-908 | |
| Anderson County | 9 | 9 | 7.4 | 33% | 44% | 22% | US-62, US-127, SR-9002 | |
| Owen County | 9 | 9 | 15.9 | 11% | 44% | 33% | US-127, SR-3549, SR-1982 | |
| Union County | 9 | 9 | 13.6 | 0% | 33% | 0% | US-60, SR-360, SR-56 | |
| Spencer County | 9 | 9 | 8.9 | 0% | 33% | 33% | SR-44, SR-155, SR-1329 | |
| Metcalfe County | 9 | 8 | 17.3 | 0% | 12% | 50% | SR-163, SR-70, US-68 | |
| Livingston County | 9 | 7 | 20.2 | 0% | 14% | 14% | SR-453, I-24, US-60 | |
| Fleming County | 8 | 7 | 10.4 | 0% | 29% | 14% | SR-165, SR-11, SR-32 | |
| Hancock County | 8 | 8 | 17.7 | 12% | 50% | 25% | SR-1389, SR-334, SR-69 | |
| Pendleton County | 7 | 7 | 9.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% | US-27, SR-6009, SR-22 | |
| Monroe County | 7 | 7 | 12.4 | 0% | 29% | 29% | SR-163, SR-63, SR-953 | |
| Cumberland County | 7 | 6 | 23.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% | SR-90, SR-704, SR-61 | |
| Owsley County | 7 | 7 | 35.3 | 14% | 57% | 57% | SR-30, SR-399, SR-2024 | |
| Bracken County | 7 | 6 | 16.6 | 0% | 50% | 50% | SR-9, SR-435, SR-19 | |
| Elliott County | 6 | 6 | 16.4 | 17% | 17% | 33% | SR-7, SR-32, SR-706 | |
| Fulton County | 6 | 6 | 18.7 | 0% | 17% | 33% | US-45, SR-166, SR-94 | |
| Estill County | 6 | 6 | 8.5 | 33% | 67% | 50% | SR-82, SR-52, SR-594 | |
| McLean County | 6 | 4 | 13.2 | 0% | 25% | 0% | SR-81, US-431, SR-140 | |
| Hickman County | 6 | 6 | 27 | 0% | 17% | 17% | SR-58, SR-123, SR-1529 | |
| Carlisle County | 5 | 5 | 21 | 0% | 40% | 0% | SR-877, US-51, US-62 | |
| Robertson County | 5 | 4 | 43.8 | 0% | 25% | 50% | US-68, US-62, SR-1029 |
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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Dangerous counties — FAQ
What is the most dangerous county in Kentucky for driving?
Jefferson County recorded the most road deaths in Kentucky from 2020 to 2024 (624), while Todd County had the highest death rate, 40.1 per 100,000 residents a year against 17 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 Kentucky roads from 2020 to 2024?
3,851 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 770 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.