NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Minnesota
Quick answer: Hennepin County recorded the most road deaths in Minnesota from 2020 to 2024 (291), while Kanabec County had the highest death rate, 26.8 per 100,000 residents a year against 7.7 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 | Kanabec County | 26.8 | 22 | 16,390 |
| 2 | Faribault County | 25.9 | 18 | 13,914 |
| 3 | Cass County | 24.5 | 38 | 30,992 |
| 4 | Renville County | 23.4 | 17 | 14,558 |
| 5 | Cottonwood County | 22.7 | 13 | 11,458 |
| 6 | Pope County | 19.3 | 11 | 11,418 |
| 7 | Kandiyohi County | 19.1 | 42 | 44,079 |
| 8 | Pine County | 18.9 | 28 | 29,640 |
| 9 | Aitkin County | 18.7 | 15 | 16,056 |
| 10 | Lake County | 18.4 | 10 | 10,879 |
| 11 | Morrison County | 18.1 | 31 | 34,249 |
| 12 | Becker County | 16.4 | 29 | 35,343 |
| 13 | Le Sueur County | 15.8 | 23 | 29,113 |
| 14 | Wabasha County | 15.8 | 17 | 21,565 |
| 15 | Koochiching County | 15.2 | 9 | 11,833 |
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Every county in Minnesota
| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin County | 291 | 270 | 4.6 | 23% | 48% | 32% | I-94, SR-55, I-35W | |
| Ramsey County | 136 | 129 | 5 | 26% | 64% | 34% | US-61, SR-36, SR-5 | |
| Anoka County | 106 | 98 | 5.7 | 21% | 42% | 28% | SR-65, SR-47, US-10 | |
| St. Louis County | 105 | 94 | 10.5 | 8% | 33% | 37% | US-53, US-2, US-169 | |
| Dakota County | 98 | 90 | 4.4 | 17% | 44% | 19% | SR-55, SR-13, I-35 | |
| Stearns County | 68 | 63 | 8.5 | 4% | 40% | 32% | I-94, SR-15, US-71 | |
| Wright County | 60 | 57 | 8.1 | 5% | 39% | 35% | I-94, SR-55, SR-24 | |
| Sherburne County | 56 | 50 | 11.1 | 7% | 36% | 30% | US-10, US-169, SR-25 | |
| Washington County | 52 | 47 | 3.8 | 6% | 43% | 34% | US-61, I-694, I-94 | |
| Olmsted County | 42 | 41 | 5.1 | 7% | 32% | 22% | US-14, US-52, I-90 | |
| Kandiyohi County | 42 | 31 | 19.1 | 5% | 26% | 39% | US-12, SR-40, US-71 | |
| Otter Tail County | 39 | 38 | 12.9 | 8% | 34% | 29% | SR-210, SR-78, US-10 | |
| Carver County | 39 | 38 | 7.1 | 3% | 24% | 39% | SR-7, US-212, SR-5 | |
| Scott County | 38 | 36 | 4.9 | 8% | 39% | 28% | US-169, SR-13, SR-19 | |
| Cass County | 38 | 33 | 24.5 | 8% | 45% | 52% | SR-371, SR-64, SR-6 | |
| Crow Wing County | 35 | 34 | 10.3 | 11% | 41% | 26% | SR-371, SR-210, SR-25 | |
| Itasca County | 34 | 31 | 15 | 18% | 29% | 29% | US-169, SR-46, US-2 | |
| Chisago County | 34 | 29 | 11.7 | 0% | 21% | 38% | US-8, I-35, SR-95 | |
| Rice County | 33 | 31 | 9.7 | 3% | 26% | 29% | I-35, SR-19, SR-60 | |
| Clay County | 31 | 26 | 9.4 | 0% | 27% | 19% | I-94, SR-9, US-75 | |
| Morrison County | 31 | 29 | 18.1 | 3% | 34% | 38% | US-10, SR-25, SR-27 | |
| Becker County | 29 | 27 | 16.4 | 7% | 33% | 44% | SR-34, US-59, US-10 | |
| Beltrami County | 29 | 28 | 12.5 | 7% | 36% | 29% | SR-197, SR-72, US-71 | |
| Pine County | 28 | 26 | 18.9 | 7% | 31% | 46% | I-35, SR-23, SR-48 | |
| Douglas County | 28 | 23 | 14.2 | 11% | 30% | 13% | SR-29, SR-27, SR-55 | |
| McLeod County | 25 | 23 | 13.6 | 0% | 30% | 30% | SR-7, US-212, SR-15 | |
| Isanti County | 25 | 24 | 11.7 | 8% | 38% | 29% | SR-65, SR-95, SR-47 | |
| Goodhue County | 24 | 22 | 10 | 4% | 50% | 27% | US-52, US-61, SR-60 | |
| Le Sueur County | 23 | 18 | 15.8 | 0% | 44% | 33% | SR-22, SR-60, SR-13 | |
| Carlton County | 23 | 20 | 12.6 | 4% | 50% | 45% | SR-210, SR-23, I-35 | |
| Benton County | 23 | 20 | 11.1 | 9% | 40% | 25% | SR-23, US-10, SR-95 | |
| Blue Earth County | 22 | 21 | 6.3 | 0% | 19% | 24% | US-169, SR-22, US-14 | |
| Kanabec County | 22 | 22 | 26.8 | 9% | 45% | 18% | SR-65, SR-23, SR-47 | |
| Freeborn County | 20 | 19 | 13.1 | 0% | 26% | 32% | I-35, I-90, SR-13 | |
| Winona County | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5% | 40% | 15% | US-61, I-90, US-14 | |
| Mille Lacs County | 18 | 18 | 13.3 | 11% | 33% | 28% | US-169, SR-95 | |
| Faribault County | 18 | 17 | 25.9 | 0% | 35% | 35% | I-90, SR-22, US-169 | |
| Renville County | 17 | 15 | 23.4 | 0% | 40% | 33% | US-212, US-71, SR-4 | |
| Wabasha County | 17 | 17 | 15.8 | 6% | 18% | 35% | US-61, SR-60, SR-42 | |
| Todd County | 16 | 15 | 12.5 | 0% | 47% | 47% | US-71, SR-27, SR-28 | |
| Aitkin County | 15 | 13 | 18.7 | 0% | 15% | 23% | SR-65, US-169, SR-210 | |
| Nicollet County | 15 | 14 | 8.7 | 13% | 29% | 14% | US-169, US-14 | |
| Mower County | 15 | 12 | 7.4 | 13% | 33% | 17% | I-90, US-63, US-218 | |
| Nobles County | 13 | 13 | 11.8 | 0% | 23% | 15% | I-90, US-59, SR-60 | |
| Cottonwood County | 13 | 11 | 22.7 | 15% | 18% | 0% | US-71, SR-62, SR-60 | |
| Steele County | 13 | 13 | 6.9 | 15% | 31% | 15% | I-35, US-218 | |
| Fillmore County | 12 | 10 | 11.2 | 8% | 30% | 30% | SR-44, US-52, US-63 | |
| Dodge County | 12 | 11 | 11.4 | 17% | 18% | 9% | SR-30, US-218, SR-57 | |
| Martin County | 12 | 12 | 12.1 | 8% | 50% | 58% | I-90 | |
| Houston County | 11 | 10 | 11.8 | 0% | 10% | 30% | SR-26, SR-44, SR-76 | |
| Pope County | 11 | 10 | 19.3 | 9% | 30% | 40% | SR-28, SR-29, SR-114 | |
| Lyon County | 11 | 11 | 8.6 | 9% | 45% | 45% | SR-23, US-14, US-59 | |
| Lake County | 10 | 10 | 18.4 | 0% | 40% | 30% | SR-61, SR-1 | |
| Polk County | 10 | 9 | 6.5 | 0% | 44% | 44% | US-2, US-75 | |
| Wadena County | 10 | 9 | 14 | 0% | 33% | 33% | US-71, US-10 | |
| Koochiching County | 9 | 7 | 15.2 | 0% | 14% | 43% | SR-11, US-71 | |
| Hubbard County | 9 | 9 | 8.2 | 22% | 44% | 11% | SR-34, SR-64, SR-200 | |
| Pennington County | 9 | 8 | 13.1 | 11% | 62% | 38% | SR-1, US-59 | |
| Chippewa County | 9 | 9 | 14.5 | 0% | 22% | 0% | SR-40, SR-7, SR-29 | |
| Yellow Medicine County | 8 | 8 | 16.9 | 0% | 25% | 38% | US-75, SR-67, US-212 | |
| Sibley County | 8 | 8 | 10.7 | 25% | 38% | 0% | SR-5, SR-25, SR-19 | |
| Meeker County | 8 | 8 | 6.8 | 0% | 12% | 0% | SR-15, SR-24, SR-22 | |
| Redwood County | 8 | 7 | 10.4 | 0% | 43% | 29% | US-14, US-71, SR-19 | |
| Murray County | 8 | 7 | 19.8 | 0% | 43% | 71% | US-59, SR-30, SR-91 | |
| Jackson County | 8 | 7 | 16.1 | 0% | 57% | 14% | I-90, SR-60, US-71 | |
| Brown County | 8 | 7 | 6.2 | 0% | 57% | 29% | SR-15, US-14 | |
| Watonwan County | 7 | 6 | 12.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% | SR-60, SR-30 | |
| Swift County | 7 | 7 | 14.4 | 0% | 57% | 43% | US-12, SR-29, SR-9 | |
| Roseau County | 7 | 7 | 9.1 | 0% | 14% | 0% | SR-11 | |
| Clearwater County | 7 | 7 | 16.2 | 14% | 29% | 57% | SR-92, US-2 | |
| Mahnomen County | 7 | 5 | 26.1 | 0% | 20% | 20% | SR-113, US-59 | |
| Grant County | 6 | 6 | 19.6 | 0% | 17% | 0% | SR-27, SR-79, I-94 | |
| Norman County | 5 | 5 | 15.7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-32, SR-200 | |
| Wilkin County | 5 | 5 | 15.7 | 0% | 20% | 20% | SR-210, SR-9, I-94 | |
| Cook County | 4 | 4 | 14.2 | 0% | 50% | 50% | SR-61 | |
| Lac qui Parle County | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0% | 25% | 25% | US-75, US-212 | |
| Marshall County | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0% | 50% | 25% | SR-89 | |
| Lincoln County | 4 | 4 | 14.3 | 0% | 25% | 75% | US-14 | |
| Stevens County | 4 | 4 | 8.2 | 0% | 25% | 75% | SR-9, US-59 | |
| Waseca County | 4 | 4 | 4.2 | 0% | 50% | 25% | SR-13 | |
| Rock County | 4 | 3 | 8.3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-23, I-90 | |
| Big Stone County | 3 | 3 | 11.7 | 33% | 0% | 0% | US-12 | |
| Traverse County | 3 | 3 | 18.5 | 67% | 0% | 0% | US-75 | |
| Pipestone County | 3 | 3 | 6.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% | SR-30, SR-23 | |
| Red Lake County | 3 | 2 | 15.3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-92, SR-32 | |
| Lake of the Woods County | 2 | 2 | 10.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% | ||
| Kittson County | 2 | 2 | 9.8 | 0% | 50% | 50% | SR-11, US-59 |
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 Minnesota for driving?
Hennepin County recorded the most road deaths in Minnesota from 2020 to 2024 (291), while Kanabec County had the highest death rate, 26.8 per 100,000 residents a year against 7.7 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 Minnesota roads from 2020 to 2024?
2,205 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 441 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.