NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Mississippi
Quick answer: Hinds County recorded the most road deaths in Mississippi from 2020 to 2024 (298), while Perry County had the highest death rate, 59.4 per 100,000 residents a year against 25.1 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 | Perry County | 59.4 | 34 | 11,449 |
| 2 | Covington County | 57.3 | 52 | 18,148 |
| 3 | Jefferson Davis County | 54 | 30 | 11,117 |
| 4 | Holmes County | 53.1 | 43 | 16,191 |
| 5 | Marshall County | 52.4 | 89 | 33,979 |
| 6 | Scott County | 51.2 | 71 | 27,718 |
| 7 | Grenada County | 45.2 | 48 | 21,217 |
| 8 | Noxubee County | 43.9 | 22 | 10,025 |
| 9 | Jasper County | 41.1 | 33 | 16,059 |
| 10 | Washington County | 39.8 | 85 | 42,765 |
| 11 | Panola County | 39.6 | 65 | 32,808 |
| 12 | Yalobusha County | 38.6 | 24 | 12,419 |
| 13 | Leake County | 38.5 | 41 | 21,319 |
| 14 | Stone County | 38.1 | 36 | 18,894 |
| 15 | Copiah County | 37.3 | 52 | 27,855 |
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| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinds County | 298 | 271 | 27.3 | 27% | 61% | 13% | I-55, SR-18, US-80 | |
| Harrison County | 160 | 153 | 15.2 | 23% | 52% | 16% | US-90, I-10, US-49 | |
| Jackson County | 143 | 134 | 19.7 | 22% | 49% | 25% | US-90, I-10, SR-63 | |
| DeSoto County | 106 | 98 | 11.1 | 16% | 45% | 19% | SR-302, I-55, US-61 | |
| Rankin County | 104 | 98 | 13.1 | 8% | 59% | 20% | I-20, SR-25, US-49 | |
| Lauderdale County | 100 | 90 | 28 | 18% | 51% | 19% | I-20, SR-19, I-59 | |
| Forrest County | 98 | 91 | 25 | 19% | 46% | 13% | US-49, I-59, US-98 | |
| Lee County | 92 | 87 | 22.2 | 15% | 45% | 18% | US-45, SR-145, SR-178 | |
| Marshall County | 89 | 81 | 52.4 | 6% | 42% | 15% | I-22, SR-309, US-72 | |
| Washington County | 85 | 80 | 39.8 | 26% | 65% | 19% | US-82, US-61, SR-1 | |
| Pearl River County | 74 | 69 | 25.8 | 15% | 43% | 12% | SR-43, I-59, US-11 | |
| Scott County | 71 | 67 | 51.2 | 10% | 40% | 21% | I-20, SR-35, SR-21 | |
| Panola County | 65 | 56 | 39.6 | 9% | 41% | 20% | I-55, SR-310, US-278 | |
| Jones County | 63 | 56 | 19 | 5% | 41% | 16% | US-84, I-59, US-11 | |
| Pike County | 63 | 58 | 31.8 | 14% | 45% | 28% | I-55, US-98, US-51 | |
| Warren County | 62 | 48 | 28.8 | 10% | 48% | 23% | I-20, US-61, SR-27 | |
| Madison County | 61 | 58 | 10.9 | 10% | 50% | 17% | I-55, SR-16, US-51 | |
| Lamar County | 61 | 56 | 18.6 | 11% | 46% | 14% | I-59, US-98, US-11 | |
| Hancock County | 58 | 51 | 25.1 | 10% | 61% | 22% | I-10, SR-603, US-90 | |
| Lafayette County | 57 | 51 | 19.5 | 11% | 37% | 18% | US-278, SR-7, SR-30 | |
| Alcorn County | 56 | 52 | 32.7 | 11% | 37% | 13% | US-72, US-45, SR-2 | |
| Lowndes County | 55 | 52 | 19 | 4% | 38% | 19% | US-45, US-82, SR-50 | |
| Covington County | 52 | 43 | 57.3 | 6% | 26% | 14% | US-49, US-84, SR-532 | |
| Copiah County | 52 | 42 | 37.3 | 10% | 62% | 14% | I-55, SR-28, US-51 | |
| Monroe County | 51 | 46 | 30.2 | 16% | 37% | 11% | US-45, SR-25, US-45A | |
| Lincoln County | 49 | 47 | 28.1 | 8% | 53% | 19% | I-55, US-84, SR-583 | |
| Grenada County | 48 | 44 | 45.2 | 12% | 36% | 14% | I-55, US-51, SR-7 | |
| Oktibbeha County | 46 | 42 | 17.8 | 11% | 38% | 29% | SR-25, US-82, SR-12 | |
| Tate County | 46 | 35 | 32.5 | 9% | 54% | 9% | SR-4, I-55, SR-305 | |
| Neshoba County | 44 | 41 | 30.4 | 9% | 27% | 17% | SR-19, SR-16, SR-15 | |
| Holmes County | 43 | 39 | 53.1 | 12% | 41% | 21% | SR-12, SR-17, US-51 | |
| Sunflower County | 41 | 39 | 33.7 | 12% | 51% | 21% | US-82, US-49, SR-448 | |
| Leake County | 41 | 39 | 38.5 | 10% | 49% | 13% | SR-16, SR-35, SR-25 | |
| Marion County | 40 | 35 | 33.1 | 10% | 26% | 20% | US-98, SR-13, SR-586 | |
| Pontotoc County | 38 | 35 | 24.1 | 5% | 51% | 23% | US-278, SR-9, SR-341 | |
| Bolivar County | 38 | 35 | 25.7 | 13% | 51% | 6% | US-61, SR-1, SR-446 | |
| Simpson County | 37 | 34 | 28.8 | 11% | 53% | 15% | US-49, SR-43, SR-28 | |
| Stone County | 36 | 34 | 38.1 | 3% | 26% | 24% | US-49, SR-26, SR-29 | |
| Tunica County | 36 | 29 | 76 | 17% | 45% | 17% | US-61, SR-3, SR-4 | |
| Union County | 36 | 32 | 25.6 | 17% | 47% | 6% | SR-30, I-22, SR-178 | |
| Yazoo County | 35 | 32 | 28.2 | 9% | 44% | 12% | US-49, SR-3, SR-16 | |
| Wayne County | 35 | 31 | 35.5 | 3% | 35% | 23% | US-84, US-45, SR-184 | |
| Perry County | 34 | 28 | 59.4 | 6% | 50% | 14% | US-98, SR-15, SR-29 | |
| George County | 34 | 33 | 27 | 15% | 45% | 18% | SR-63, US-98, SR-26 | |
| Jasper County | 33 | 31 | 41.1 | 3% | 29% | 6% | I-59, SR-15, SR-18 | |
| Coahoma County | 33 | 26 | 32.1 | 18% | 42% | 23% | US-61, US-278, US-49 | |
| Leflore County | 32 | 29 | 23.6 | 12% | 55% | 21% | US-82, US-49, SR-442 | |
| Jefferson Davis County | 30 | 28 | 54 | 10% | 29% | 18% | SR-13, SR-42, US-84 | |
| Attala County | 28 | 23 | 32 | 0% | 30% | 17% | SR-12, SR-19, SR-35 | |
| Winston County | 27 | 20 | 30.8 | 4% | 40% | 25% | SR-14, SR-15, SR-25 | |
| Newton County | 27 | 25 | 25.6 | 4% | 36% | 28% | SR-15, I-20, SR-489 | |
| Chickasaw County | 27 | 23 | 31.9 | 7% | 39% | 13% | SR-8, SR-32, SR-15 | |
| Adams County | 25 | 25 | 17.4 | 12% | 48% | 32% | US-61, SR-555, US-84 | |
| Itawamba County | 25 | 23 | 20.8 | 4% | 43% | 9% | I-22, SR-371, SR-25 | |
| Greene County | 24 | 22 | 35.3 | 12% | 45% | 23% | SR-594, SR-63, US-98 | |
| Yalobusha County | 24 | 22 | 38.6 | 0% | 45% | 5% | I-55, SR-32, SR-7 | |
| Prentiss County | 23 | 21 | 18.3 | 9% | 48% | 5% | US-45, SR-365, SR-145 | |
| Amite County | 23 | 22 | 36.6 | 0% | 23% | 27% | SR-24, SR-33, SR-569 | |
| Claiborne County | 23 | 20 | 53.6 | 9% | 55% | 30% | US-61, SR-18, SR-547 | |
| Noxubee County | 22 | 21 | 43.9 | 5% | 33% | 10% | US-45, SR-14, SR-388 | |
| Tishomingo County | 21 | 21 | 22.5 | 5% | 33% | 29% | SR-25, US-72, SR-30 | |
| Wilkinson County | 21 | 20 | 51.5 | 14% | 50% | 10% | SR-24, US-61, SR-563 | |
| Calhoun County | 20 | 20 | 31 | 5% | 25% | 20% | SR-9, SR-8, SR-32 | |
| Clay County | 20 | 20 | 21.8 | 5% | 50% | 20% | SR-50, US-45A, SR-389 | |
| Tallahatchie County | 19 | 17 | 32.3 | 11% | 53% | 12% | SR-32, US-49, SR-321 | |
| Benton County | 17 | 16 | 44.8 | 0% | 25% | 12% | US-72, SR-5, SR-4 | |
| Walthall County | 17 | 16 | 24.6 | 0% | 25% | 12% | US-98, SR-48, SR-27 | |
| Jefferson County | 17 | 16 | 48.1 | 6% | 50% | 31% | US-61, SR-28, SR-552 | |
| Humphreys County | 17 | 16 | 46 | 12% | 62% | 31% | US-49, SR-12, SR-149 | |
| Tippah County | 16 | 15 | 14.9 | 0% | 47% | 27% | SR-4, SR-15, US-72 | |
| Carroll County | 16 | 14 | 33 | 0% | 36% | 29% | I-55, SR-35, SR-17 | |
| Quitman County | 16 | 14 | 55.4 | 12% | 57% | 21% | SR-3, US-278, SR-315 | |
| Clarke County | 16 | 15 | 20.9 | 6% | 53% | 7% | I-59, US-45, US-11 | |
| Smith County | 16 | 16 | 22.6 | 6% | 44% | 19% | SR-28, SR-18, SR-35 | |
| Montgomery County | 15 | 13 | 31.2 | 13% | 15% | 15% | I-55, US-82, US-51 | |
| Choctaw County | 15 | 13 | 37 | 7% | 31% | 8% | SR-413, SR-15, SR-9 | |
| Kemper County | 14 | 14 | 32.1 | 7% | 29% | 14% | SR-16, SR-39, US-45 | |
| Lawrence County | 14 | 12 | 23.8 | 14% | 25% | 33% | SR-27, SR-184, US-84 | |
| Webster County | 11 | 9 | 22.1 | 0% | 22% | 33% | SR-9, US-82 | |
| Franklin County | 10 | 10 | 26.2 | 10% | 50% | 30% | US-84, SR-184, US-98 | |
| Issaquena County | 9 | 6 | 138.4 | 0% | 33% | 17% | US-61, SR-465 | |
| Sharkey County | 7 | 5 | 40 | 0% | 20% | 20% | US-61 |
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 Mississippi for driving?
Hinds County recorded the most road deaths in Mississippi from 2020 to 2024 (298), while Perry County had the highest death rate, 59.4 per 100,000 residents a year against 25.1 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 Mississippi roads from 2020 to 2024?
3,703 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 741 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.