COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Road fatality data for Hampshire County (MA). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 65
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 9
- Latest Year Deaths
- 5.5
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Hampshire County ranks #2,173 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #6 of 13 rated counties in MA. Hampshire County's fatality rate of 5.5 per 100,000 residents puts it among the safest one in ten U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #2,173 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #6 of 13
- in MA by rate
- 93%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
Highway fatality milepost
Milepost HAMPSHIRE-15 · Hampshire 5.5/100k · #2,173 of 2,328
Hampshire County · 5.5/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- RATE 5.5/100k
- RANK #2,173 of 2,328
- BOOK 65 book
- TREND Increasing
- CAUSE 62 crash
- PHOTO -5.9% vs MA
Stamps derive from this county's NHTSA FARS row (per-100k or book, corpus rank, trend, nationwide peer NAME, vs-state gap), not a trip-risk forecast. PlainRoadSafety is informational only. See our disclaimer. Verify with NHTSA FARS → · Read with methodology → · Understanding road fatality data → · Massachusetts state profile →
How does Hampshire County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Hampshire County is About the same as the comparison
2023 road deaths from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System over population from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2023). Rates shown for counties with 10,000+ residents and a 2023 FARS record.
Among the 13 rated counties in Massachusetts, Hampshire County ranks 6 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 5.8 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate puts it among the safest one in ten U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Hampshire County's rate and the state average is 0.3 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Barnstable County, at 5.2 per 100,000 (a difference of 0.3). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Franklin County (9.9), Hampden County (9.1), Bristol County (7.2), Berkshire County (7.1), Plymouth County (6.7), Barnstable County (5.2), Worcester County (5.2), Norfolk County (5.1), Dukes County (4.8), Essex County (4.7), Suffolk County (2.9), Middlesex County (2.6).
Hampshire County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
6 Among the safer counties a lower per-capita rate than 93% of 2,328 rated counties
rated U.S. counties, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA FARS over U.S. Census Bureau population estimates · 2026-08-09
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) This information is for research and informational purposes only
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Source and method. PlainRoadSafety is rendered directly from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). PlainRoadSafety aggregates published FARS records and does not invent a fatality count the census does not report. County figures are computed directly from NHTSA FARS census data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our Editorial & Corrections Policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or Report a correction. Data current as of October 2024.