COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Hinds County, Mississippi
Road fatality data for Hinds County (MS). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 420
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 57
- Latest Year Deaths
- 26.5
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Hinds County ranks #523 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #34 of 64 rated counties in MS. Hinds County's fatality rate of 26.5 per 100,000 residents leaves it more dangerous than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #523 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #34 of 64
- in MS by rate
- 22%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
NHTSA FARS milepost
Milepost HINDS-49 · Hinds 26.5/100k · #523 of 2,328
Hinds County · 26.5/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- RATE 26.5/100k
- RANK #523 of 2,328
- BOOK 420 book
- TREND Increasing
- CAUSE 379 crash
- PHOTO -9.2% vs MS
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How does Hinds County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Hinds 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 15 rated counties in Mississippi, Hinds County ranks 15 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 29.2 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate leaves it more dangerous than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Hinds County's rate and the state average is 2.7 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Yalobusha County, at 40.4 per 100,000 (a difference of 13.9). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Scott County (69.1), Covington County (66.4), Holmes County (63.4), Stone County (58.6), Grenada County (57.0), Panola County (55.1), Copiah County (47.0), Washington County (45.3), Marshall County (44.0), Warren County (42.6), Yazoo County (42.6), Leake County (42.3), Chickasaw County (41.5), Yalobusha County (40.4).
Hinds County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
27 Higher than most a lower per-capita rate than 22% 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.