COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Livingston County, Michigan
Road fatality data for Livingston County (MI). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 144
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 13
- Latest Year Deaths
- 6.6
- Per 100k Residents
- Stable
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Livingston County ranks #2,080 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #62 of 74 rated counties in MI. Livingston County's fatality rate of 6.6 per 100,000 residents leaves it safer than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #2,080 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #62 of 74
- in MI by rate
- 89%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Stable
- fatality trend
NHTSA county milepost
Milepost LIVINGSTON-9 · Livingston 6.6/100k · #2,080 of 2,328
Livingston County · 6.6/100k · stable · cause n/a
- FARS 6.6/100k
- NHTSA #2,080 of 2,328
- MILE 144 book
- POST Stable
- BAND 126 crash
- VOL -56.2% vs MI
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How does Livingston County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Livingston County is 56% safer than 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 Michigan, Livingston County ranks 15 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 15.1 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate leaves it safer than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Livingston County's rate and the state average is 8.5 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Calhoun County, at 19.5 per 100,000 (a difference of 12.9). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Mackinac County (55.3), Roscommon County (50.3), Arenac County (39.6), Benzie County (32.5), Wexford County (29.3), Clare County (28.7), Sanilac County (27.2), Lake County (23.6), Manistee County (23.5), Kalkaska County (21.6), Missaukee County (19.6), Newaygo County (19.6), Calhoun County (19.5), Lenawee County (19.5).
Livingston County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
7 Among the safer counties a lower per-capita rate than 89% 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.