COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Sussex County, Delaware
Road fatality data for Sussex County (DE). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 313
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 44
- Latest Year Deaths
- 16.7
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Sussex County ranks #1,099 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #2 of 3 rated counties in DE. Sussex County's fatality rate of 16.7 per 100,000 residents places it close to the national middle by that per-capita measure.
- #1,099 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #2 of 3
- in DE by rate
- 47%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
FARS county milepost
Milepost SUSSEX-5 · Sussex 16.7/100k · #1,099 of 2,328
Sussex County · 16.7/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- NHTSA 16.7/100k
- MILE #1,099 of 2,328
- POST 313 book
- BAND Increasing
- VOL near Brevard
- AVG +14.4% vs DE
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 → · Delaware state profile →
Sussex County rate neighbourhood
Deaths per 100,000 residents vs nearest nationwide rate peers (pop ≥250k).
- Brevard
Brevard County
17 per 100k
- Horry
Horry County
17 per 100k
- Sussex
Sussex County
17 per 100k
- Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County
17 per 100k
- Jefferson
Jefferson County
17 per 100k
What this shows Sussex County sits among nearest nationwide per-capita peers.
How does Sussex County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Sussex 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 3 rated counties in Delaware, Sussex County ranks 2 for per-capita risk, above the state's own per-capita average of 14.6 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate places it close to the national middle by that per-capita measure. The gap between Sussex County's rate and the state average is 2.1 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Kent County, at 16.9 per 100,000 (a difference of 0.2). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Kent County (16.9), New Castle County (10.2).
Sussex County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
17 Around the middle a lower per-capita rate than 47% 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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Counties with similar FARS profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Sussex County. Same-state rate comparisons stay in the chart above; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state counties with population at least 250,000.
Similar per-capita fatality rate
Nearest counties by deaths per 100,000 residents (16.7 here), outside Delaware.
Similar fatality volume
Nearest counties by recorded FARS deaths (313 here), excluding the rate-peer set.
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.