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Deadliest counties in Kansas
Counties in Kansas ranked by traffic deaths across 2020–2024, and by their average yearly death rate. Counties with more residents and more road miles tend to have more deaths, so the rate is the fairer comparison.
Most traffic deaths, 2020–2024
| # | County | Deaths 2020–2024 | Deaths 2024 | Per 100,000 a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sedgwick County | 318 | 61 | 12.1 |
| 2 | Wyandotte County | 123 | 21 | 14.7 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 122 | 23 | 3.9 |
| 4 | Shawnee County | 105 | 24 | 11.8 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 46 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Leavenworth County | 45 | 7 | 10.8 |
| 7 | Butler County | 44 | 7 | 12.9 |
| 8 | Harvey County | 36 | 5 | 21.3 |
| 9 | Saline County | 36 | 7 | 13.4 |
| 10 | Reno County | 34 | 5 | 11.1 |
| 11 | Lyon County | 33 | 4 | 20.5 |
| 12 | Montgomery County | 33 | 10 | 21.3 |
| 13 | Sumner County | 33 | 4 | 29.5 |
| 14 | Cowley County | 29 | 7 | 16.9 |
| 15 | Riley County | 29 | 4 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Franklin County | 27 | 4 | 20.7 |
| 17 | Ford County | 25 | 1 | 14.6 |
| 18 | Marion County | 25 | 3 | 42.5 |
| 19 | Crawford County | 24 | 6 | 12.3 |
| 20 | McPherson County | 23 | 4 | 15.3 |
| 21 | Miami County | 23 | 4 | 13.2 |
| 22 | Finney County | 22 | 2 | 11.6 |
| 23 | Labette County | 22 | 2 | 22.1 |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 21 | 4 | 21.9 |
| 25 | Dickinson County | 21 | 2 | 22.7 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 21 | 4 | 22.9 |
| 27 | Pratt County | 21 | 4 | 76.8 |
| 28 | Brown County | 20 | 4 | 42.8 |
| 29 | Neosho County | 20 | 6 | 31.8 |
| 30 | Geary County | 18 | 5 | n/a |
| 31 | Jackson County | 17 | 4 | n/a |
| 32 | Pottawatomie County | 17 | 1 | n/a |
| 33 | Wilson County | 17 | 3 | n/a |
| 34 | Clay County | 16 | 7 | n/a |
| 35 | Linn County | 16 | 0 | n/a |
| 36 | Gray County | 15 | 4 | n/a |
| 37 | Osage County | 15 | 1 | n/a |
| 38 | Barton County | 14 | 1 | n/a |
| 39 | Greenwood County | 14 | 0 | n/a |
| 40 | Kingman County | 14 | 2 | n/a |
| 41 | Seward County | 14 | 4 | n/a |
| 42 | Thomas County | 14 | 5 | n/a |
| 43 | Ellsworth County | 13 | 0 | n/a |
| 44 | Republic County | 13 | 3 | n/a |
| 45 | Atchison County | 12 | 5 | n/a |
| 46 | Ellis County | 12 | 4 | n/a |
| 47 | Gove County | 12 | 1 | n/a |
| 48 | Wabaunsee County | 12 | 3 | n/a |
| 49 | Bourbon County | 11 | 1 | n/a |
| 50 | Kiowa County | 11 | 3 | n/a |
Highest death rates, 2020–2024
Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, averaged over 2020–2024. Only counties with at least 20 deaths in that time are ranked, because rates based on fewer deaths swing too much from year to year to compare. The rate divides deaths by the people who live in a county, so small counties crossed by busy highways can rank high: many of the people who die there are travelling through. How rates are worked out
| # | County | Deaths 2020–2024 | Deaths 2024 | Per 100,000 a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratt County | 21 | 4 | 76.8 |
| 2 | Brown County | 20 | 4 | 42.8 |
| 3 | Marion County | 25 | 3 | 42.5 |
| 4 | Neosho County | 20 | 6 | 31.8 |
| 5 | Sumner County | 33 | 4 | 29.5 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 21 | 4 | 22.9 |
| 7 | Dickinson County | 21 | 2 | 22.7 |
| 8 | Labette County | 22 | 2 | 22.1 |
| 9 | Cherokee County | 21 | 4 | 21.9 |
| 10 | Harvey County | 36 | 5 | 21.3 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 33 | 10 | 21.3 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 27 | 4 | 20.7 |
| 13 | Lyon County | 33 | 4 | 20.5 |
| 14 | Cowley County | 29 | 7 | 16.9 |
| 15 | McPherson County | 23 | 4 | 15.3 |
| 16 | Wyandotte County | 123 | 21 | 14.7 |
| 17 | Ford County | 25 | 1 | 14.6 |
| 18 | Saline County | 36 | 7 | 13.4 |
| 19 | Miami County | 23 | 4 | 13.2 |
| 20 | Butler County | 44 | 7 | 12.9 |
| 21 | Crawford County | 24 | 6 | 12.3 |
| 22 | Sedgwick County | 318 | 61 | 12.1 |
| 23 | Shawnee County | 105 | 24 | 11.8 |
| 24 | Finney County | 22 | 2 | 11.6 |
| 25 | Reno County | 34 | 5 | 11.1 |
| 26 | Leavenworth County | 45 | 7 | 10.8 |
| 27 | Riley County | 29 | 4 | 8.1 |
| 28 | Douglas County | 46 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 29 | Johnson County | 122 | 23 | 3.9 |