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Deadliest counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia 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 Per 100,000 a year
1 Kanawha County 137 15.5
2 Berkeley County 80 12.4
3 Raleigh County 62 17.0
4 Wood County 61 14.6
5 Cabell County 51 11.0
6 Monongalia County 51 9.5
7 Mercer County 47 16.0
8 Wayne County 44 23.1
9 Jefferson County 43 14.5
10 Hampshire County 38 32.4
11 Harrison County 34 10.5
12 Greenbrier County 33 20.4
13 Logan County 33 21.0
14 Fayette County 31 15.7
15 Nicholas County 31 25.6
16 Jackson County 29 21.0
17 Mason County 25 20.0
18 Ohio County 24 11.5
19 Preston County 24 14.1
20 Hardy County 23 32.2
21 Upshur County 23 19.4
22 Boone County 22 20.9
23 Lincoln County 21 21.1
24 Putnam County 20 7.0
25 Mingo County 19 n/a
26 Wyoming County 18 n/a
27 Doddridge County 17 n/a
28 Grant County 17 n/a
29 Randolph County 17 n/a
30 McDowell County 16 n/a
31 Marion County 16 n/a
32 Mineral County 16 n/a
33 Lewis County 15 n/a
34 Roane County 15 n/a
35 Summers County 14 n/a
36 Marshall County 13 n/a
37 Braxton County 12 n/a
38 Morgan County 11 n/a
39 Taylor County 11 n/a
40 Wetzel County 11 n/a
41 Ritchie County 10 n/a
42 Barbour County 9 n/a
43 Clay County 9 n/a
44 Pendleton County 9 n/a
45 Pocahontas County 9 n/a
46 Brooke County 9 n/a
47 Monroe County 9 n/a
48 Tyler County 8 n/a
49 Hancock County 7 n/a
50 Calhoun County 7 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 Per 100,000 a year
1 Hampshire County 38 32.4
2 Hardy County 23 32.2
3 Nicholas County 31 25.6
4 Wayne County 44 23.1
5 Lincoln County 21 21.1
6 Jackson County 29 21.0
7 Logan County 33 21.0
8 Boone County 22 20.9
9 Greenbrier County 33 20.4
10 Mason County 25 20.0
11 Upshur County 23 19.4
12 Raleigh County 62 17.0
13 Mercer County 47 16.0
14 Fayette County 31 15.7
15 Kanawha County 137 15.5
16 Wood County 61 14.6
17 Jefferson County 43 14.5
18 Preston County 24 14.1
19 Berkeley County 80 12.4
20 Ohio County 24 11.5
21 Cabell County 51 11.0
22 Harrison County 34 10.5
23 Monongalia County 51 9.5
24 Putnam County 20 7.0

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