Barrow County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Barrow County in 2024.

FARS records 138 deaths in 125 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Georgia in the same years is 14.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Barrow County was number 28 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Barrow County rose by 12.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (123) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (138).

In the counties of Georgia the deaths rose by 14.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 15.2% of the fatal crashes in Barrow County with a known setting were rural, against 36.0% in Georgia.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Barrow County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Barrow County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	13	11	1 or 2
2022	14	13	1 or 2
2021	18	16	1 or 2
2020	18	16	4
2019	12	11	1 or 2
2018	19	19	3
2017	12	12	0
2016	10	7	3
2015	12	10	3
2015 to 2024	138	125	20

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Barrow County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 19 (2008)2024: 10

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Barrow County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	13	11
2022	14	13
2021	18	16
2020	18	16
2019	12	11
2018	19	19
2017	12	12
2016	10	7
2015	12	10
2014	9	9
2013	11	11
2012	13	12
2011	10	8
2010	9	9
2009	12	12
2008	19	12
2007	15	13
2006	14	13
2005	11	11
2004	11	10
2003	14	11
2002	9	7
2001	8	7
2000	17	11
1999	9	8
1998	10	10
1997	16	14
1996	15	14
1995	7	5
1994	13	12
1993	12	11
1992	15	12
1991	13	11
1990	7	7
1989	11	10
1988	12	10
1987	16	13
1986	12	11
1985	15	13
1984	6	6
1983	10	6
1982	6	5
1981	5	4
1980	6	6
1979	9	8
1978	4	4
1977	6	5
1976	5	5
1975	5	5

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Barrow County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Barrow County	Georgia	United States
2024	10.3	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.3	14.8	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Barrow County had 96,969 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Barrow County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 125 fatal crashes	20	125 fatal crashes	16.0%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 125 fatal crashes	26	125 fatal crashes	20.8%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 98 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	98 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.9%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 138 deaths	15	138 deaths	10.9%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 138 deaths	1 or 2	138 deaths	1.4%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 138 deaths	17	138 deaths	12.3%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	19	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	15.2%	36.0%
In the darkof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.6%	49.5%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Barrow County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	7	11
Monday	3	3	5	6	17
Tuesday	4	1 or 2	4	6	16
Wednesday	3	3	4	1 or 2	12
Thursday	4	4	4	5	17
Friday	1 or 2	6	10	10	27
Saturday	8	3	7	6	24
All days	25	23	34	42	124

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Barrow County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	4	3.2%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.8%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	29	23.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	44	35.2%	27.3%
Major collector	21	16.8%	13.3%
Minor collector	12	9.6%	4.8%
Local	14	11.2%	13.2%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Barrow County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	58
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Barrow County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	81
Cloudy	32
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Barrow County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Barrow	In all of Georgia
Interstate 85	Interstate	4	339
State Route 8	State highway	8	75
State Route 11	State highway	9	109
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	90
State Route 81	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 124	State highway	3	52
State Route 316	State highway	12	46
US Route 29	US highway	13	89

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Georgia

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Barrow County on the county map of Georgia

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 107 counties
10 to 14.924 counties
15 to 19.934 counties
20 to 29.955 counties
30 or more38 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown1 county
Barrow County: 16.3

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Georgia

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Barrow County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clarke County	Georgia	6	129	10.1
Gwinnett County	Georgia	65	623	6.6
Jackson County	Georgia	9	164	21.5
Oconee County	Georgia	6	54	13.2
Walton County	Georgia	8	117	12.0

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Georgia have a population nearest to that of Barrow County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Georgia Governor's Office of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of Georgia.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Barrow in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 123 deaths in Barrow County from 2005 to 2014. It records 138 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Barrow in 2024?

The rate of Barrow County in 2024 was 10.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Georgia was 12.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Barrow had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 125 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Barrow?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 53 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.