Bartow County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Bartow County in 2024.

FARS records 256 deaths in 235 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.5 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, Bartow County was number 11 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Bartow County rose by 15.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (221) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (256).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 24.7% of the fatal crashes in Bartow 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 Bartow 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.Bartow County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	19	1 or 2
2023	23	22	3
2022	29	28	4
2021	32	31	1 or 2
2020	28	27	7
2019	21	19	1 or 2
2018	27	23	4
2017	17	16	1 or 2
2016	26	23	3
2015	29	27	4
2015 to 2024	256	235	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2021)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Bartow County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	19
2023	23	22
2022	29	28
2021	32	31
2020	28	27
2019	21	19
2018	27	23
2017	17	16
2016	26	23
2015	29	27
2014	21	19
2013	17	17
2012	27	22
2011	19	18
2010	23	19
2009	15	14
2008	15	14
2007	27	27
2006	26	24
2005	31	27
2004	25	24
2003	28	26
2002	19	19
2001	21	20
2000	22	19
1999	16	13
1998	25	21
1997	18	16
1996	28	26
1995	16	16
1994	20	19
1993	15	15
1992	21	18
1991	12	11
1990	18	16
1989	20	18
1988	18	15
1987	19	19
1986	24	22
1985	9	8
1984	23	20
1983	17	15
1982	8	8
1981	18	18
1980	19	16
1979	14	13
1978	16	16
1977	11	10
1976	17	15
1975	11	9

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.Bartow County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bartow County	Georgia	United States
2024	20.4	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.5	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. Bartow County had 117,924 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bartow County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 235 fatal crashes	31	235 fatal crashes	13.2%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 235 fatal crashes	42	235 fatal crashes	17.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 154 occupant deaths with restraint use known	61	154 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.6%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 256 deaths	27	256 deaths	10.5%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 256 deaths	4	256 deaths	1.6%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 256 deaths	48	256 deaths	18.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 235 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	235 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	24.7%	36.0%
In the darkof 235 fatal crashes with the condition reported	100	235 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.6%	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.Bartow 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	5	3	10	9	27
Monday	4	5	9	9	27
Tuesday	5	11	7	5	28
Wednesday	4	11	12	10	37
Thursday	5	10	12	9	36
Friday	5	9	9	13	36
Saturday	12	8	12	12	44
All days	40	57	71	67	235

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.Bartow County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	49	20.9%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	6	2.6%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	65	27.7%	25.9%
Minor arterial	54	23.0%	27.3%
Major collector	18	7.7%	13.3%
Minor collector	14	6.0%	4.8%
Local	29	12.3%	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.Bartow County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	121
Dark, not lighted	90
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	6
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Bartow County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	159
Cloudy	49
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bartow County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bartow	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	54	647
State Route 3	State highway	16	157
State Route 20	State highway	19	122
State Route 61	State highway	15	54
State Route 113	State highway	9	26
State Route 140	State highway	11	39
US Route 41	US highway	13	85
US Route 411	US highway	15	32

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.Bartow 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
Bartow County: 23.5

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 Bartow County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Georgia	15	181	6.8
Cobb County	Georgia	56	613	8.0
Floyd County	Georgia	14	177	18.0
Gordon County	Georgia	11	104	17.9
Paulding County	Georgia	16	187	11.0
Polk County	Georgia	6	89	20.8

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 Bartow 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 Bartow in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 221 deaths in Bartow County from 2005 to 2014. It records 256 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bartow in 2024?

The rate of Bartow County in 2024 was 20.4 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 Bartow had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 235 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 Bartow?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 152 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.