Bulloch County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Bulloch County in 2024.

FARS records 153 deaths in 139 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.3 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, Bulloch County was number 22 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Bulloch County rose by 1.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (151) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (153).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.4% of the fatal crashes in Bulloch 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 Bulloch 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.Bulloch County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	4
2023	17	13	0
2022	13	13	1 or 2
2021	20	18	5
2020	24	21	9
2019	14	14	3
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	14	12	4
2016	18	17	1 or 2
2015	15	14	4
2015 to 2024	153	139	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (2020)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Bulloch County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	17	13
2022	13	13
2021	20	18
2020	24	21
2019	14	14
2018	8	8
2017	14	12
2016	18	17
2015	15	14
2014	16	15
2013	15	14
2012	11	10
2011	14	11
2010	18	14
2009	10	9
2008	17	13
2007	20	18
2006	17	16
2005	13	13
2004	12	12
2003	7	7
2002	4	4
2001	10	8
2000	17	14
1999	14	13
1998	16	16
1997	13	11
1996	8	6
1995	21	18
1994	10	8
1993	16	13
1992	16	16
1991	9	9
1990	11	10
1989	11	9
1988	12	12
1987	5	4
1986	10	9
1985	14	12
1984	11	11
1983	5	5
1982	6	4
1981	8	8
1980	9	8
1979	5	4
1978	8	6
1977	4	4
1976	14	9
1975	10	10

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.Bulloch County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bulloch County	Georgia	United States
2024	11.7	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.3	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. Bulloch County had 85,598 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bulloch County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 139 fatal crashes	35	139 fatal crashes	25.2%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 139 fatal crashes	20	139 fatal crashes	14.4%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 113 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	113 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.3%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 153 deaths	13	153 deaths	8.5%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 153 deaths	3	153 deaths	2.0%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 153 deaths	12	153 deaths	7.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.4%	36.0%
In the darkof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.3%	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.Bulloch 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	4	1 or 2	4	4	13
Monday	1 or 2	4	7	5	17
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	5	6	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	4	6	16
Thursday	5	4	5	9	23
Friday	1 or 2	5	8	12	27
Saturday	4	7	9	7	27
All days	21	27	42	49	139

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.Bulloch County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	16	11.5%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	3	2.2%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	34	24.5%	25.9%
Minor arterial	34	24.5%	27.3%
Major collector	23	16.5%	13.3%
Minor collector	11	7.9%	4.8%
Local	18	12.9%	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.Bulloch County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Bulloch County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	101
Cloudy	24
Rain	12
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 Bulloch County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bulloch	In all of Georgia
Interstate 16	Interstate	14	123
State Route 25	State highway	1 or 2	56
State Route 26	State highway	11	51
State Route 73	State highway	14	24
State Route 119	State highway	6	32
US Route 25	US highway	5	38
US Route 80	US highway	4	51
US Route 301	US highway	6	20

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.Bulloch 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
Bulloch County: 19.3

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 Bulloch County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bryan County	Georgia	8	71	16.6
Candler County	Georgia	7	41	37.5
Effingham County	Georgia	13	88	13.6
Emanuel County	Georgia	1 or 2	67	29.4
Evans County	Georgia	7	34	31.7
Jenkins County	Georgia	9	37	42.2
Screven County	Georgia	0	41	29.1

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 Bulloch 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 Bulloch in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 151 deaths in Bulloch County from 2005 to 2014. It records 153 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bulloch in 2024?

The rate of Bulloch County in 2024 was 11.7 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 Bulloch had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 139 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 Bulloch?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 61 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.