Carroll County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Carroll County in 2024.

FARS records 234 deaths in 217 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.4 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, Carroll County was number 12 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Carroll County rose by 1.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (230) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (234).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 9.4% of the deaths in Carroll County and 17.1% 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 Carroll 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.Carroll County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	17	3
2023	21	19	3
2022	26	25	4
2021	23	23	3
2020	23	19	5
2019	25	24	3
2018	22	21	5
2017	28	27	4
2016	20	17	1 or 2
2015	27	25	8
2015 to 2024	234	217	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2007)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Carroll County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	17
2023	21	19
2022	26	25
2021	23	23
2020	23	19
2019	25	24
2018	22	21
2017	28	27
2016	20	17
2015	27	25
2014	21	17
2013	16	15
2012	13	13
2011	22	21
2010	27	25
2009	17	15
2008	28	23
2007	32	29
2006	28	24
2005	26	23
2004	27	23
2003	20	17
2002	18	18
2001	26	23
2000	20	18
1999	25	24
1998	26	23
1997	15	15
1996	12	11
1995	25	20
1994	24	22
1993	8	7
1992	17	16
1991	25	22
1990	24	21
1989	16	15
1988	25	23
1987	19	17
1986	12	11
1985	20	16
1984	14	13
1983	19	17
1982	20	18
1981	21	18
1980	15	15
1979	23	20
1978	20	18
1977	18	12
1976	16	14
1975	15	14

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.Carroll County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Carroll County	Georgia	United States
2024	14.7	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.4	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. Carroll County had 129,493 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Carroll County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 217 fatal crashes	40	217 fatal crashes	18.4%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 217 fatal crashes	48	217 fatal crashes	22.1%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 160 occupant deaths with restraint use known	83	160 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.9%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 234 deaths	22	234 deaths	9.4%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 234 deaths	4	234 deaths	1.7%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 234 deaths	31	234 deaths	13.2%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 217 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	217 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.2%	36.0%
In the darkof 217 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	217 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.7%	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.Carroll 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	9	3	8	11	31
Monday	3	4	8	5	20
Tuesday	7	8	9	10	34
Wednesday	7	8	13	14	42
Thursday	4	8	8	8	28
Friday	5	6	9	15	35
Saturday	4	3	10	10	27
All days	39	40	65	73	217

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.Carroll County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	29	13.4%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	43	19.8%	25.9%
Minor arterial	63	29.0%	27.3%
Major collector	35	16.1%	13.3%
Minor collector	10	4.6%	4.8%
Local	36	16.6%	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.Carroll County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	115
Dark, not lighted	87
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Carroll County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	155
Cloudy	41
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Carroll County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Carroll	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	29	391
State Route 1	State highway	7	119
State Route 5	State highway	8	87
State Route 8	State highway	1 or 2	75
State Route 16	State highway	11	70
State Route 61	State highway	18	54
State Route 100	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 101	State highway	8	33
State Route 113	State highway	9	26
State Route 166	State highway	37	52
US Route 27	US highway	16	131
US Route 78	US highway	1 or 2	73

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.Carroll 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
Carroll County: 19.4

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 Carroll County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cleburne County	Alabama	9	65	42.8
Randolph County	Alabama	6	57	25.2
Coweta County	Georgia	14	205	13.8
Douglas County	Georgia	18	195	13.4
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Haralson County	Georgia	5	84	27.7
Heard County	Georgia	1 or 2	40	34.1
Paulding County	Georgia	16	187	11.0

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 Carroll 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 Carroll in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 230 deaths in Carroll County from 2005 to 2014. It records 234 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Carroll in 2024?

The rate of Carroll County in 2024 was 14.7 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 Carroll had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 217 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 Carroll?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 147 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.