Cherokee County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Cherokee County in 2024.

FARS records 181 deaths in 167 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.8 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, Cherokee County was number 19 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Cherokee County rose by 9.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (166) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (181).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 43.1% of the fatal crashes in Cherokee County with known light were in the dark, against 49.5% 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 Cherokee 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.Cherokee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	0
2023	26	25	6
2022	25	21	9
2021	13	13	1 or 2
2020	21	20	5
2019	12	11	3
2018	18	18	3
2017	32	27	3
2016	7	6	0
2015	12	12	3
2015 to 2024	181	167	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2017)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Cherokee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	26	25
2022	25	21
2021	13	13
2020	21	20
2019	12	11
2018	18	18
2017	32	27
2016	7	6
2015	12	12
2014	12	12
2013	16	16
2012	18	17
2011	11	11
2010	15	14
2009	11	10
2008	15	15
2007	22	20
2006	19	18
2005	27	25
2004	26	22
2003	12	12
2002	29	24
2001	22	21
2000	23	20
1999	22	21
1998	18	16
1997	15	13
1996	16	14
1995	22	17
1994	13	13
1993	12	11
1992	14	12
1991	26	20
1990	17	15
1989	21	20
1988	24	20
1987	15	15
1986	12	11
1985	18	15
1984	19	15
1983	15	13
1982	8	8
1981	17	14
1980	12	11
1979	21	20
1978	19	17
1977	10	8
1976	10	10
1975	14	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.Cherokee County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cherokee County	Georgia	United States
2024	5.1	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.8	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. Cherokee County had 294,030 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cherokee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 167 fatal crashes	33	167 fatal crashes	19.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 167 fatal crashes	37	167 fatal crashes	22.2%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 119 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	119 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.1%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 181 deaths	22	181 deaths	12.2%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 181 deaths	4	181 deaths	2.2%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 181 deaths	28	181 deaths	15.5%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 167 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	167 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.5%	36.0%
In the darkof 167 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	167 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.1%	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.Cherokee 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	3	4	5	14
Monday	1 or 2	4	11	1 or 2	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	9	12	30
Wednesday	1 or 2	11	5	8	26
Thursday	4	3	12	4	23
Friday	1 or 2	10	5	10	27
Saturday	9	6	5	9	29
All days	22	44	51	50	167

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.Cherokee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	28	16.8%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	38	22.8%	25.9%
Minor arterial	54	32.3%	27.3%
Major collector	21	12.6%	13.3%
Minor collector	3	1.8%	4.8%
Local	22	13.2%	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.Cherokee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	90
Dark, not lighted	60
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cherokee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	115
Cloudy	35
Rain	14
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 Cherokee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cherokee	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	5	647
Interstate 575	Interstate	25	27
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	87
State Route 20	State highway	13	122
State Route 92	State highway	21	86
State Route 140	State highway	7	39
State Route 369	State highway	1 or 2	22

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.Cherokee 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
Cherokee County: 6.8

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 Cherokee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bartow County	Georgia	24	256	23.5
Cobb County	Georgia	56	613	8.0
Dawson County	Georgia	5	58	21.1
Forsyth County	Georgia	13	149	6.0
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Pickens County	Georgia	9	62	18.7

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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 166 deaths in Cherokee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 181 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cherokee in 2024?

The rate of Cherokee County in 2024 was 5.1 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 Cherokee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 167 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 Cherokee?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 73 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.