Clayton County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 47 deaths in 47 fatal crashes in Clayton County in 2024.

FARS records 459 deaths in 432 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.8 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, Clayton County was number 5 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Clayton County rose by 71.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (268) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (459).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.9% of the fatal crashes in Clayton 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 Clayton 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.Clayton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	47	47	1 or 2
2023	37	30	3
2022	59	59	6
2021	65	58	8
2020	49	46	8
2019	51	48	8
2018	45	45	7
2017	32	29	7
2016	48	46	4
2015	26	24	4
2015 to 2024	459	432	56

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 65 (2021)2024: 47

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

Table 2.Clayton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	47	47
2023	37	30
2022	59	59
2021	65	58
2020	49	46
2019	51	48
2018	45	45
2017	32	29
2016	48	46
2015	26	24
2014	21	20
2013	26	25
2012	20	19
2011	30	28
2010	24	23
2009	17	17
2008	33	33
2007	35	31
2006	32	28
2005	30	27
2004	20	19
2003	30	26
2002	28	27
2001	35	31
2000	26	22
1999	27	25
1998	22	21
1997	33	31
1996	24	22
1995	25	25
1994	26	23
1993	15	15
1992	21	20
1991	23	19
1990	32	31
1989	26	25
1988	31	29
1987	39	38
1986	40	35
1985	27	25
1984	42	36
1983	23	23
1982	48	42
1981	32	29
1980	32	28
1979	32	30
1978	20	20
1977	26	20
1976	20	19
1975	23	20

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.Clayton County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clayton County	Georgia	United States
2024	15.8	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.8	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. Clayton County had 297,233 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clayton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 432 fatal crashes	56	432 fatal crashes	13.0%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 432 fatal crashes	90	432 fatal crashes	20.8%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 190 occupant deaths with restraint use known	92	190 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.4%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 459 deaths	177	459 deaths	38.6%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 459 deaths	6	459 deaths	1.3%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 459 deaths	50	459 deaths	10.9%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 432 fatal crashes with the condition reported	8	432 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.9%	36.0%
In the darkof 431 fatal crashes with the condition reported	305	431 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	70.8%	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.Clayton 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	30	6	3	32	71
Monday	18	16	7	20	61
Tuesday	17	14	14	13	58
Wednesday	13	14	7	24	58
Thursday	8	6	9	15	38
Friday	22	6	6	25	59
Saturday	34	9	12	29	84
All days	142	71	58	158	429

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.Clayton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	108	25.0%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	5	1.2%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	137	31.7%	25.9%
Minor arterial	116	26.9%	27.3%
Major collector	13	3.0%	13.3%
Minor collector	6	1.4%	4.8%
Local	47	10.9%	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.Clayton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	111
Dark, not lighted	227
Dark, lighted	78
Dawn	15
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Clayton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	332
Cloudy	54
Rain	39
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clayton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clayton	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	56	647
Interstate 85	Interstate	7	339
Interstate 285	Interstate	37	264
State Route 3	State highway	34	157
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 42	State highway	11	69
State Route 54	State highway	14	49
State Route 85	State highway	26	49
State Route 138	State highway	24	90
State Route 139	State highway	20	61
State Route 300	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 19	US highway	28	127
US Route 23	US highway	3	96
US Route 41	US highway	3	85

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.Clayton 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
Clayton County: 15.8

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 Clayton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
DeKalb County	Georgia	106	1,064	14.0
Fayette County	Georgia	14	110	9.4
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Henry County	Georgia	21	282	11.9
Spalding County	Georgia	13	124	18.5

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 Clayton 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.

Cite this page

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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 Clayton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 268 deaths in Clayton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 459 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clayton in 2024?

The rate of Clayton County in 2024 was 15.8 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 Clayton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 56 of 432 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 Clayton?

14 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 265 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.