Colquitt County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Colquitt County in 2024.

FARS records 115 deaths in 102 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.1 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, Colquitt County was number 35 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Colquitt County rose by 9.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (105) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.8% of the fatal crashes in Colquitt 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 Colquitt 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.Colquitt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	3
2023	11	7	1 or 2
2022	15	14	3
2021	17	14	3
2020	14	14	4
2019	5	3	1 or 2
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	12	12	4
2016	8	7	3
2015	13	12	4
2015 to 2024	115	102	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1993)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Colquitt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	11	7
2022	15	14
2021	17	14
2020	14	14
2019	5	3
2018	8	8
2017	12	12
2016	8	7
2015	13	12
2014	17	15
2013	5	5
2012	9	8
2011	16	15
2010	7	7
2009	8	7
2008	8	6
2007	13	12
2006	9	8
2005	13	11
2004	14	11
2003	15	14
2002	14	11
2001	8	7
2000	10	9
1999	12	9
1998	10	9
1997	11	9
1996	12	11
1995	15	13
1994	9	9
1993	20	17
1992	7	7
1991	7	7
1990	9	6
1989	14	10
1988	9	8
1987	9	8
1986	10	9
1985	10	7
1984	13	7
1983	9	9
1982	7	7
1981	14	11
1980	8	8
1979	9	8
1978	17	12
1977	12	11
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	7	6

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.Colquitt County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Colquitt County	Georgia	United States
2024	25.5	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.1	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. Colquitt County had 47,006 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Colquitt County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 102 fatal crashes	27	102 fatal crashes	26.5%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 102 fatal crashes	13	102 fatal crashes	12.7%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 89 occupant deaths with restraint use known	52	89 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.4%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	8	115 deaths	7.0%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	1 or 2	115 deaths	1.7%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	11	115 deaths	9.6%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 102 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.8%	36.0%
In the darkof 102 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.1%	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.Colquitt 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	3	3	5	4	15
Monday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	0	4	5	4	13
Thursday	4	3	4	4	15
Friday	3	5	6	10	24
Saturday	3	1 or 2	6	6	17
All days	16	22	31	32	101

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.Colquitt County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	0	0.0%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	22	21.6%	25.9%
Minor arterial	30	29.4%	27.3%
Major collector	19	18.6%	13.3%
Minor collector	11	10.8%	4.8%
Local	20	19.6%	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.Colquitt County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Colquitt County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	78
Cloudy	14
Rain	9
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 Colquitt County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Colquitt	In all of Georgia
State Route 37	State highway	9	27
State Route 133	State highway	11	38
US Route 319	US highway	6	26

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.Colquitt 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
Colquitt County: 25.1

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 Colquitt County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Brooks County	Georgia	1 or 2	41	25.7
Cook County	Georgia	5	69	39.8
Mitchell County	Georgia	8	51	23.6
Thomas County	Georgia	16	94	20.8
Tift County	Georgia	11	81	19.7
Worth County	Georgia	6	78	38.2

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 Colquitt 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 Colquitt in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 105 deaths in Colquitt County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Colquitt in 2024?

The rate of Colquitt County in 2024 was 25.5 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 Colquitt had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 102 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 Colquitt?

FARS records 9 fatal crashes on State Route 37 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 11 fatal crashes on State Route 133 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 319 in the county from 2015 to 2024.