Coweta County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Coweta County in 2024.

FARS records 205 deaths in 193 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.8 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, Coweta County was number 14 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Coweta County rose by 17.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (174) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (205).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 37.0% of the occupants killed in Coweta County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 49.9% 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 Coweta 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.Coweta County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	14	1 or 2
2023	22	22	5
2022	20	20	7
2021	26	24	5
2020	24	23	11
2019	22	21	6
2018	14	13	3
2017	23	21	6
2016	22	19	10
2015	18	16	5
2015 to 2024	205	193	59

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2005)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Coweta County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	22	22
2022	20	20
2021	26	24
2020	24	23
2019	22	21
2018	14	13
2017	23	21
2016	22	19
2015	18	16
2014	12	12
2013	10	10
2012	13	13
2011	16	14
2010	17	17
2009	9	8
2008	14	14
2007	22	21
2006	29	29
2005	32	27
2004	25	22
2003	17	17
2002	21	20
2001	12	12
2000	22	19
1999	14	12
1998	15	13
1997	21	16
1996	14	14
1995	25	18
1994	15	13
1993	16	16
1992	18	16
1991	16	13
1990	21	20
1989	16	14
1988	19	14
1987	16	15
1986	14	14
1985	14	12
1984	10	10
1983	20	18
1982	18	14
1981	13	11
1980	25	20
1979	21	14
1978	18	15
1977	22	17
1976	15	13
1975	20	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.Coweta County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Coweta County	Georgia	United States
2024	8.9	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.8	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. Coweta County had 158,178 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Coweta County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 193 fatal crashes	59	193 fatal crashes	30.6%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 193 fatal crashes	46	193 fatal crashes	23.8%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 138 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	138 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.0%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 205 deaths	24	205 deaths	11.7%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 205 deaths	1 or 2	205 deaths	0.5%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 205 deaths	25	205 deaths	12.2%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 193 fatal crashes with the condition reported	76	193 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	36.0%
In the darkof 192 fatal crashes with the condition reported	101	192 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.6%	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.Coweta 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	14	4	4	6	28
Monday	5	6	8	9	28
Tuesday	4	5	5	10	24
Wednesday	4	9	5	7	25
Thursday	4	5	9	12	30
Friday	1 or 2	11	6	15	34
Saturday	4	3	4	13	24
All days	37	43	41	72	193

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.Coweta County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	30	15.5%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.6%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	24	12.4%	25.9%
Minor arterial	60	31.1%	27.3%
Major collector	23	11.9%	13.3%
Minor collector	9	4.7%	4.8%
Local	44	22.8%	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.Coweta County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	86
Dark, not lighted	92
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	0
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Coweta County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	132
Cloudy	33
Rain	23
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 Coweta County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Coweta	In all of Georgia
Interstate 85	Interstate	33	339
State Route 6	State highway	1 or 2	62
State Route 14	State highway	12	62
State Route 16	State highway	16	70
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	54
State Route 34	State highway	15	21
State Route 54	State highway	8	49
State Route 70	State highway	4	41
State Route 74	State highway	1 or 2	41
State Route 85	State highway	1 or 2	49
State Route 154	State highway	3	35
US Route 27	US highway	4	131
US Route 29	US highway	7	89

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.Coweta 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
Coweta County: 13.8

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 Coweta County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Georgia	19	234	19.4
Fayette County	Georgia	14	110	9.4
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Heard County	Georgia	1 or 2	40	34.1
Meriwether County	Georgia	4	65	31.0
Spalding County	Georgia	13	124	18.5
Troup County	Georgia	17	148	21.0

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 Coweta 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 Coweta in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 174 deaths in Coweta County from 2005 to 2014. It records 205 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Coweta in 2024?

The rate of Coweta County in 2024 was 8.9 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 Coweta had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 59 of 193 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 Coweta?

13 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 107 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.