Dougherty County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Dougherty County in 2024.

FARS records 144 deaths in 136 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.7 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, Dougherty County was number 27 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Dougherty County rose by 38.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (104) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (144).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 20.6% of the fatal crashes in Dougherty 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 Dougherty 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.Dougherty County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	10	0
2023	7	7	0
2022	20	20	4
2021	17	17	1 or 2
2020	17	16	0
2019	14	14	0
2018	10	8	0
2017	13	13	0
2016	20	18	3
2015	13	13	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	144	136	9

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1979)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Dougherty County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	10
2023	7	7
2022	20	20
2021	17	17
2020	17	16
2019	14	14
2018	10	8
2017	13	13
2016	20	18
2015	13	13
2014	12	10
2013	10	10
2012	5	4
2011	11	10
2010	11	11
2009	11	10
2008	14	14
2007	6	6
2006	10	10
2005	14	11
2004	10	10
2003	19	18
2002	11	10
2001	9	7
2000	15	14
1999	10	10
1998	12	12
1997	22	17
1996	11	11
1995	15	15
1994	10	10
1993	13	12
1992	15	14
1991	12	12
1990	11	11
1989	10	10
1988	11	10
1987	11	11
1986	17	15
1985	17	17
1984	15	14
1983	19	18
1982	9	9
1981	19	16
1980	13	13
1979	22	18
1978	17	17
1977	14	12
1976	6	6
1975	18	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.Dougherty County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Dougherty County	Georgia	United States
2024	15.7	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.7	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. Dougherty County had 82,728 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Dougherty County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 136 fatal crashes	9	136 fatal crashes	6.6%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 136 fatal crashes	23	136 fatal crashes	16.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.8%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 144 deaths	29	144 deaths	20.1%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 144 deaths	3	144 deaths	2.1%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 144 deaths	16	144 deaths	11.1%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	20.6%	36.0%
In the darkof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.7%	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.Dougherty 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	8	1 or 2	5	7	22
Monday	1 or 2	3	5	9	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	3	5	15
Wednesday	4	5	4	6	19
Thursday	3	3	6	6	18
Friday	7	7	5	6	25
Saturday	5	3	3	8	19
All days	29	29	31	47	136

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.Dougherty 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	10	7.4%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	47	34.6%	25.9%
Minor arterial	46	33.8%	27.3%
Major collector	15	11.0%	13.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	4.8%
Local	16	11.8%	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.Dougherty County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	34
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Dougherty County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	98
Cloudy	23
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Dougherty County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Dougherty	In all of Georgia
State Route 3	State highway	5	157
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 91	State highway	11	32
State Route 133	State highway	8	38
State Route 520	State highway	7	82
US Route 19	US highway	13	127
US Route 82	US highway	10	38

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.Dougherty 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
Dougherty County: 16.7

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 Dougherty County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baker County	Georgia	3	16	54.1
Calhoun County	Georgia	0	8	13.5
Lee County	Georgia	6	44	13.9
Mitchell County	Georgia	8	51	23.6
Terrell County	Georgia	1 or 2	30	34.0
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 Dougherty 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 Dougherty in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 104 deaths in Dougherty County from 2005 to 2014. It records 144 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Dougherty in 2024?

The rate of Dougherty County in 2024 was 15.7 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 Dougherty had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 9 of 136 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 Dougherty?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 55 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.