Douglas County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Douglas County in 2024.

FARS records 195 deaths in 183 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.4 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, Douglas County was number 15 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Douglas County rose by 12.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (174) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (195).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 7.1% of the fatal crashes in Douglas 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 Douglas 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.Douglas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	17	3
2023	15	15	1 or 2
2022	25	22	5
2021	23	21	3
2020	13	12	1 or 2
2019	23	22	1 or 2
2018	18	17	1 or 2
2017	17	16	1 or 2
2016	21	20	1 or 2
2015	22	21	6
2015 to 2024	195	183	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1989)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Douglas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	17
2023	15	15
2022	25	22
2021	23	21
2020	13	12
2019	23	22
2018	18	17
2017	17	16
2016	21	20
2015	22	21
2014	12	12
2013	19	18
2012	21	19
2011	15	15
2010	14	14
2009	19	18
2008	19	16
2007	18	18
2006	21	21
2005	16	16
2004	22	20
2003	13	10
2002	15	13
2001	17	14
2000	11	11
1999	13	10
1998	21	21
1997	16	15
1996	17	17
1995	22	21
1994	14	12
1993	15	11
1992	6	6
1991	18	16
1990	14	11
1989	28	25
1988	16	14
1987	16	16
1986	9	9
1985	14	11
1984	10	10
1983	15	15
1982	10	10
1981	13	13
1980	18	12
1979	17	15
1978	11	10
1977	12	10
1976	5	5
1975	16	15

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.Douglas County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Douglas County	Georgia	United States
2024	11.8	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.4	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. Douglas County had 152,060 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Douglas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 183 fatal crashes	26	183 fatal crashes	14.2%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 183 fatal crashes	44	183 fatal crashes	24.0%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 116 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	116 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.7%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 195 deaths	36	195 deaths	18.5%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 195 deaths	1 or 2	195 deaths	0.5%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 195 deaths	27	195 deaths	13.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 183 fatal crashes with the condition reported	13	183 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	7.1%	36.0%
In the darkof 183 fatal crashes with the condition reported	99	183 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.1%	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.Douglas 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	7	7	4	6	24
Monday	1 or 2	6	6	13	27
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	3	4	16
Wednesday	4	10	9	5	28
Thursday	7	6	8	9	30
Friday	10	1 or 2	9	9	29
Saturday	6	3	6	13	28
All days	38	40	45	59	182

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.Douglas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	41	22.4%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	55	30.1%	25.9%
Minor arterial	38	20.8%	27.3%
Major collector	17	9.3%	13.3%
Minor collector	6	3.3%	4.8%
Local	26	14.2%	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.Douglas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	79
Dark, not lighted	82
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Douglas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	126
Cloudy	38
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Douglas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Douglas	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	42	391
State Route 5	State highway	12	87
State Route 6	State highway	21	62
State Route 8	State highway	3	75
State Route 61	State highway	1 or 2	54
State Route 70	State highway	1 or 2	41
State Route 92	State highway	15	86
State Route 166	State highway	6	52
US Route 78	US highway	3	73

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.Douglas 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
Douglas County: 13.4

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 Douglas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Georgia	19	234	19.4
Cobb County	Georgia	56	613	8.0
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Paulding County	Georgia	16	187	11.0

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 Douglas 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 Douglas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 174 deaths in Douglas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 195 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Douglas in 2024?

The rate of Douglas County in 2024 was 11.8 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 Douglas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 183 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 Douglas?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 105 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.