Fayette County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 110 deaths in 106 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.4 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, Fayette County was number 38 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Fayette County rose by 52.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (72) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 13.2% of the fatal crashes in Fayette 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 Fayette 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.Fayette 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	10	9	0
2022	10	10	4
2021	17	16	1 or 2
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	10	9	1 or 2
2018	14	13	0
2017	14	14	0
2016	8	8	0
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	110	106	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (2021)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	10	9
2022	10	10
2021	17	16
2020	6	6
2019	10	9
2018	14	13
2017	14	14
2016	8	8
2015	7	7
2014	10	10
2013	8	7
2012	6	6
2011	5	5
2010	6	6
2009	6	6
2008	1 or 2	1 or 2
2007	8	7
2006	6	6
2005	16	16
2004	8	7
2003	8	8
2002	5	5
2001	12	10
2000	6	6
1999	9	9
1998	13	11
1997	9	9
1996	8	8
1995	11	11
1994	8	7
1993	9	9
1992	9	9
1991	7	6
1990	12	12
1989	10	8
1988	10	8
1987	10	9
1986	5	5
1985	8	8
1984	7	7
1983	5	5
1982	11	8
1981	8	7
1980	6	6
1979	12	9
1978	13	10
1977	3	3
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	5	4

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.Fayette County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fayette County	Georgia	United States
2024	11.2	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.4	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. Fayette County had 124,751 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fayette County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 106 fatal crashes	10	106 fatal crashes	9.4%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 106 fatal crashes	20	106 fatal crashes	18.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.2%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	15	110 deaths	13.6%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	1 or 2	110 deaths	0.9%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	10	110 deaths	9.1%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	13.2%	36.0%
In the darkof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.5%	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.Fayette 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	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	14
Monday	1 or 2	4	5	6	16
Tuesday	3	6	7	4	20
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	12
Thursday	1 or 2	3	6	9	19
Friday	0	1 or 2	7	5	14
Saturday	0	5	3	3	11
All days	13	23	36	34	106

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.Fayette 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	1 or 2	0.9%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	29	27.4%	25.9%
Minor arterial	49	46.2%	27.3%
Major collector	9	8.5%	13.3%
Minor collector	4	3.8%	4.8%
Local	14	13.2%	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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Fayette County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	26
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Fayette County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fayette	In all of Georgia
State Route 54	State highway	13	49
State Route 74	State highway	11	41
State Route 85	State highway	14	49
State Route 92	State highway	14	86
State Route 138	State highway	1 or 2	90

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.Fayette 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
Fayette County: 9.4

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 Fayette County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clayton County	Georgia	47	459	15.8
Coweta County	Georgia	14	205	13.8
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
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 Fayette 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 Fayette in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 72 deaths in Fayette County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fayette in 2024?

The rate of Fayette County in 2024 was 11.2 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 Fayette had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 106 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 Fayette?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 53 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.