Floyd County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Floyd County in 2024.

FARS records 177 deaths in 167 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Floyd County was number 20 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Floyd County rose by 16.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (152) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (177).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 10.8% of fatal crashes in Floyd County and 19.6% 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 Floyd 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.Floyd County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	3
2023	26	26	5
2022	18	18	1 or 2
2021	26	23	1 or 2
2020	10	9	0
2019	15	15	1 or 2
2018	24	24	3
2017	12	12	1 or 2
2016	18	16	0
2015	14	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	177	167	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1987)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Floyd County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	26	26
2022	18	18
2021	26	23
2020	10	9
2019	15	15
2018	24	24
2017	12	12
2016	18	16
2015	14	12
2014	16	16
2013	10	9
2012	16	16
2011	10	9
2010	17	15
2009	16	14
2008	10	10
2007	26	23
2006	15	14
2005	16	16
2004	22	19
2003	16	15
2002	16	16
2001	11	10
2000	21	19
1999	21	20
1998	18	16
1997	10	9
1996	15	15
1995	25	22
1994	14	12
1993	25	22
1992	21	19
1991	18	16
1990	20	20
1989	21	19
1988	20	18
1987	31	20
1986	21	20
1985	13	10
1984	11	8
1983	13	11
1982	16	14
1981	19	14
1980	20	19
1979	21	19
1978	16	15
1977	23	22
1976	12	12
1975	8	7

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.Floyd County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Floyd County	Georgia	United States
2024	13.8	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Floyd County had 101,198 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Floyd County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 167 fatal crashes	18	167 fatal crashes	10.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 167 fatal crashes	43	167 fatal crashes	25.7%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 116 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	116 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.2%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 177 deaths	22	177 deaths	12.4%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 177 deaths	3	177 deaths	1.7%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 177 deaths	22	177 deaths	12.4%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 167 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	167 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.5%	36.0%
In the darkof 167 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	167 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.9%	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.Floyd 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	4	7	8	22
Monday	1 or 2	7	4	5	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	7	8	24
Wednesday	3	3	5	4	15
Thursday	1 or 2	6	10	6	24
Friday	1 or 2	10	9	12	32
Saturday	8	4	11	9	32
All days	20	42	53	52	167

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.Floyd 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	1.2%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	82	49.1%	25.9%
Minor arterial	39	23.4%	27.3%
Major collector	18	10.8%	13.3%
Minor collector	7	4.2%	4.8%
Local	19	11.4%	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.Floyd County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	92
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	24
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Floyd County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	114
Cloudy	31
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Floyd County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Floyd	In all of Georgia
State Route 1	State highway	22	119
State Route 20	State highway	15	122
State Route 53	State highway	15	90
State Route 100	State highway	3	29
State Route 101	State highway	10	33
State Route 140	State highway	6	39
State Route 400	State highway	1 or 2	52
US Route 27	US highway	17	131
US Route 411	US highway	8	32
US Route 441	US highway	1 or 2	55

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.Floyd 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
Floyd County: 18.0

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 Floyd County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Alabama	12	93	36.2
Bartow County	Georgia	24	256	23.5
Chattooga County	Georgia	9	77	30.9
Gordon County	Georgia	11	104	17.9
Polk County	Georgia	6	89	20.8
Walker County	Georgia	13	102	14.8

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 Floyd 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 Floyd in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 152 deaths in Floyd County from 2005 to 2014. It records 177 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Floyd in 2024?

The rate of Floyd County in 2024 was 13.8 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 Floyd had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 167 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 Floyd?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 98 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.