Forsyth County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Forsyth County in 2024.

FARS records 149 deaths in 143 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.0 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, Forsyth County was number 24 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Forsyth County fell by 3.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (155) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (149).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.4% of the fatal crashes in Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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.Forsyth County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	3
2023	16	15	4
2022	24	23	8
2021	16	15	3
2020	12	12	3
2019	13	12	3
2018	16	16	5
2017	15	14	1 or 2
2016	11	11	0
2015	13	13	4
2015 to 2024	149	143	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (2003)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Forsyth County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	16	15
2022	24	23
2021	16	15
2020	12	12
2019	13	12
2018	16	16
2017	15	14
2016	11	11
2015	13	13
2014	11	11
2013	17	15
2012	22	21
2011	19	19
2010	11	10
2009	9	9
2008	13	13
2007	13	13
2006	14	13
2005	26	23
2004	12	10
2003	31	31
2002	12	11
2001	19	18
2000	9	8
1999	24	19
1998	29	25
1997	17	16
1996	19	19
1995	14	14
1994	13	12
1993	8	8
1992	13	11
1991	20	17
1990	22	21
1989	30	20
1988	17	15
1987	18	15
1986	22	18
1985	12	12
1984	9	9
1983	7	7
1982	9	8
1981	12	11
1980	9	9
1979	16	9
1978	6	6
1977	20	15
1976	6	4
1975	7	6

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.Forsyth County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Forsyth County	Georgia	United States
2024	4.7	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.0	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. Forsyth County had 278,797 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Forsyth County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 143 fatal crashes	34	143 fatal crashes	23.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 143 fatal crashes	45	143 fatal crashes	31.5%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 105 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	105 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.1%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 149 deaths	17	149 deaths	11.4%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 149 deaths	1 or 2	149 deaths	0.7%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 149 deaths	22	149 deaths	14.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 143 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	143 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.4%	36.0%
In the darkof 143 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	143 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.0%	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.Forsyth 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	6	1 or 2	4	5	17
Monday	4	3	1 or 2	4	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	10	3	9	24
Wednesday	1 or 2	8	8	3	21
Thursday	1 or 2	5	8	9	24
Friday	4	4	7	7	22
Saturday	3	7	8	3	21
All days	23	39	40	40	142

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.Forsyth 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	12	8.4%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	27	18.9%	25.9%
Minor arterial	48	33.6%	27.3%
Major collector	10	7.0%	13.3%
Minor collector	10	7.0%	4.8%
Local	36	25.2%	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.Forsyth County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	77
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Forsyth County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	95
Cloudy	28
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Forsyth County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Forsyth	In all of Georgia
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	157
State Route 9	State highway	15	53
State Route 20	State highway	11	122
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	90
State Route 141	State highway	6	28
State Route 369	State highway	10	22
State Route 400	State highway	9	52
US Route 19	US highway	9	127

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.Forsyth 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
Forsyth County: 6.0

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 Forsyth County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Georgia	15	181	6.8
Dawson County	Georgia	5	58	21.1
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Gwinnett County	Georgia	65	623	6.6
Hall County	Georgia	18	263	12.8

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 Forsyth 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 Forsyth in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 155 deaths in Forsyth County from 2005 to 2014. It records 149 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Forsyth in 2024?

The rate of Forsyth County in 2024 was 4.7 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 Forsyth had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 143 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 Forsyth?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 63 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.