Fulton County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 95 deaths in 91 fatal crashes in Fulton County in 2024.

FARS records 1,289 deaths in 1,189 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.2 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, Fulton County was number 1 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Fulton County rose by 38.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (929) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,289).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.3% of the fatal crashes in Fulton 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 Fulton County by year, 2015 to 2024

104

130

115

131

144

145

153

160

112

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.Fulton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	95	91	12
2023	112	103	10
2022	160	145	28
2021	153	149	18
2020	145	119	23
2019	144	136	21
2018	131	120	20
2017	115	107	17
2016	130	120	23
2015	104	99	21
2015 to 2024	1,289	1,189	193

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 160 (2022)2024: 95

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

Table 2.Fulton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	95	91
2023	112	103
2022	160	145
2021	153	149
2020	145	119
2019	144	136
2018	131	120
2017	115	107
2016	130	120
2015	104	99
2014	77	75
2013	85	81
2012	77	73
2011	61	57
2010	72	68
2009	101	93
2008	113	101
2007	109	98
2006	116	110
2005	118	109
2004	119	109
2003	109	99
2002	118	103
2001	114	97
2000	123	107
1999	113	97
1998	133	125
1997	114	106
1996	132	120
1995	102	95
1994	119	111
1993	105	95
1992	100	97
1991	89	79
1990	119	112
1989	132	122
1988	135	125
1987	133	123
1986	139	129
1985	129	119
1984	122	118
1983	116	112
1982	101	99
1981	151	138
1980	138	130
1979	134	122
1978	139	125
1977	116	110
1976	111	107
1975	100	95

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.Fulton County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fulton County	Georgia	United States
2024	8.7	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.2	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. Fulton County had 1,090,468 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fulton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,189 fatal crashes	193	1,189 fatal crashes	16.2%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 1,189 fatal crashes	277	1,189 fatal crashes	23.3%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 611 occupant deaths with restraint use known	312	611 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.1%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 1,289 deaths	377	1,289 deaths	29.2%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 1,289 deaths	18	1,289 deaths	1.4%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 1,289 deaths	149	1,289 deaths	11.6%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 1,189 fatal crashes with the condition reported	15	1,189 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.3%	36.0%
In the darkof 1,184 fatal crashes with the condition reported	746	1,184 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.0%	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.Fulton 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	90	22	22	67	201
Monday	46	30	42	51	169
Tuesday	34	29	28	51	142
Wednesday	35	21	41	44	141
Thursday	38	24	31	50	143
Friday	52	30	31	70	183
Saturday	84	32	26	67	209
All days	379	188	221	400	1,188

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.Fulton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	308	25.9%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	91	7.7%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	252	21.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	359	30.2%	27.3%
Major collector	46	3.9%	13.3%
Minor collector	37	3.1%	4.8%
Local	96	8.1%	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.Fulton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	399
Dark, not lighted	329
Dark, lighted	412
Dawn	17
Dusk	22
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Fulton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	886
Cloudy	184
Rain	104
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	13

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fulton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fulton	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	65	391
Interstate 75	Interstate	103	647
Interstate 85	Interstate	76	339
Interstate 285	Interstate	89	264
State Route 1	State highway	1 or 2	119
State Route 3	State highway	7	157
State Route 6	State highway	12	62
State Route 8	State highway	8	75
State Route 9	State highway	27	53
State Route 10	State highway	1 or 2	93
State Route 12	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 13	State highway	6	34
State Route 14	State highway	40	62
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	122
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	35
State Route 42	State highway	9	69
State Route 54	State highway	8	49
State Route 70	State highway	34	41
State Route 74	State highway	3	41
State Route 92	State highway	13	86
State Route 120	State highway	4	75
State Route 138	State highway	20	90
State Route 139	State highway	31	61
State Route 140	State highway	9	39
State Route 141	State highway	6	28
State Route 154	State highway	20	35
State Route 166	State highway	9	52
State Route 279	State highway	40	40
State Route 280	State highway	5	35
State Route 400	State highway	33	52
US Route 19	US highway	15	127
US Route 23	US highway	12	96
US Route 29	US highway	26	89
US Route 41	US highway	1 or 2	85
US Route 78	US highway	6	73
US Route 278	US highway	4	80

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.Fulton 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
Fulton County: 12.2

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 Fulton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Georgia	19	234	19.4
Cherokee County	Georgia	15	181	6.8
Clayton County	Georgia	47	459	15.8
Cobb County	Georgia	56	613	8.0
Coweta County	Georgia	14	205	13.8
DeKalb County	Georgia	106	1,064	14.0
Douglas County	Georgia	18	195	13.4
Fayette County	Georgia	14	110	9.4
Forsyth County	Georgia	13	149	6.0
Gwinnett County	Georgia	65	623	6.6

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 Fulton 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.

Cite this page

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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 Fulton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 929 deaths in Fulton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,289 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fulton in 2024?

The rate of Fulton County in 2024 was 8.7 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 Fulton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 193 of 1,189 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 Fulton?

36 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 746 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.