Gordon County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Gordon County in 2024.

FARS records 104 deaths in 100 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.9 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, Gordon County was number 39 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Gordon County rose by 11.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (93) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (104).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 38.0% of the fatal crashes in Gordon County with known light were in the dark, against 49.5% 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 Gordon 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.Gordon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	1 or 2
2023	17	16	4
2022	13	13	5
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	14	13	1 or 2
2017	5	5	0
2016	13	13	3
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	104	100	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2003)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Gordon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	10
2023	17	16
2022	13	13
2021	10	9
2020	5	5
2019	8	8
2018	14	13
2017	5	5
2016	13	13
2015	8	8
2014	5	5
2013	11	11
2012	12	10
2011	8	6
2010	3	3
2009	10	9
2008	10	10
2007	16	14
2006	10	10
2005	8	7
2004	13	13
2003	19	17
2002	7	6
2001	18	17
2000	17	13
1999	14	14
1998	11	9
1997	13	12
1996	12	10
1995	13	12
1994	11	11
1993	13	11
1992	12	12
1991	12	10
1990	13	12
1989	14	11
1988	12	10
1987	12	11
1986	10	9
1985	11	10
1984	18	13
1983	12	10
1982	8	8
1981	11	10
1980	16	13
1979	14	10
1978	10	9
1977	9	9
1976	10	7
1975	9	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.Gordon County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Gordon County	Georgia	United States
2024	18.0	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.9	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. Gordon County had 60,988 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Gordon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 100 fatal crashes	21	100 fatal crashes	21.0%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 100 fatal crashes	17	100 fatal crashes	17.0%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 66 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	66 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 104 deaths	12	104 deaths	11.5%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 104 deaths	1 or 2	104 deaths	1.9%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 104 deaths	20	104 deaths	19.2%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.0%	36.0%
In the darkof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.0%	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.Gordon 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	1 or 2	8	6	18
Monday	4	4	5	1 or 2	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	3	3	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	4	6	18
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	10
Friday	0	4	4	7	15
Saturday	1 or 2	3	6	3	13
All days	13	27	32	27	99

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.Gordon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	21	21.0%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	3	3.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	23	23.0%	25.9%
Minor arterial	24	24.0%	27.3%
Major collector	14	14.0%	13.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.0%	4.8%
Local	14	14.0%	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.Gordon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Gordon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	58
Cloudy	27
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Gordon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Gordon	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	24	647
State Route 3	State highway	5	157
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	39
State Route 53	State highway	21	90
State Route 61	State highway	3	54
State Route 136	State highway	7	39
State Route 139	State highway	1 or 2	61
US Route 41	US highway	1 or 2	85
US Route 411	US highway	4	32

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.Gordon 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
Gordon County: 17.9

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 Gordon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bartow County	Georgia	24	256	23.5
Floyd County	Georgia	14	177	18.0
Gilmer County	Georgia	8	74	23.5
Murray County	Georgia	4	74	18.5
Pickens County	Georgia	9	62	18.7
Walker County	Georgia	13	102	14.8
Whitfield County	Georgia	7	149	14.3

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 Gordon 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 Gordon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 93 deaths in Gordon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 104 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Gordon in 2024?

The rate of Gordon County in 2024 was 18.0 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 Gordon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 100 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 Gordon?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 67 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.