Gwinnett County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 65 deaths in 61 fatal crashes in Gwinnett County in 2024.

FARS records 623 deaths in 578 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.6 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, Gwinnett County was number 3 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Gwinnett County rose by 2.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (606) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (623).

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 Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett 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.Gwinnett County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	65	61	13
2023	67	57	12
2022	66	65	13
2021	51	44	3
2020	57	53	11
2019	61	59	9
2018	62	58	9
2017	66	62	20
2016	61	56	19
2015	67	63	14
2015 to 2024	623	578	123

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 91 (2006)2024: 65

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

Table 2.Gwinnett County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	65	61
2023	67	57
2022	66	65
2021	51	44
2020	57	53
2019	61	59
2018	62	58
2017	66	62
2016	61	56
2015	67	63
2014	55	52
2013	45	43
2012	45	40
2011	50	48
2010	57	51
2009	60	55
2008	53	45
2007	67	61
2006	91	81
2005	83	79
2004	81	77
2003	76	69
2002	61	57
2001	71	69
2000	66	63
1999	68	64
1998	58	53
1997	51	48
1996	52	47
1995	49	47
1994	47	45
1993	54	46
1992	50	48
1991	54	48
1990	62	58
1989	57	50
1988	55	50
1987	40	39
1986	64	53
1985	30	30
1984	52	43
1983	40	34
1982	35	29
1981	37	32
1980	35	32
1979	38	32
1978	32	27
1977	27	24
1976	21	19
1975	16	15

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.Gwinnett County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Gwinnett County	Georgia	United States
2024	6.4	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.6	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. Gwinnett County had 1,009,864 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Gwinnett County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 578 fatal crashes	123	578 fatal crashes	21.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 578 fatal crashes	120	578 fatal crashes	20.8%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 315 occupant deaths with restraint use known	140	315 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.4%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 623 deaths	140	623 deaths	22.5%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 623 deaths	7	623 deaths	1.1%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 623 deaths	98	623 deaths	15.7%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 578 fatal crashes with the condition reported	8	578 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.4%	36.0%
In the darkof 576 fatal crashes with the condition reported	341	576 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.2%	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.Gwinnett 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	34	10	15	45	104
Monday	24	16	17	30	87
Tuesday	10	8	17	23	58
Wednesday	9	18	20	19	66
Thursday	12	18	21	25	76
Friday	17	18	13	32	80
Saturday	30	19	17	40	106
All days	136	107	120	214	577

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.Gwinnett County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	65	11.2%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	26	4.5%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	146	25.3%	25.9%
Minor arterial	179	31.0%	27.3%
Major collector	38	6.6%	13.3%
Minor collector	26	4.5%	4.8%
Local	98	17.0%	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.Gwinnett County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	214
Dark, not lighted	196
Dark, lighted	142
Dawn	13
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Gwinnett County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	407
Cloudy	95
Rain	59
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	10
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Gwinnett County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Gwinnett	In all of Georgia
Interstate 85	Interstate	60	339
Interstate 985	Interstate	7	25
State Route 8	State highway	20	75
State Route 10	State highway	14	93
State Route 13	State highway	8	34
State Route 15	State highway	1 or 2	84
State Route 20	State highway	29	122
State Route 120	State highway	10	75
State Route 124	State highway	32	52
State Route 140	State highway	6	39
State Route 141	State highway	9	28
State Route 316	State highway	32	46
US Route 23	US highway	10	96
US Route 29	US highway	14	89
US Route 78	US highway	7	73

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.Gwinnett 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
Gwinnett County: 6.6

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 Gwinnett County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Barrow County	Georgia	10	138	16.3
DeKalb County	Georgia	106	1,064	14.0
Forsyth County	Georgia	13	149	6.0
Fulton County	Georgia	95	1,289	12.2
Hall County	Georgia	18	263	12.8
Rockdale County	Georgia	14	130	14.1
Walton County	Georgia	8	117	12.0

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 Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 606 deaths in Gwinnett County from 2005 to 2014. It records 623 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Gwinnett in 2024?

The rate of Gwinnett County in 2024 was 6.4 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 Gwinnett had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 123 of 578 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 Gwinnett?

15 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 259 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.