Haralson County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Haralson County in 2024.

FARS records 84 deaths in 77 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.7 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, Haralson County was number 51 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Haralson County rose by 18.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (71) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (84).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 80.5% of the fatal crashes in Haralson 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 Haralson 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.Haralson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	1 or 2
2023	6	5	0
2022	14	13	1 or 2
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	14	13	4
2019	13	12	0
2018	9	7	1 or 2
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	7	6	3
2015 to 2024	84	77	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1989)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Haralson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	6	5
2022	14	13
2021	4	4
2020	14	13
2019	13	12
2018	9	7
2017	5	5
2016	7	7
2015	7	6
2014	3	3
2013	8	6
2012	0	0
2011	6	6
2010	7	7
2009	8	7
2008	7	5
2007	9	8
2006	12	12
2005	11	10
2004	8	7
2003	9	9
2002	9	9
2001	5	5
2000	13	11
1999	9	7
1998	16	15
1997	9	8
1996	8	7
1995	11	9
1994	9	9
1993	4	4
1992	4	4
1991	12	10
1990	6	6
1989	16	13
1988	6	5
1987	8	7
1986	9	8
1985	1 or 2	1 or 2
1984	8	5
1983	8	7
1982	6	5
1981	1 or 2	1 or 2
1980	4	4
1979	7	7
1978	8	5
1977	13	13
1976	7	6
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.Haralson County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Haralson County	Georgia	United States
2024	15.4	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.7	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. Haralson County had 32,409 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Haralson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 77 fatal crashes	16	77 fatal crashes	20.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 77 fatal crashes	13	77 fatal crashes	16.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 61 occupant deaths with restraint use known	22	61 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.1%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 84 deaths	7	84 deaths	8.3%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 84 deaths	1 or 2	84 deaths	1.2%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 84 deaths	6	84 deaths	7.1%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.5%	36.0%
In the darkof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.5%	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.Haralson 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	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	0	10
Monday	0	5	5	3	13
Tuesday	0	0	4	3	7
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	10
Thursday	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	5	16
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	4	10
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	11
All days	8	25	20	24	77

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.Haralson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	8	10.4%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.3%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	9	11.7%	25.9%
Minor arterial	12	15.6%	27.3%
Major collector	21	27.3%	13.3%
Minor collector	5	6.5%	4.8%
Local	21	27.3%	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.Haralson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Haralson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	52
Cloudy	16
Rain	5
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 Haralson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Haralson	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	9	391
State Route 1	State highway	4	119
State Route 8	State highway	6	75
State Route 27	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 100	State highway	6	29
State Route 113	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 120	State highway	6	75
US Route 27	US highway	4	131
US Route 78	US highway	1 or 2	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.Haralson 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
Haralson County: 27.7

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 Haralson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cleburne County	Alabama	9	65	42.8
Carroll County	Georgia	19	234	19.4
Paulding County	Georgia	16	187	11.0
Polk County	Georgia	6	89	20.8

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 Haralson 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

Fatal Roads. Haralson County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ga/haralson/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Haralson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 71 deaths in Haralson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 84 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Haralson in 2024?

The rate of Haralson County in 2024 was 15.4 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 Haralson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 77 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 Haralson?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 40 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.