Henry County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Henry County in 2024.

FARS records 282 deaths in 256 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.9 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, Henry County was number 9 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Henry County rose by 11.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (252) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (282).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.9% of the fatal crashes in Henry 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 Henry 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.Henry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	21	4
2023	28	24	6
2022	43	40	11
2021	33	31	5
2020	28	24	6
2019	23	18	1 or 2
2018	24	21	4
2017	27	27	5
2016	26	23	5
2015	29	27	5
2015 to 2024	282	256	53

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 43 (2022)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Henry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	21
2023	28	24
2022	43	40
2021	33	31
2020	28	24
2019	23	18
2018	24	21
2017	27	27
2016	26	23
2015	29	27
2014	26	24
2013	26	25
2012	23	22
2011	18	16
2010	29	27
2009	19	19
2008	34	32
2007	26	24
2006	22	21
2005	29	28
2004	35	33
2003	33	31
2002	17	17
2001	16	16
2000	24	21
1999	21	18
1998	15	15
1997	21	16
1996	20	16
1995	15	15
1994	14	14
1993	14	13
1992	13	10
1991	14	14
1990	17	15
1989	29	21
1988	13	12
1987	13	13
1986	15	12
1985	10	9
1984	6	6
1983	8	7
1982	10	9
1981	10	9
1980	14	13
1979	16	15
1978	15	12
1977	10	8
1976	9	7
1975	9	8

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.Henry County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Henry County	Georgia	United States
2024	8.1	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.9	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. Henry County had 259,972 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Henry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 256 fatal crashes	53	256 fatal crashes	20.7%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 256 fatal crashes	47	256 fatal crashes	18.4%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 175 occupant deaths with restraint use known	84	175 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.0%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 282 deaths	44	282 deaths	15.6%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 282 deaths	4	282 deaths	1.4%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 282 deaths	39	282 deaths	13.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 256 fatal crashes with the condition reported	10	256 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.9%	36.0%
In the darkof 255 fatal crashes with the condition reported	141	255 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.3%	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.Henry 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	11	3	9	14	37
Monday	5	6	8	9	28
Tuesday	6	6	14	8	34
Wednesday	6	6	6	17	35
Thursday	9	16	7	10	42
Friday	7	5	5	10	27
Saturday	16	10	11	16	53
All days	60	52	60	84	256

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.Henry County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	54	21.1%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	5	2.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	65	25.4%	25.9%
Minor arterial	76	29.7%	27.3%
Major collector	15	5.9%	13.3%
Minor collector	11	4.3%	4.8%
Local	30	11.7%	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.Henry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	106
Dark, not lighted	122
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	5
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Henry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	159
Cloudy	65
Rain	27
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Henry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Henry	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	58	647
State Route 3	State highway	5	157
State Route 20	State highway	18	122
State Route 42	State highway	7	69
State Route 81	State highway	11	34
State Route 138	State highway	13	90
State Route 155	State highway	20	62
US Route 19	US highway	1 or 2	127
US Route 23	US highway	7	96
US Route 41	US highway	1 or 2	85

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.Henry 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
Henry County: 11.9

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 Henry County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butts County	Georgia	5	71	28.1
Clayton County	Georgia	47	459	15.8
DeKalb County	Georgia	106	1,064	14.0
Newton County	Georgia	9	187	16.5
Rockdale County	Georgia	14	130	14.1
Spalding County	Georgia	13	124	18.5

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 Henry 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 Henry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 252 deaths in Henry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 282 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Henry in 2024?

The rate of Henry County in 2024 was 8.1 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 Henry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 53 of 256 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 Henry?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 142 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.