Houston County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Houston County in 2024.

FARS records 153 deaths in 142 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.5 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, Houston County was number 22 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Houston County rose by 4.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (146) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (153).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.6% of the fatal crashes in Houston 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 Houston 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.Houston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	14	5
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	23	20	5
2021	17	15	3
2020	18	16	5
2019	16	16	0
2018	12	11	0
2017	12	11	1 or 2
2016	17	16	5
2015	11	11	4
2015 to 2024	153	142	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1996)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Houston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	13	12
2022	23	20
2021	17	15
2020	18	16
2019	16	16
2018	12	11
2017	12	11
2016	17	16
2015	11	11
2014	8	8
2013	9	7
2012	15	14
2011	14	13
2010	20	17
2009	18	17
2008	11	11
2007	12	11
2006	18	16
2005	21	20
2004	23	18
2003	18	15
2002	24	17
2001	23	23
2000	21	21
1999	10	8
1998	13	10
1997	12	12
1996	25	23
1995	7	7
1994	12	12
1993	11	11
1992	5	5
1991	13	12
1990	15	14
1989	14	12
1988	16	14
1987	20	20
1986	21	18
1985	7	7
1984	10	10
1983	16	14
1982	16	13
1981	20	16
1980	13	10
1979	13	9
1978	9	9
1977	16	15
1976	13	13
1975	14	13

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.Houston County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Houston County	Georgia	United States
2024	8.0	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.5	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. Houston County had 174,904 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Houston County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 142 fatal crashes	30	142 fatal crashes	21.1%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 142 fatal crashes	24	142 fatal crashes	16.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 98 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	98 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.0%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 153 deaths	23	153 deaths	15.0%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 153 deaths	5	153 deaths	3.3%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 153 deaths	23	153 deaths	15.0%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.6%	36.0%
In the darkof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.4%	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.Houston 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	6	1 or 2	5	9	21
Monday	1 or 2	3	7	6	18
Tuesday	3	4	5	13	25
Wednesday	7	6	6	0	19
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	11
Friday	5	5	7	9	26
Saturday	5	1 or 2	5	10	22
All days	29	23	38	52	142

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.Houston County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	24	16.9%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	56	39.4%	25.9%
Minor arterial	47	33.1%	27.3%
Major collector	4	2.8%	13.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	4.8%
Local	9	6.3%	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.Houston County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	24
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Houston County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	105
Cloudy	25
Rain	10
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 Houston County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Houston	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	24	647
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 11	State highway	6	109
State Route 96	State highway	9	48
State Route 124	State highway	1 or 2	52
State Route 247	State highway	17	30
US Route 41	US highway	1 or 2	85
US Route 129	US highway	3	68
US Route 341	US highway	4	22

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.Houston 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
Houston County: 9.5

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 Houston County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bibb County	Georgia	32	353	22.8
Bleckley County	Georgia	1 or 2	31	24.5
Crawford County	Georgia	3	27	22.1
Dooly County	Georgia	1 or 2	42	34.0
Macon County	Georgia	1 or 2	44	35.0
Peach County	Georgia	8	85	30.3
Pulaski County	Georgia	1 or 2	18	17.0
Twiggs County	Georgia	1 or 2	44	54.9

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 Houston 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 Houston in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 146 deaths in Houston County from 2005 to 2014. It records 153 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Houston in 2024?

The rate of Houston County in 2024 was 8.0 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 Houston had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 142 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 Houston?

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.