Jackson County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 164 deaths in 147 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.5 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, Jackson County was number 21 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Jackson County rose by 10.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (149) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (164).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 8.2% of fatal crashes in Jackson County and 19.4% 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 Jackson 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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	8	3
2023	14	14	3
2022	22	20	6
2021	13	12	1 or 2
2020	12	11	3
2019	14	12	1 or 2
2018	14	13	3
2017	24	21	1 or 2
2016	23	20	1 or 2
2015	19	16	0
2015 to 2024	164	147	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2004)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	8
2023	14	14
2022	22	20
2021	13	12
2020	12	11
2019	14	12
2018	14	13
2017	24	21
2016	23	20
2015	19	16
2014	7	7
2013	6	6
2012	14	14
2011	13	12
2010	18	17
2009	13	11
2008	13	13
2007	23	18
2006	25	18
2005	17	16
2004	26	20
2003	13	12
2002	17	17
2001	20	16
2000	9	9
1999	11	10
1998	17	14
1997	23	21
1996	15	13
1995	12	11
1994	13	12
1993	13	10
1992	18	13
1991	12	12
1990	7	6
1989	12	11
1988	13	11
1987	5	5
1986	11	9
1985	12	10
1984	20	18
1983	17	12
1982	4	4
1981	10	7
1980	15	13
1979	7	6
1978	11	11
1977	11	10
1976	8	7
1975	1 or 2	1 or 2

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.Jackson County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	Georgia	United States
2024	9.5	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.5	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. Jackson County had 94,302 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 147 fatal crashes	24	147 fatal crashes	16.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 147 fatal crashes	12	147 fatal crashes	8.2%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 131 occupant deaths with restraint use known	55	131 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.0%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 164 deaths	10	164 deaths	6.1%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 164 deaths	3	164 deaths	1.8%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 164 deaths	15	164 deaths	9.1%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 147 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	147 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.7%	36.0%
In the darkof 147 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	147 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.8%	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.Jackson 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	8	4	10	3	25
Monday	6	7	3	5	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	4	8	21
Wednesday	6	6	8	8	28
Thursday	3	4	4	6	17
Friday	1 or 2	5	6	6	19
Saturday	1 or 2	0	7	7	15
All days	27	34	42	43	146

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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	27	18.4%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	40	27.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	24	16.3%	27.3%
Major collector	36	24.5%	13.3%
Minor collector	13	8.8%	4.8%
Local	7	4.8%	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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	84
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	96
Cloudy	38
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of Georgia
Interstate 85	Interstate	27	339
State Route 11	State highway	13	109
State Route 15	State highway	10	84
State Route 52	State highway	1 or 2	56
State Route 53	State highway	7	90
State Route 60	State highway	4	41
State Route 124	State highway	8	52
US Route 129	US highway	7	68
US Route 411	US highway	1 or 2	32
US Route 441	US highway	7	55

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.Jackson 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
Jackson County: 21.5

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 Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Banks County	Georgia	3	52	27.4
Barrow County	Georgia	10	138	16.3
Clarke County	Georgia	6	129	10.1
Hall County	Georgia	18	263	12.8
Madison County	Georgia	8	62	20.4

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 Jackson 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 149 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 164 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jackson in 2024?

The rate of Jackson County in 2024 was 9.5 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 Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 147 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 Jackson?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 86 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.