Laurens County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Laurens County in 2024.

FARS records 115 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.6 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, Laurens County was number 35 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Laurens County fell by 16.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 58.9% of the fatal crashes in Laurens 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 Laurens 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.Laurens County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	5	0
2023	16	14	7
2022	11	11	1 or 2
2021	15	13	1 or 2
2020	13	13	3
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	13	12	1 or 2
2016	9	9	3
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	115	107	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2009)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Laurens County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	5
2023	16	14
2022	11	11
2021	15	13
2020	13	13
2019	11	10
2018	10	10
2017	13	12
2016	9	9
2015	11	10
2014	8	8
2013	16	13
2012	13	12
2011	9	6
2010	20	19
2009	23	18
2008	7	6
2007	8	8
2006	14	13
2005	19	16
2004	14	14
2003	13	13
2002	15	14
2001	15	12
2000	14	13
1999	17	13
1998	12	11
1997	15	12
1996	9	9
1995	17	14
1994	15	12
1993	11	11
1992	10	9
1991	8	8
1990	13	11
1989	6	6
1988	10	9
1987	9	8
1986	11	10
1985	11	6
1984	7	7
1983	8	7
1982	10	9
1981	15	10
1980	9	9
1979	7	7
1978	6	6
1977	17	15
1976	10	8
1975	16	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.Laurens County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Laurens County	Georgia	United States
2024	11.9	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.6	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. Laurens County had 50,585 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Laurens County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	22	107 fatal crashes	20.6%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	21	107 fatal crashes	19.6%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.5%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	9	115 deaths	7.8%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	3	115 deaths	2.6%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	7	115 deaths	6.1%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.9%	36.0%
In the darkof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.4%	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.Laurens 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	3	4	6	7	20
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	4	8
Tuesday	0	5	5	3	13
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	6	3	13
Thursday	0	5	6	8	19
Friday	1 or 2	8	5	4	19
Saturday	3	4	4	3	14
All days	11	28	35	32	106

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.Laurens County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	13	12.1%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.9%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	27	25.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	20	18.7%	27.3%
Major collector	17	15.9%	13.3%
Minor collector	9	8.4%	4.8%
Local	19	17.8%	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.Laurens County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Laurens County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	79
Cloudy	24
Rain	1 or 2
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 Laurens County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Laurens	In all of Georgia
Interstate 16	Interstate	13	123
State Route 19	State highway	7	34
State Route 26	State highway	5	51
State Route 29	State highway	10	23
State Route 31	State highway	5	21
US Route 80	US highway	4	51
US Route 319	US highway	6	26
US Route 441	US highway	1 or 2	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.Laurens 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
Laurens County: 23.6

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 Laurens County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bleckley County	Georgia	1 or 2	31	24.5
Dodge County	Georgia	5	50	24.6
Johnson County	Georgia	0	14	14.8
Treutlen County	Georgia	3	22	33.4
Wheeler County	Georgia	1 or 2	29	37.9
Wilkinson County	Georgia	8	50	56.3

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 Laurens 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 Laurens in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Laurens County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Laurens in 2024?

The rate of Laurens County in 2024 was 11.9 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 Laurens had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 107 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 Laurens?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 52 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.