Mitchell County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Mitchell County in 2024.

FARS records 51 deaths in 45 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, Mitchell County was number 85 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Mitchell County fell by 7.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (55) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (51).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.8% of the fatal crashes in Mitchell 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 Mitchell 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.Mitchell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	0
2023	7	4	0
2022	5	4	0
2021	3	3	0
2020	3	3	0
2019	5	4	1 or 2
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	3	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	51	45	7

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (1984)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Mitchell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	7	4
2022	5	4
2021	3	3
2020	3	3
2019	5	4
2018	4	4
2017	9	9
2016	4	4
2015	3	3
2014	5	5
2013	4	4
2012	3	3
2011	3	3
2010	6	6
2009	3	3
2008	5	4
2007	9	7
2006	9	9
2005	8	7
2004	9	6
2003	7	7
2002	14	14
2001	7	7
2000	8	7
1999	4	4
1998	11	10
1997	7	7
1996	8	8
1995	1 or 2	1 or 2
1994	6	4
1993	13	13
1992	11	10
1991	10	7
1990	11	9
1989	10	10
1988	9	8
1987	5	5
1986	10	9
1985	3	3
1984	15	11
1983	6	5
1982	1 or 2	1 or 2
1981	7	7
1980	11	10
1979	7	5
1978	8	7
1977	9	6
1976	5	5
1975	4	4

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.Mitchell County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Mitchell County	Georgia	United States
2024	39.3	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. Mitchell County had 20,345 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Mitchell County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 45 fatal crashes	7	45 fatal crashes	15.6%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 45 fatal crashes	5	45 fatal crashes	11.1%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 40 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	40 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.5%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 51 deaths	6	51 deaths	11.8%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 51 deaths	1 or 2	51 deaths	2.0%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 51 deaths	1 or 2	51 deaths	3.9%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 45 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	45 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.8%	36.0%
In the darkof 45 fatal crashes with the condition reported	17	45 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.8%	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.Mitchell 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	4	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	11
Monday	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	4
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	0	3	5
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	6
Thursday	0	1 or 2	5	0	7
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7
All days	8	9	16	12	45

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.Mitchell County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	0	0.0%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	12	26.7%	25.9%
Minor arterial	12	26.7%	27.3%
Major collector	14	31.1%	13.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.2%	4.8%
Local	6	13.3%	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.Mitchell County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	25
Dark, not lighted	16
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Mitchell County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	31
Cloudy	10
Rain	3
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 Mitchell County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Mitchell	In all of Georgia
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	157
State Route 37	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 300	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 19	US highway	6	127

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.Mitchell 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
Mitchell 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 Mitchell County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baker County	Georgia	3	16	54.1
Colquitt County	Georgia	12	115	25.1
Decatur County	Georgia	4	86	30.7
Dougherty County	Georgia	13	144	16.7
Grady County	Georgia	8	60	23.5
Thomas County	Georgia	16	94	20.8
Worth County	Georgia	6	78	38.2

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 Mitchell 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. Mitchell County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ga/mitchell/. 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 Mitchell in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 55 deaths in Mitchell County from 2005 to 2014. It records 51 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Mitchell in 2024?

The rate of Mitchell County in 2024 was 39.3 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 Mitchell had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 7 of 45 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 Mitchell?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 11 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.