Muscogee County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 24 fatal crashes in Muscogee County in 2024.

FARS records 232 deaths in 223 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.6 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, Muscogee County was number 13 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Muscogee County rose by 19.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (195) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (232).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.3% of the fatal crashes in Muscogee 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 Muscogee 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.Muscogee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	24	3
2023	26	25	1 or 2
2022	25	25	8
2021	27	26	1 or 2
2020	20	20	1 or 2
2019	21	21	3
2018	21	18	4
2017	26	24	9
2016	27	26	6
2015	14	14	5
2015 to 2024	232	223	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (1992)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Muscogee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	24
2023	26	25
2022	25	25
2021	27	26
2020	20	20
2019	21	21
2018	21	18
2017	26	24
2016	27	26
2015	14	14
2014	17	17
2013	14	14
2012	20	18
2011	12	12
2010	13	13
2009	20	20
2008	20	19
2007	23	23
2006	28	27
2005	28	28
2004	19	17
2003	17	17
2002	21	18
2001	26	23
2000	18	17
1999	17	16
1998	21	20
1997	21	21
1996	25	23
1995	25	20
1994	22	20
1993	21	21
1992	29	26
1991	19	19
1990	17	17
1989	21	20
1988	24	24
1987	18	18
1986	24	22
1985	25	25
1984	21	19
1983	20	17
1982	19	18
1981	5	5
1980	0	0
1979	0	0
1978	0	0
1977	10	7
1976	17	16
1975	27	24

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.Muscogee County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Muscogee County	Georgia	United States
2024	12.4	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.6	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. Muscogee County had 202,072 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Muscogee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 223 fatal crashes	43	223 fatal crashes	19.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 223 fatal crashes	51	223 fatal crashes	22.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 111 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	111 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.9%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 232 deaths	61	232 deaths	26.3%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 232 deaths	5	232 deaths	2.2%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 232 deaths	39	232 deaths	16.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 222 fatal crashes with the condition reported	5	222 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.3%	36.0%
In the darkof 223 fatal crashes with the condition reported	118	223 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.9%	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.Muscogee 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	7	16	37
Monday	5	6	7	9	27
Tuesday	7	5	8	8	28
Wednesday	6	6	9	10	31
Thursday	5	8	8	11	32
Friday	4	6	7	14	31
Saturday	15	3	8	10	36
All days	53	37	54	78	222

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.Muscogee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	20	9.0%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	16	7.2%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	84	37.8%	25.9%
Minor arterial	49	22.1%	27.3%
Major collector	9	4.1%	13.3%
Minor collector	6	2.7%	4.8%
Local	38	17.1%	13.2%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Muscogee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	99
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	73
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Muscogee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	166
Cloudy	33
Rain	23
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 Muscogee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Muscogee	In all of Georgia
Interstate 85	Interstate	4	339
Interstate 185	Interstate	17	28
State Route 1	State highway	10	119
State Route 22	State highway	10	54
State Route 27	State highway	3	36
State Route 85	State highway	1 or 2	49
State Route 100	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 219	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 520	State highway	4	82
US Route 27	US highway	24	131
US Route 80	US highway	13	51
US Route 280	US highway	1 or 2	23

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.Muscogee 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
Muscogee County: 11.6

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 Muscogee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lee County	Alabama	26	193	11.3
Russell County	Alabama	10	164	28.1
Chattahoochee County	Georgia	1 or 2	21	21.6
Harris County	Georgia	8	76	21.7
Talbot County	Georgia	1 or 2	26	43.1

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 Muscogee 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

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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 Muscogee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 195 deaths in Muscogee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 232 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Muscogee in 2024?

The rate of Muscogee County in 2024 was 12.4 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 Muscogee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 223 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 Muscogee?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 90 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.