Newton County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Newton County in 2024.

FARS records 187 deaths in 167 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.5 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, Newton County was number 16 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Newton County rose by 36.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (187).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 22.2% of the fatal crashes in Newton 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 Newton 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.Newton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	1 or 2
2023	24	18	1 or 2
2022	14	10	1 or 2
2021	29	27	1 or 2
2020	22	19	4
2019	9	9	0
2018	24	23	6
2017	17	17	6
2016	21	18	1 or 2
2015	18	17	5
2015 to 2024	187	167	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2021)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Newton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	24	18
2022	14	10
2021	29	27
2020	22	19
2019	9	9
2018	24	23
2017	17	17
2016	21	18
2015	18	17
2014	7	7
2013	18	16
2012	12	12
2011	19	15
2010	18	16
2009	11	10
2008	17	16
2007	14	13
2006	10	10
2005	11	11
2004	19	18
2003	19	16
2002	17	14
2001	10	10
2000	15	9
1999	12	9
1998	8	7
1997	11	11
1996	12	11
1995	8	8
1994	7	7
1993	8	7
1992	10	9
1991	11	10
1990	15	13
1989	12	10
1988	11	11
1987	17	15
1986	12	12
1985	7	5
1984	8	6
1983	7	7
1982	8	6
1981	5	5
1980	11	7
1979	4	4
1978	10	8
1977	10	8
1976	10	8
1975	6	5

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.Newton County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Newton County	Georgia	United States
2024	7.3	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.5	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. Newton County had 123,678 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Newton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 167 fatal crashes	28	167 fatal crashes	16.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 167 fatal crashes	30	167 fatal crashes	18.0%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 128 occupant deaths with restraint use known	63	128 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.2%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 187 deaths	16	187 deaths	8.6%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 187 deaths	5	187 deaths	2.7%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 187 deaths	23	187 deaths	12.3%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 167 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	167 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	22.2%	36.0%
In the darkof 166 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	166 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.6%	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.Newton 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	5	4	5	9	23
Monday	6	4	7	13	30
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	8	8	21
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	5	7	17
Thursday	4	3	8	8	23
Friday	3	5	7	8	23
Saturday	8	3	11	6	28
All days	30	25	51	59	165

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.Newton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	16	9.6%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	16	9.6%	25.9%
Minor arterial	73	43.7%	27.3%
Major collector	21	12.6%	13.3%
Minor collector	4	2.4%	4.8%
Local	36	21.6%	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.Newton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	86
Dark, not lighted	67
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Newton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	124
Cloudy	25
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Newton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Newton	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	16	391
State Route 11	State highway	8	109
State Route 12	State highway	5	38
State Route 20	State highway	3	122
State Route 36	State highway	13	39
State Route 52	State highway	1 or 2	56
State Route 81	State highway	9	34
State Route 138	State highway	1 or 2	90
State Route 212	State highway	12	30
US Route 278	US highway	1 or 2	80

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.Newton 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
Newton County: 16.5

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 Newton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butts County	Georgia	5	71	28.1
Henry County	Georgia	21	282	11.9
Jasper County	Georgia	4	40	26.8
Morgan County	Georgia	9	66	33.4
Rockdale County	Georgia	14	130	14.1
Walton County	Georgia	8	117	12.0

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 Newton 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 Newton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Newton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 187 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Newton in 2024?

The rate of Newton County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Newton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 167 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 Newton?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.