Paulding County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Paulding County in 2024.

FARS records 187 deaths in 179 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.0 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, Paulding County was number 16 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Paulding 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, 38.8% of the occupants killed in Paulding County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 49.9% 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 Paulding 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.Paulding County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	16	1 or 2
2023	23	22	4
2022	10	9	1 or 2
2021	22	20	5
2020	26	24	3
2019	12	12	1 or 2
2018	18	18	3
2017	15	14	1 or 2
2016	21	21	4
2015	24	23	3
2015 to 2024	187	179	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2007)2024: 16

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

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

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.Paulding County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Paulding County	Georgia	United States
2024	8.5	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.0	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. Paulding County had 187,933 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Paulding County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 179 fatal crashes	29	179 fatal crashes	16.2%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 179 fatal crashes	41	179 fatal crashes	22.9%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 129 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	129 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.8%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 187 deaths	24	187 deaths	12.8%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 187 deaths	1 or 2	187 deaths	0.5%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 187 deaths	23	187 deaths	12.3%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 179 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	179 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.7%	36.0%
In the darkof 179 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	179 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.8%	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.Paulding 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	6	4	10	6	26
Monday	1 or 2	6	11	8	27
Tuesday	5	10	8	6	29
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	4	11	21
Thursday	1 or 2	6	8	11	26
Friday	3	3	9	9	24
Saturday	4	1 or 2	7	12	25
All days	23	35	57	63	178

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.Paulding 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	42	23.5%	25.9%
Minor arterial	71	39.7%	27.3%
Major collector	18	10.1%	13.3%
Minor collector	7	3.9%	4.8%
Local	41	22.9%	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.Paulding County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	100
Dark, not lighted	61
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Paulding County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	135
Cloudy	30
Rain	12
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 Paulding County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Paulding	In all of Georgia
State Route 6	State highway	15	62
State Route 61	State highway	14	54
State Route 92	State highway	6	86
State Route 101	State highway	8	33
State Route 113	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 120	State highway	18	75
US Route 278	US highway	15	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.Paulding 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
Paulding County: 11.0

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 Paulding County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bartow County	Georgia	24	256	23.5
Carroll County	Georgia	19	234	19.4
Cobb County	Georgia	56	613	8.0
Douglas County	Georgia	18	195	13.4
Haralson County	Georgia	5	84	27.7
Polk County	Georgia	6	89	20.8

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 Paulding 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 Paulding in the ten years before 2015?

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

What was the rate of Paulding in 2024?

The rate of Paulding County in 2024 was 8.5 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 Paulding had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 179 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 Paulding?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 78 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.