Richmond County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 43 deaths in 40 fatal crashes in Richmond County in 2024.

FARS records 328 deaths in 305 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.1 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, Richmond County was number 8 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Richmond County rose by 8.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (303) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (328).

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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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.Richmond County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	43	40	7
2023	51	48	7
2022	34	34	10
2021	45	38	7
2020	30	26	5
2019	26	25	1 or 2
2018	23	23	4
2017	32	31	5
2016	17	15	4
2015	27	25	4
2015 to 2024	328	305	54

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 55 (1987)2024: 43

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

Table 2.Richmond County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	43	40
2023	51	48
2022	34	34
2021	45	38
2020	30	26
2019	26	25
2018	23	23
2017	32	31
2016	17	15
2015	27	25
2014	27	27
2013	23	21
2012	40	38
2011	32	28
2010	19	19
2009	28	27
2008	38	36
2007	33	32
2006	39	34
2005	24	23
2004	30	27
2003	31	28
2002	28	26
2001	42	37
2000	28	26
1999	27	25
1998	33	24
1997	34	32
1996	43	37
1995	24	23
1994	26	23
1993	32	29
1992	29	25
1991	41	38
1990	49	43
1989	37	35
1988	44	39
1987	55	45
1986	40	37
1985	34	33
1984	31	29
1983	28	26
1982	35	28
1981	37	33
1980	30	29
1979	38	37
1978	38	37
1977	40	35
1976	27	23
1975	43	37

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.Richmond County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Richmond County	Georgia	United States
2024	20.8	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.1	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. Richmond County had 206,544 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Richmond County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 305 fatal crashes	54	305 fatal crashes	17.7%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 305 fatal crashes	81	305 fatal crashes	26.6%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 178 occupant deaths with restraint use known	95	178 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.4%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 328 deaths	76	328 deaths	23.2%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 328 deaths	12	328 deaths	3.7%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 328 deaths	42	328 deaths	12.8%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 305 fatal crashes with the condition reported	7	305 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.3%	36.0%
In the darkof 305 fatal crashes with the condition reported	171	305 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.1%	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.Richmond 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	15	4	13	10	42
Monday	7	6	16	17	46
Tuesday	4	4	10	5	23
Wednesday	9	1 or 2	16	17	44
Thursday	12	10	10	20	52
Friday	10	10	8	22	50
Saturday	12	4	12	20	48
All days	69	40	85	111	305

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.Richmond County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	33	10.8%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	9	3.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	139	45.6%	25.9%
Minor arterial	80	26.2%	27.3%
Major collector	6	2.0%	13.3%
Minor collector	4	1.3%	4.8%
Local	34	11.1%	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.Richmond County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	123
Dark, not lighted	111
Dark, lighted	60
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Richmond County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	223
Cloudy	54
Rain	26
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 Richmond County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Richmond	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	10	391
Interstate 520	Interstate	27	27
State Route 4	State highway	16	46
State Route 10	State highway	6	93
State Route 54	State highway	1 or 2	49
State Route 56	State highway	27	47
State Route 121	State highway	6	28
US Route 1	US highway	16	45
US Route 25	US highway	14	38
US Route 78	US highway	9	73
US Route 278	US highway	6	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.Richmond 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
Richmond County: 16.1

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 Richmond County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Burke County	Georgia	5	77	32.8
Columbia County	Georgia	5	116	7.4
Jefferson County	Georgia	6	48	31.0
McDuffie County	Georgia	6	55	25.5
Aiken County	South Carolina	29	321	18.8
Edgefield County	South Carolina	6	52	19.1

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 Richmond 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 Richmond in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 303 deaths in Richmond County from 2005 to 2014. It records 328 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Richmond in 2024?

The rate of Richmond County in 2024 was 20.8 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 Richmond had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 54 of 305 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 Richmond?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 138 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.