Rockdale County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Rockdale County in 2024.

FARS records 130 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.1 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, Rockdale County was number 30 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Rockdale County rose by 41.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (92) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (130).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.5% of the fatal crashes in Rockdale 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 Rockdale 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.Rockdale County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	3
2023	7	7	0
2022	15	15	1 or 2
2021	19	16	1 or 2
2020	17	15	1 or 2
2019	16	15	3
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	14	13	4
2016	13	11	1 or 2
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	130	120	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2021)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Rockdale County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	7	7
2022	15	15
2021	19	16
2020	17	15
2019	16	15
2018	8	8
2017	14	13
2016	13	11
2015	7	7
2014	9	9
2013	8	7
2012	8	8
2011	4	4
2010	10	8
2009	6	6
2008	8	7
2007	13	11
2006	16	16
2005	10	10
2004	9	8
2003	4	4
2002	12	10
2001	10	8
2000	8	7
1999	8	8
1998	7	6
1997	14	12
1996	11	11
1995	15	15
1994	3	3
1993	5	5
1992	13	13
1991	12	11
1990	6	6
1989	11	11
1988	7	6
1987	16	15
1986	8	6
1985	7	7
1984	11	10
1983	8	6
1982	7	7
1981	1 or 2	1 or 2
1980	9	7
1979	9	8
1978	8	7
1977	3	3
1976	8	8
1975	8	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.Rockdale County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rockdale County	Georgia	United States
2024	14.4	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.1	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. Rockdale County had 97,402 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rockdale County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 120 fatal crashes	20	120 fatal crashes	16.7%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 120 fatal crashes	20	120 fatal crashes	16.7%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.0%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 130 deaths	20	130 deaths	15.4%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 130 deaths	3	130 deaths	2.3%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 130 deaths	21	130 deaths	16.2%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	3	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.5%	36.0%
In the darkof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.5%	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.Rockdale 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	0	4	5	20
Monday	4	3	6	4	17
Tuesday	0	4	7	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	3	10	1 or 2	5	19
Thursday	1 or 2	4	4	5	15
Friday	1 or 2	5	4	4	15
Saturday	3	3	5	10	21
All days	25	29	31	35	120

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.Rockdale County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	15	12.5%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	29	24.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	32	26.7%	27.3%
Major collector	13	10.8%	13.3%
Minor collector	8	6.7%	4.8%
Local	23	19.2%	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.Rockdale County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	3
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rockdale County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	86
Cloudy	17
Rain	13
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 Rockdale County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rockdale	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	15	391
State Route 20	State highway	10	122
State Route 138	State highway	18	90
State Route 155	State highway	1 or 2	62
State Route 212	State highway	6	30

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.Rockdale 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
Rockdale County: 14.1

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 Rockdale County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
DeKalb County	Georgia	106	1,064	14.0
Gwinnett County	Georgia	65	623	6.6
Henry County	Georgia	21	282	11.9
Newton County	Georgia	9	187	16.5
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 Rockdale 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 Rockdale in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 92 deaths in Rockdale County from 2005 to 2014. It records 130 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rockdale in 2024?

The rate of Rockdale County in 2024 was 14.4 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 Rockdale had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 120 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 Rockdale?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 50 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.