Spalding County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Spalding County in 2024.

FARS records 124 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.5 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, Spalding County was number 32 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Spalding County rose by 7.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (115) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (124).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.5% of the fatal crashes in Spalding 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 Spalding 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.Spalding County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	1 or 2
2023	16	16	3
2022	15	15	1 or 2
2021	13	13	3
2020	15	14	1 or 2
2019	10	9	1 or 2
2018	12	12	3
2017	10	9	0
2016	11	10	4
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	124	120	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1987)2024: 13

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

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

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.Spalding County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Spalding County	Georgia	United States
2024	18.5	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.5	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. Spalding County had 70,311 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Spalding County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 120 fatal crashes	21	120 fatal crashes	17.5%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 120 fatal crashes	22	120 fatal crashes	18.3%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.4%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 124 deaths	32	124 deaths	25.8%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 124 deaths	5	124 deaths	4.0%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 124 deaths	12	124 deaths	9.7%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.5%	36.0%
In the darkof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.3%	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.Spalding 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	5	5	20
Monday	5	3	4	6	18
Tuesday	5	0	6	5	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	4	7	17
Thursday	3	4	3	7	17
Friday	1 or 2	4	6	3	14
Saturday	8	1 or 2	0	8	18
All days	30	21	28	41	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.Spalding County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	3	2.5%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	4	3.3%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	41	34.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	43	35.8%	27.3%
Major collector	11	9.2%	13.3%
Minor collector	3	2.5%	4.8%
Local	15	12.5%	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.Spalding County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	61
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Spalding County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	94
Cloudy	17
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Spalding County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Spalding	In all of Georgia
Interstate 16	Interstate	1 or 2	123
Interstate 75	Interstate	3	647
State Route 3	State highway	19	157
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 16	State highway	19	70
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 92	State highway	5	86
State Route 155	State highway	3	62
US Route 19	US highway	17	127

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.Spalding 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
Spalding County: 18.5

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 Spalding County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butts County	Georgia	5	71	28.1
Clayton County	Georgia	47	459	15.8
Coweta County	Georgia	14	205	13.8
Fayette County	Georgia	14	110	9.4
Henry County	Georgia	21	282	11.9
Lamar County	Georgia	4	34	17.8
Meriwether County	Georgia	4	65	31.0
Pike County	Georgia	10	47	24.6

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 Spalding 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 Spalding in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 115 deaths in Spalding County from 2005 to 2014. It records 124 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Spalding in 2024?

The rate of Spalding County in 2024 was 18.5 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 Spalding had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 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 Spalding?

9 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.