Walker County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Walker County in 2024.

FARS records 102 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.8 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, Walker County was number 40 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Walker County rose by 6.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (102).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 31.9% of the fatal crashes in Walker County with known light were in the dark, against 49.5% 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 Walker 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.Walker County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	1 or 2
2023	12	12	0
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	16	16	0
2020	12	10	0
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	9	9	0
2017	8	6	1 or 2
2016	9	9	1 or 2
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	102	95	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1980)2024: 13

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

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

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.Walker County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Walker County	Georgia	United States
2024	18.6	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.8	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. Walker County had 69,724 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Walker County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	10	95 fatal crashes	10.5%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	20	95 fatal crashes	21.1%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.7%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 102 deaths	9	102 deaths	8.8%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 102 deaths	1 or 2	102 deaths	2.0%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 102 deaths	14	102 deaths	13.7%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.2%	36.0%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.9%	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.Walker 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	3	1 or 2	5	6	16
Monday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	0	5	3	4	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Thursday	1 or 2	4	3	3	11
Friday	0	6	8	6	20
Saturday	3	1 or 2	9	1 or 2	16
All days	10	20	36	25	91

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.Walker 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	23	24.2%	25.9%
Minor arterial	29	30.5%	27.3%
Major collector	22	23.2%	13.3%
Minor collector	9	9.5%	4.8%
Local	12	12.6%	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.Walker County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	30
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Walker County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	19
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Walker County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Walker	In all of Georgia
State Route 1	State highway	15	119
State Route 2	State highway	11	55
State Route 136	State highway	5	39
US Route 27	US highway	4	131

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.Walker 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
Walker County: 14.8

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 Walker County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
DeKalb County	Alabama	21	174	24.2
Catoosa County	Georgia	8	82	12.1
Chattooga County	Georgia	9	77	30.9
Dade County	Georgia	4	50	30.9
Floyd County	Georgia	14	177	18.0
Gordon County	Georgia	11	104	17.9
Whitfield County	Georgia	7	149	14.3
Hamilton County	Tennessee	39	440	11.9

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 Walker 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 Walker in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Walker County from 2005 to 2014. It records 102 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Walker in 2024?

The rate of Walker County in 2024 was 18.6 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 Walker had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 95 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 Walker?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 35 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.