Walton County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Walton County in 2024.

FARS records 117 deaths in 110 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.0 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, Walton County was number 33 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Walton County fell by 1.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (119) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (117).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 35.8% of the occupants killed in Walton 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 Walton 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.Walton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	0
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	14	13	4
2021	17	16	4
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	14	12	3
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	16	15	3
2015	10	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	117	110	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2005)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Walton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	7	7
2022	14	13
2021	17	16
2020	9	9
2019	11	10
2018	14	12
2017	11	11
2016	16	15
2015	10	10
2014	4	4
2013	4	4
2012	5	5
2011	12	10
2010	11	10
2009	12	12
2008	11	11
2007	14	13
2006	14	13
2005	32	25
2004	18	17
2003	19	16
2002	10	10
2001	10	10
2000	12	12
1999	11	11
1998	17	16
1997	16	16
1996	15	13
1995	6	6
1994	7	5
1993	16	16
1992	5	4
1991	6	5
1990	10	10
1989	8	8
1988	10	8
1987	10	10
1986	14	13
1985	11	8
1984	6	6
1983	9	8
1982	9	9
1981	9	8
1980	8	5
1979	13	11
1978	14	9
1977	4	4
1976	8	6
1975	9	6

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.Walton County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Walton County	Georgia	United States
2024	7.3	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.0	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. Walton County had 110,278 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Walton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 110 fatal crashes	19	110 fatal crashes	17.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 110 fatal crashes	20	110 fatal crashes	18.2%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 81 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	81 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.8%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 117 deaths	14	117 deaths	12.0%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 117 deaths	0	117 deaths	0.0%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 117 deaths	17	117 deaths	14.5%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.9%	36.0%
In the darkof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.2%	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.Walton 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	7	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	0	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	5	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	10
Thursday	1 or 2	6	7	6	21
Friday	1 or 2	4	6	9	21
Saturday	4	3	4	11	22
All days	19	23	32	36	110

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.Walton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	1 or 2	1.8%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	24	21.8%	25.9%
Minor arterial	44	40.0%	27.3%
Major collector	14	12.7%	13.3%
Minor collector	10	9.1%	4.8%
Local	16	14.5%	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.Walton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Walton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	81
Cloudy	22
Rain	5
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 Walton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Walton	In all of Georgia
Interstate 20	Interstate	1 or 2	391
State Route 10	State highway	7	93
State Route 11	State highway	16	109
State Route 12	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	122
State Route 81	State highway	12	34
State Route 138	State highway	11	90
US Route 78	US highway	4	73
US Route 278	US highway	1 or 2	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.Walton 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
Walton County: 12.0

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 Walton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Barrow County	Georgia	10	138	16.3
Gwinnett County	Georgia	65	623	6.6
Morgan County	Georgia	9	66	33.4
Newton County	Georgia	9	187	16.5
Oconee County	Georgia	6	54	13.2
Rockdale County	Georgia	14	130	14.1

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 Walton 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 Walton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 119 deaths in Walton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 117 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Walton in 2024?

The rate of Walton County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Walton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 110 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 Walton?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 57 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.