Whitfield County, Georgia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Whitfield County in 2024.

FARS records 149 deaths in 141 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.3 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, Whitfield County was number 24 of 159 counties of Georgia.

Deaths in Whitfield County fell by 6.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (159) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (149).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.4% of the occupants killed in Whitfield 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 Whitfield 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.Whitfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	12	11	1 or 2
2022	16	16	0
2021	29	26	3
2020	16	15	1 or 2
2019	13	13	0
2018	13	12	1 or 2
2017	13	13	1 or 2
2016	13	12	1 or 2
2015	17	16	5
2015 to 2024	149	141	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2021)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Whitfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	12	11
2022	16	16
2021	29	26
2020	16	15
2019	13	13
2018	13	12
2017	13	13
2016	13	12
2015	17	16
2014	13	13
2013	12	11
2012	13	12
2011	14	13
2010	4	4
2009	21	17
2008	15	14
2007	26	24
2006	23	21
2005	18	18
2004	20	16
2003	20	15
2002	16	13
2001	13	13
2000	17	15
1999	18	17
1998	12	12
1997	13	13
1996	20	18
1995	20	19
1994	9	9
1993	13	13
1992	10	10
1991	16	14
1990	25	20
1989	16	14
1988	21	20
1987	21	17
1986	16	15
1985	20	17
1984	15	14
1983	16	15
1982	10	9
1981	19	16
1980	18	16
1979	22	17
1978	21	20
1977	19	17
1976	20	17
1975	8	8

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.Whitfield County beside Georgia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Whitfield County	Georgia	United States
2024	6.6	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.3	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. Whitfield County had 105,558 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Whitfield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Georgia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 141 fatal crashes	16	141 fatal crashes	11.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 141 fatal crashes	23	141 fatal crashes	16.3%	19.4%
No restraint usedof 96 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	96 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.4%	49.9%
Pedestriansof 149 deaths	32	149 deaths	21.5%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 149 deaths	1 or 2	149 deaths	1.3%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 149 deaths	17	149 deaths	11.4%	11.2%
On a rural roadof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.1%	36.0%
In the darkof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.6%	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.Whitfield 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	3	9	5	20
Monday	6	5	6	4	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	7	10	24
Wednesday	3	6	8	4	21
Thursday	1 or 2	4	8	10	23
Friday	3	5	1 or 2	9	19
Saturday	4	1 or 2	4	4	13
All days	21	30	44	46	141

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.Whitfield County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Georgia
Interstate	30	21.3%	13.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.4%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	30	21.3%	25.9%
Minor arterial	31	22.0%	27.3%
Major collector	21	14.9%	13.3%
Minor collector	10	7.1%	4.8%
Local	17	12.1%	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.Whitfield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	77
Dark, not lighted	54
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Whitfield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	95
Cloudy	31
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Whitfield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Whitfield	In all of Georgia
Interstate 75	Interstate	31	647
State Route 2	State highway	4	55
State Route 3	State highway	15	157
State Route 52	State highway	9	56
US Route 41	US highway	4	85
US Route 76	US highway	1 or 2	28

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.Whitfield 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
Whitfield County: 14.3

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 Whitfield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Catoosa County	Georgia	8	82	12.1
Gordon County	Georgia	11	104	17.9
Murray County	Georgia	4	74	18.5
Walker County	Georgia	13	102	14.8
Bradley County	Tennessee	15	136	12.5
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 Whitfield 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 Whitfield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 159 deaths in Whitfield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 149 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Whitfield in 2024?

The rate of Whitfield County in 2024 was 6.6 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 Whitfield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 141 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 Whitfield?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 64 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.