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Georgia

Residents 11,180,878Deaths 2024 1,403Deaths 2015–2024 15,801Counties 159Routes with pages 114

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024.

In 2024, 1,403 people died in 1,312 fatal crashes in Georgia; the ten years 2015–2024 total 15,801 deaths in 14,652 crashes.

That is 14.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 25% higher than the national rate of 11.8. The ten-year total rose 14% from 13,859 in 2005–2014 to 15,801 in 2015–2024.

Relative to the national shares, pedestrians stands out most: 17.1% of people killed against 17.1% nationally. 36.0% of the state's fatal crashes were on rural roads and 49.5% happened after dark.

Among counties with at least 50 deaths in the ten years, the highest rates per 100,000 residents were in Wilkinson County (56.4), McIntosh County (41.6) and Cook County (39.8).

1,403deaths in 20241,312 fatal crashes

14.8per 100,000 residents a year, 2015–2024US 11.8

+14%ten-year change in deaths13,859 → 15,801

20%crashes with a drinking driverUS 26%

Trend since 1975

People killed in crashes in Georgia by year, 1975–2024. Latest point: 2024, 1,403 deaths.

Rate per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024

Deaths per 100,000 residents in Georgia and nationally, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 12.5. this page United States

Year pages: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975

Compared with the nation

Measure	Georgia	United States
Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2015–2024	14.8	11.8
Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2024	12.5	11.5
Deaths, 2015–2024	15,801	389,190
Deaths per fatal crash	1.1	1.1
Change vs previous ten years	+14%	+7%
Share of the national toll	4.1%	100%

Factors

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking19.6%

Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver19.4%

Pedestriansshare of people killed17.1%

Motorcyclistsshare of people killed11.2%

Unrestrainedoccupant deaths with no restraint used49.9%

In darknesscrashes after dark49.5%

Rural roadscrashes on rural roads36%

tick marks the US share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties ranked by rate

Deaths per 100,000 residents a year over 2015–2024. Small counties on through routes can rank high on few deaths; the deaths column gives the scale. Counties with fewer than 10 fatal crashes in the ten years show no factor shares.

#	County	Residents	Deaths 2015–2024	Per 100k / yr	Deaths 2024	Alcohol	Speeding
1	Taliaferro County	1,620	25	156.5	1–2	5%	29%
2	Warren County	5,148	40	76.5	3	9%	15%
3	Webster County	2,315	16	64.7	1–2	17%	25%
4	Wilkinson County	8,667	50	56.4	8	15%	10%
5	Twiggs County	7,728	44	54.8	1–2	23%	3%
6	Baker County	2,732	16	54.0	3	40%	53%
7	Hancock County	8,683	39	45.4	1–2	24%	14%
8	Talbot County	5,755	26	43.1	1–2	40%	20%
9	Jenkins County	8,836	37	42.2	9	25%	11%
10	McIntosh County	11,800	53	41.6	4	36%	18%
11	Clay County	2,815	12	41.2	1–2	27%	9%
12	Cook County	17,984	69	39.8	5	19%	19%
13	Montgomery County	8,566	34	38.4	3	32%	13%
14	Worth County	20,262	78	38.1	6	20%	9%
15	Wheeler County	7,076	29	38.0	1–2	39%	19%
16	Candler County	11,130	41	37.5	7	13%	13%
17	Rabun County	17,711	62	36.5	5	20%	13%
18	Early County	10,444	38	36.4	1–2	22%	16%
19	Franklin County	25,208	83	35.3	3	11%	13%
20	Macon County	11,831	44	35.0	1–2	24%	19%
21	Heard County	12,119	40	34.1	1–2	13%	26%
22	Terrell County	8,698	30	34.1	1–2	21%	18%
23	Dooly County	11,186	42	34.0	1–2	20%	8%
24	Morgan County	21,940	66	33.4	9	21%	18%
25	Treutlen County	6,420	22	33.4	3	20%	5%
26	Burke County	24,472	77	32.7	5	33%	21%
27	Atkinson County	8,435	27	32.5	3	19%	11%
28	Stewart County	4,809	18	32.2	1–2	12%	24%
29	Evans County	10,869	34	31.7	7	28%	21%
30	Monroe County	31,437	88	31.0	8	18%	24%
31	Jefferson County	15,019	48	31.0	6	25%	7%
32	Miller County	5,824	18	31.0	1–2	38%	13%
33	Chattooga County	25,306	77	30.9	9	24%	15%
34	Meriwether County	21,439	65	30.9	4	38%	30%
35	Dade County	16,068	50	30.9	4	17%	24%
36	Decatur County	29,391	86	30.8	4	25%	14%
37	Peach County	29,213	85	30.4	8	22%	11%
38	Taylor County	7,783	24	30.1	4	17%	21%
39	Washington County	19,834	60	29.8	4	29%	11%
40	Seminole County	9,274	26	29.8	1–2	22%	9%
41	Clinch County	6,871	20	29.7	1–2	28%	39%
42	Emanuel County	23,224	67	29.4	1–2	33%	13%
43	Towns County	13,184	36	29.4	1–2	20%	14%
44	Screven County	14,325	41	29.2	0	40%	24%
45	Butts County	27,127	71	28.1	5	25%	18%
46	Putnam County	23,383	62	27.9	3	25%	14%
47	Haralson County	32,404	84	27.7	5	21%	17%
48	Banks County	20,318	52	27.4	3	11%	11%
49	Glascock County	3,008	8	27.0	0	—	—
50	Irwin County	9,155	25	26.9	1–2	17%	22%
51	Jasper County	17,219	40	26.8	4	33%	15%
52	Lincoln County	8,049	21	26.7	1–2	25%	10%
53	Turner County	9,023	22	26.1	1–2	29%	10%
54	Brooks County	16,344	41	25.7	1–2	22%	16%
55	Elbert County	20,152	50	25.6	8	31%	8%
56	McDuffie County	21,764	55	25.5	6	16%	16%
57	Colquitt County	46,977	115	25.1	12	27%	13%
58	Bacon County	11,045	28	25.1	1–2	27%	8%
59	Dodge County	19,630	50	24.6	5	24%	18%
60	Pike County	20,669	47	24.6	10	28%	33%
61	Bleckley County	12,626	31	24.6	1–2	28%	21%
62	Ware County	36,222	87	24.3	9	25%	19%
63	Appling County	18,669	44	23.8	6	37%	23%
64	Laurens County	50,287	115	23.7	6	21%	20%
65	Toombs County	27,488	64	23.7	10	26%	19%
66	Grady County	26,271	60	23.6	8	14%	22%
67	Mitchell County	20,329	51	23.6	8	16%	11%
68	Bartow County	117,508	256	23.5	24	13%	18%
69	Gilmer County	33,327	74	23.5	8	15%	14%
70	Greene County	21,091	44	23.5	4	19%	19%
71	Echols County	3,698	9	23.5	1–2	—	—
72	Bibb County	157,056	353	22.8	32	14%	16%
73	Stephens County	27,498	60	22.7	1–2	26%	19%
74	Jeff Davis County	15,119	34	22.7	1–2	24%	18%
75	Marion County	7,635	18	22.5	1–2	39%	22%
76	Telfair County	11,000	31	22.3	1–2	23%	13%
77	Crisp County	19,468	47	22.1	7	13%	9%
78	Crawford County	12,349	27	22.0	3	28%	36%
79	Harris County	36,929	76	21.7	8	23%	23%
80	White County	29,668	63	21.6	4	15%	15%
81	Hart County	28,052	57	21.6	1–2	25%	13%
82	Chattahoochee County	8,548	21	21.6	1–2	16%	5%
83	Wilcox County	8,904	19	21.6	1–2	11%	28%
84	Jackson County	93,825	164	21.5	9	16%	8%
85	Dawson County	33,748	58	21.2	5	20%	26%
86	Troup County	71,513	148	21.1	17	24%	22%
87	Oglethorpe County	16,172	32	21.0	3	13%	3%
88	Lumpkin County	36,016	70	20.9	7	17%	28%
89	Thomas County	46,054	94	20.8	16	19%	24%
90	Polk County	44,610	89	20.8	6	14%	20%
91	Baldwin County	43,644	92	20.7	8	15%	21%
92	Coffee County	43,851	89	20.6	6	29%	27%
93	Madison County	32,771	62	20.4	8	25%	12%
94	Tift County	41,708	81	19.8	11	15%	10%
95	Habersham County	49,665	90	19.5	8	31%	14%
96	Carroll County	129,911	234	19.4	19	18%	22%
97	Wayne County	32,132	59	19.4	7	14%	16%
98	Bulloch County	85,454	153	19.3	10	25%	14%
99	Berrien County	18,666	36	19.2	5	24%	12%
100	Tattnall County	24,275	47	18.9	3	34%	16%
101	Pickens County	36,580	62	18.7	9	7%	10%
102	Spalding County	70,292	124	18.5	13	18%	18%
103	Schley County	4,503	9	18.5	0	—	—
104	Murray County	41,316	74	18.4	4	15%	23%
105	Brantley County	18,795	34	18.3	3	17%	17%
106	Long County	20,439	34	18.3	5	22%	19%
107	Randolph County	6,085	12	18.2	1–2	18%	0%
108	Floyd County	101,390	177	18.0	14	11%	26%
109	Fannin County	25,854	46	18.0	5	17%	15%
110	Gordon County	60,765	104	17.9	11	21%	17%
111	Lamar County	20,690	34	17.8	4	28%	22%
112	Charlton County	13,021	23	17.8	1–2	35%	17%
113	Upson County	28,358	48	17.7	9	25%	25%
114	Union County	27,601	44	17.7	6	10%	12%
115	Liberty County	68,607	113	17.5	4	28%	19%
116	Pierce County	20,669	34	17.2	3	28%	24%
117	Pulaski County	10,180	18	17.0	1–2	36%	14%
118	Jones County	29,047	48	16.8	6	16%	9%
119	Dougherty County	82,418	144	16.7	13	7%	17%
120	Bryan County	51,105	71	16.6	8	20%	26%
121	Newton County	124,010	187	16.5	9	17%	18%
122	Wilkes County	9,567	16	16.5	0	6%	13%
123	Barrow County	96,294	138	16.3	10	16%	21%
124	Richmond County	206,303	328	16.1	43	18%	27%
125	Glynn County	86,540	137	16.1	12	24%	24%
126	Clayton County	297,703	459	15.8	47	13%	21%
127	Lowndes County	122,082	183	15.5	18	20%	13%
128	Walker County	69,340	102	14.8	13	11%	21%
129	Johnson County	9,178	14	14.8	0	14%	14%
130	Sumter County	28,972	43	14.6	1–2	20%	12%
131	Whitfield County	105,070	149	14.3	7	11%	16%
132	Rockdale County	97,610	130	14.1	14	17%	17%
133	DeKalb County	770,307	1,064	14.0	106	20%	17%
134	Lee County	34,073	44	13.9	6	18%	13%
135	Coweta County	158,233	205	13.8	14	31%	24%
136	Effingham County	73,148	88	13.6	13	25%	24%
137	Ben Hill County	16,945	23	13.5	1–2	27%	14%
138	Calhoun County	5,441	8	13.5	0	—	—
139	Douglas County	151,887	195	13.4	18	14%	24%
140	Oconee County	44,751	54	13.2	6	22%	8%
141	Camden County	59,099	72	13.0	6	22%	17%
142	Hall County	221,745	263	12.8	18	18%	19%
143	Chatham County	307,336	376	12.7	29	22%	23%
144	Fulton County	1,090,354	1,289	12.2	95	16%	23%
145	Catoosa County	68,940	82	12.1	8	25%	29%
146	Walton County	109,792	117	12.0	8	17%	18%
147	Henry County	259,315	282	11.9	21	21%	18%
148	Muscogee County	201,830	232	11.6	25	19%	23%
149	Lanier County	10,464	12	11.6	0	9%	0%
150	Paulding County	188,549	187	11.0	16	16%	23%
151	Clarke County	129,995	129	10.1	6	25%	19%
152	Houston County	174,897	153	9.5	14	21%	17%
153	Fayette County	125,107	110	9.4	14	9%	19%
154	Quitman County	2,323	2	8.8	0	—	—
155	Cobb County	787,538	613	8.0	56	20%	25%
156	Columbia County	167,472	116	7.4	5	16%	28%
157	Cherokee County	293,513	181	6.8	15	20%	22%
158	Gwinnett County	1,003,869	623	6.6	65	21%	21%
159	Forsyth County	280,096	149	6.0	13	24%	32%

Routes with the most fatal crashes

#	Route	Type	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Alcohol	Speeding
1	Interstate 75	Interstate	647	730	15%	15%
2	Interstate 20	Interstate	391	432	19%	21%
3	Interstate 85	Interstate	339	371	16%	17%
4	Interstate 285	Interstate	263	282	22%	21%
5	State Route 3	State highway	157	162	6%	13%
6	US Route 27	US highway	131	143	19%	14%
7	US Route 19	US highway	127	137	14%	13%
8	Interstate 95	Interstate	124	145	16%	17%
9	Interstate 16	Interstate	123	151	13%	19%
10	State Route 20	State highway	122	135	14%	13%
11	State Route 1	State highway	119	130	14%	8%
12	State Route 11	State highway	109	119	17%	13%
13	US Route 23	US highway	96	109	15%	13%
14	State Route 10	State highway	93	96	18%	14%
15	State Route 53	State highway	90	97	19%	18%
16	State Route 138	State highway	90	102	9%	9%
17	US Route 29	US highway	89	102	15%	12%
18	State Route 5	State highway	87	89	8%	20%
19	State Route 92	State highway	86	95	11%	15%
20	State Route 15	State highway	84	96	12%	7%
21	US Route 41	US highway	84	88	13%	13%
22	State Route 520	State highway	82	93	17%	11%
23	State Route 17	State highway	81	89	20%	6%
24	US Route 278	US highway	80	84	16%	14%
25	State Route 120	State highway	75	79	13%	19%
26	State Route 8	State highway	75	80	23%	17%
27	US Route 78	US highway	73	76	19%	15%
28	State Route 16	State highway	70	74	16%	14%
29	State Route 42	State highway	69	73	23%	20%
30	US Route 129	US highway	68	71	12%	7%

Signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024; 114 routes in Georgia qualify. Local streets and county roads are not listed. Long routes carry more traffic and so more crashes; this is a count, not a rate.

Time of day and day of week

	12am			3am			6am			9am			12pm			3pm			6pm			9pm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat

Fatal crashes in Georgia by weekday and hour, 2015–2024: darker cells are busier. 14,618 crashes with a known hour and weekday.

By weekday

Saturday17%

Friday15%

Sunday15%

Monday13%

Thursday13%

Wednesday13%

Tuesday12%

Light condition

Daylight47%

Dark, not lighted37%

Dark, lighted13%

Dusk2%

Dawn2%

Dark, lighting unknown0%

Road type

Minor arterial27%

Other principal arterial26%

Interstate13%

Major collector13%

Local13%

Minor collector5%

Other freeways and expressways2%

FHWA functional classes (FARS FUNC_SYS), share of fatal crashes with a reported class; tick marks the national share. What the classes mean.

Questions and answers

How many people died in crashes in Georgia in 2024?

1,403 people in 1,312 fatal crashes, per NHTSA's FARS annual file. Over 2015–2024 the total is 15,801.

How does Georgia compare with the national rate?

14.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year over 2015–2024, against 11.8 nationally; in 2024 alone, 12.5 against 11.5.

Which counties in Georgia have the most fatal crashes?

By deaths over 2015–2024: Fulton County (1,289), DeKalb County (1,064) and Gwinnett County (623). The county table ranks by rate per 100,000 residents instead, which is a fairer comparison across sizes.

What share of fatal crashes in Georgia involved alcohol or speeding?

19.6% of fatal crashes in 2015–2024 had a driver reported as drinking (US: 26.3%) and 19.4% had a speeding-related driver (US: 27.2%).

Which routes in Georgia have the most fatal crashes?

Interstate 75 (647 fatal crashes, 2015–2024), Interstate 20 (391 fatal crashes, 2015–2024) and Interstate 85 (339 fatal crashes, 2015–2024). Route pages exist for signed routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in the ten years.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System annual files 1975–2024; US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology, sources and corrections.