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Georgia Car Accident Statistics by County

1,403 people died in traffic crashes in Georgia in 2024, 12.5 per 100,000 residents against 11.5 nationally. That's down 6% from 2019. Pick a county below for its deadliest roads, who was killed and when crashes happen.

1,403Deaths in 2024
12.5Per 100,000 residents
12%Fatal crashes with a drinking driver (police-reported)
21%Fatal crashes involving speeding

Traffic deaths in Georgia by year

05001k1.5k2k1,49220191,65820201,80920211,79620221,61020231,4032024

Who died, 2019–2024

Drivers and passengers (not motorcycles)6,659 (68%)
Pedestrians1,763 (18%)
Motorcyclists1,157 (12%)
Bicyclists141 (1%)

Fatal crashes by county

CountyDeaths 2024Per 100kDeaths 2019–2024
Fulton County95 8.7809
DeKalb County106 13.8698
Cobb County56 7.1395
Gwinnett County65 6.5367
Clayton County47 15.8308
Bibb County32 20.4237
Richmond County43 20.8229
Chatham County29 9.4212
Henry County21 8.1176
Bartow County24 20.4157
Hall County18 8.1144
Muscogee County25 12.4144
Carroll County19 14.6137
Coweta County14 8.8128
Douglas County18 11.9117
Lowndes County18 14.7113
Cherokee County15 5.1112
Floyd County14 13.8109
Paulding County16 8.5109
Newton County9 7.3107
Houston County14 8101
Bulloch County10 11.798
Troup County17 23.895
Forsyth County13 4.694
Glynn County12 13.994
Whitfield County7 6.793
Dougherty County13 15.888
Rockdale County14 14.388
Barrow County10 10.485
Jackson County9 9.684
Clarke County6 4.683
Spalding County13 18.582
Liberty County4 5.876
Colquitt County12 25.574
Laurens County6 11.972
Fayette County14 11.267
Walton County8 7.366
Walker County13 18.765
Gordon County11 18.164
Thomas County16 34.761
Habersham County8 16.159
Polk County6 13.459
Coffee County6 13.758
Effingham County13 17.857
Baldwin County8 18.356
Haralson County5 15.456
Chattooga County9 35.655
Franklin County3 11.955
Decatur County4 13.653
Ware County9 24.853
Catoosa County8 11.652
Peach County8 27.452
Columbia County5 351
Worth County6 29.651
Butts County5 18.450
Monroe County8 25.450
Murray County4 9.749
Tift County11 26.447
Camden County6 10.246
Cook County5 27.846
Burke County5 20.444
Toombs County10 36.444
Gilmer County8 2443
Madison County8 24.443
Rabun County5 28.243
Pickens County9 24.642
Bryan County8 15.741
Harris County8 21.741
Meriwether County4 18.740
Lumpkin County7 19.439
White County4 13.538
Grady County8 30.537
Emanuel County2 8.636
Upson County9 31.736
Lee County6 17.635
Wayne County7 21.835
Wilkinson County8 92.335
Crisp County7 3634
Elbert County8 39.734
Fannin County5 19.334
McIntosh County4 33.934
Hart County2 7.133
Morgan County9 4133
Putnam County3 12.833
Dodge County5 25.532
Mitchell County8 39.431
Stephens County2 7.331

Counties with fewer than 30 traffic deaths over 2019–2024: Dade County (29), McDuffie County (29), Jefferson County (28), Tattnall County (28), Washington County (28), Banks County (27), Candler County (27), Dawson County (27), Oconee County (27), Brooks County (26), Macon County (26), Oglethorpe County (25), Pike County (25), Greene County (24), Towns County (24), Warren County (24), Appling County (23), Bleckley County (23), Jasper County (23), Sumter County (23), Twiggs County (23), Union County (23), Dooly County (22), Evans County (22), Hancock County (22), Heard County (22), Jenkins County (22), Jones County (22), Montgomery County (22), Berrien County (21), Pierce County (21), Screven County (21), Jeff Davis County (20), Terrell County (20), Lamar County (19), Long County (19), Wheeler County (19), Brantley County (18), Irwin County (17), Talbot County (17), Atkinson County (16), Ben Hill County (16), Taliaferro County (16), Wilcox County (16), Lincoln County (15), Telfair County (15), Seminole County (14), Taylor County (14), Stewart County (13), Charlton County (12), Crawford County (12), Marion County (12), Wilkes County (12), Bacon County (11), Chattahoochee County (11), Clinch County (11), Early County (11), Lanier County (11), Turner County (11), Webster County (11), Baker County (10), Miller County (10), Pulaski County (10), Randolph County (10), Treutlen County (10), Clay County (9), Schley County (7), Johnson County (6), Glascock County (5), Calhoun County (4), Echols County (3), Quitman County (2).

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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.

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