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Fatal crashes in Georgia

Every fatal crash in Georgia is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in Georgia, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,681 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 1,312 1,403
2023 1,486 1,610
2022 1,677 1,796
2021 1,681 1,809
2020 1,517 1,658
2019 1,378 1,492
2018 1,408 1,505
2017 1,440 1,540
2016 1,424 1,556
2015 1,329 1,432
2014 1,080 1,164
2013 1,085 1,180
2012 1,126 1,192
2011 1,119 1,226
2010 1,150 1,247
2009 1,180 1,292
2008 1,370 1,495
2007 1,492 1,641
2006 1,557 1,693
2005 1,582 1,729
2004 1,463 1,634
2003 1,463 1,603
2002 1,362 1,524
2001 1,471 1,647
2000 1,380 1,541
1999 1,314 1,508
1998 1,414 1,568
1997 1,405 1,577
1996 1,402 1,573
1995 1,333 1,488
1994 1,281 1,425
1993 1,247 1,394
1992 1,184 1,315
1991 1,226 1,389
1990 1,410 1,562
1989 1,422 1,632
1988 1,488 1,654
1987 1,441 1,599
1986 1,378 1,530
1985 1,223 1,361
1984 1,260 1,410
1983 1,157 1,296
1982 1,097 1,229
1981 1,256 1,418
1980 1,348 1,508
1979 1,331 1,524
1978 1,290 1,472
1977 1,188 1,372
1976 1,119 1,264
1975 1,170 1,360

The fifteen Georgia counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Dekalb 13089 98 106
Fulton 13121 91 95
Gwinnett 13135 61 65
Cobb 13067 53 56
Clayton 13063 47 47
Richmond 13245 40 43
Bibb 13021 31 32
Chatham 13051 28 29
Muscogee 13215 24 25
Henry 13151 21 21
Bartow 13015 19 24
Hall 13139 18 18
Carroll 13045 17 19
Douglas 13097 17 18
Lowndes 13185 17 18

Which roads, in Georgia2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 566 607 43%
County 281 294 21%
Interstate 180 198 14%
Other 159 165 12%
U.S. Highway 72 78 5%
Municipal 51 57 4%
Not Signed 1 1 0%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 1 2 0%

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