NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Georgia
Quick answer: Fulton County recorded the most road deaths in Georgia from 2020 to 2024 (665), while McIntosh County had the highest death rate, 53 per 100,000 residents a year against 15.1 for the state as a whole.
Per 100,000 residents a year · counties with 10,000+ people
Highest death rate
| # | County | Deaths per 100k / year | Deaths 2020–2024 | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McIntosh County | 53 | 30 | 11,312 |
| 2 | Cook County | 45.6 | 40 | 17,532 |
| 3 | Rabun County | 42.7 | 37 | 17,312 |
| 4 | Candler County | 41.7 | 23 | 11,043 |
| 5 | Worth County | 41.1 | 42 | 20,451 |
| 6 | Evans County | 37.2 | 20 | 10,757 |
| 7 | Macon County | 37.1 | 22 | 11,864 |
| 8 | Chattooga County | 36.7 | 46 | 25,036 |
| 9 | Dooly County | 36.4 | 20 | 10,984 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 33.8 | 41 | 24,234 |
| 11 | Bleckley County | 33.8 | 21 | 12,430 |
| 12 | Meriwether County | 30.6 | 32 | 20,929 |
| 13 | Elbert County | 30.2 | 30 | 19,849 |
| 14 | Colquitt County | 29.9 | 69 | 46,224 |
| 15 | Monroe County | 29.7 | 44 | 29,664 |
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| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton County | 665 | 607 | 12.4 | 30% | 66% | 15% | I-75, I-285, I-85 | |
| DeKalb County | 619 | 585 | 16.2 | 36% | 72% | 20% | I-285, I-20, I-85 | |
| Cobb County | 328 | 312 | 8.5 | 29% | 63% | 22% | I-75, SR-5, SR-120 | |
| Gwinnett County | 306 | 280 | 6.2 | 21% | 60% | 19% | I-85, SR-316, SR-124 | |
| Clayton County | 257 | 240 | 17.2 | 38% | 70% | 11% | I-75, SR-3, SR-85 | |
| Richmond County | 203 | 186 | 19.7 | 23% | 60% | 19% | I-520, SR-56, SR-4 | |
| Bibb County | 202 | 191 | 25.8 | 29% | 58% | 12% | I-75, SR-74, I-475 | |
| Chatham County | 182 | 171 | 12.1 | 32% | 64% | 22% | I-95, SR-204, SR-25 | |
| Henry County | 153 | 140 | 12.2 | 17% | 61% | 23% | I-75, SR-155, SR-138 | |
| Bartow County | 136 | 127 | 24 | 10% | 38% | 14% | I-75, SR-3, SR-61 | |
| Hall County | 124 | 117 | 11.7 | 14% | 42% | 16% | SR-53, SR-60, SR-365 | |
| Muscogee County | 123 | 120 | 12.1 | 29% | 54% | 13% | US-27, SR-22, SR-1 | |
| Carroll County | 112 | 103 | 18 | 9% | 43% | 17% | SR-166, I-20, SR-16 | |
| Coweta County | 106 | 103 | 13.9 | 16% | 58% | 28% | I-85, SR-16, SR-34 | |
| Cherokee County | 100 | 93 | 7.1 | 12% | 42% | 23% | SR-92, I-575, SR-20 | |
| Newton County | 98 | 83 | 16.6 | 4% | 49% | 12% | I-20, SR-212, SR-81 | |
| Paulding County | 97 | 91 | 10.8 | 9% | 38% | 16% | SR-6, SR-120, US-278 | |
| Lowndes County | 95 | 90 | 15.8 | 20% | 53% | 17% | I-75, SR-38, SR-7 | |
| Douglas County | 94 | 87 | 12.7 | 15% | 51% | 16% | I-20, SR-6, SR-92 | |
| Floyd County | 94 | 88 | 18.9 | 10% | 42% | 12% | SR-1, SR-53, US-27 | |
| Houston County | 85 | 77 | 10 | 14% | 52% | 25% | SR-247, I-75, SR-11 | |
| Bulloch County | 84 | 74 | 20.3 | 13% | 47% | 27% | I-16, SR-73, SR-26 | |
| Troup County | 83 | 72 | 23.6 | 11% | 57% | 25% | I-85, SR-109, SR-14 | |
| Forsyth County | 81 | 77 | 6.1 | 15% | 45% | 27% | SR-20, US-19, SR-9 | |
| Whitfield County | 80 | 75 | 15.4 | 28% | 49% | 9% | I-75, SR-3, SR-71 | |
| Dougherty County | 74 | 70 | 17.8 | 22% | 56% | 7% | SR-91, SR-520, US-19 | |
| Glynn County | 73 | 71 | 17.1 | 21% | 63% | 23% | SR-25, I-95, SR-27 | |
| Barrow County | 73 | 66 | 16.2 | 7% | 41% | 15% | SR-316, SR-211, SR-82 | |
| Spalding County | 72 | 71 | 20.9 | 31% | 62% | 15% | SR-16, US-19, SR-3 | |
| Rockdale County | 72 | 66 | 15.1 | 17% | 53% | 14% | SR-138, I-20, SR-212 | |
| Clarke County | 71 | 70 | 11 | 27% | 59% | 29% | SR-10, US-78, US-29 | |
| Jackson County | 70 | 65 | 16.5 | 3% | 37% | 25% | SR-15, I-85, SR-11 | |
| Colquitt County | 69 | 60 | 29.9 | 9% | 53% | 23% | SR-111, SR-133, SR-37 | |
| Liberty County | 68 | 55 | 20.2 | 12% | 42% | 27% | I-95, SR-196, SR-119 | |
| Laurens County | 61 | 56 | 24.5 | 10% | 41% | 23% | I-16, SR-29, SR-19 | |
| Walker County | 59 | 55 | 17.2 | 10% | 33% | 5% | SR-1, SR-2, SR-193 | |
| Fayette County | 57 | 55 | 9.3 | 11% | 44% | 15% | SR-54, SR-85, SR-92 | |
| Gordon County | 56 | 53 | 19 | 9% | 34% | 26% | I-75, SR-53, SR-136 | |
| Walton County | 55 | 52 | 10.6 | 13% | 46% | 19% | SR-11, SR-138, SR-81 | |
| Thomas County | 51 | 48 | 22.3 | 22% | 46% | 21% | SR-300, SR-38, SR-3 | |
| Polk County | 51 | 50 | 23.3 | 14% | 44% | 16% | SR-1, US-27, SR-101 | |
| Coffee County | 50 | 45 | 23.1 | 6% | 42% | 29% | SR-32, SR-31, SR-135 | |
| Effingham County | 49 | 47 | 14.2 | 10% | 26% | 23% | SR-21, SR-119, SR-17 | |
| Habersham County | 48 | 41 | 20.1 | 4% | 22% | 32% | SR-17, US-23, SR-365 | |
| Catoosa County | 47 | 42 | 13.7 | 15% | 48% | 21% | I-75, SR-151, SR-2 | |
| Chattooga County | 46 | 38 | 36.7 | 22% | 37% | 21% | SR-1, US-27, SR-114 | |
| Monroe County | 44 | 40 | 29.7 | 7% | 52% | 12% | I-75, SR-42, SR-401 | |
| Baldwin County | 44 | 42 | 20.2 | 18% | 52% | 12% | SR-49, SR-24, US-441 | |
| Haralson County | 43 | 40 | 27.5 | 14% | 48% | 22% | I-20, SR-0008, US-27 | |
| Ware County | 43 | 39 | 23.9 | 9% | 51% | 31% | SR-520, SR-4, SR-38 | |
| Worth County | 42 | 36 | 41.1 | 12% | 42% | 28% | SR-133, SR-112, SR-520 | |
| Tift County | 42 | 38 | 20.3 | 26% | 53% | 18% | I-75, SR-520, US-41 | |
| Franklin County | 41 | 38 | 33.8 | 10% | 39% | 11% | I-85, SR-17, SR-51 | |
| Murray County | 41 | 36 | 20.2 | 2% | 31% | 14% | SR-225, SR-52, US-76 | |
| Columbia County | 40 | 38 | 4.9 | 8% | 37% | 11% | I-20, SR-28, SR-47 | |
| Peach County | 40 | 39 | 28 | 22% | 46% | 15% | SR-49, SR-96, I-75 | |
| Cook County | 40 | 37 | 45.6 | 15% | 57% | 19% | I-75, SR-37, SR-76 | |
| Toombs County | 39 | 34 | 28.8 | 18% | 50% | 32% | SR-4, SR-30, SR-56 | |
| Decatur County | 39 | 35 | 26.7 | 5% | 26% | 26% | SR-38, SR-1, SR-97 | |
| Madison County | 38 | 35 | 24.1 | 13% | 46% | 29% | SR-172, SR-8, SR-72 | |
| Butts County | 37 | 32 | 27.9 | 11% | 62% | 25% | SR-16, I-75, US-23 | |
| Pickens County | 37 | 36 | 21.2 | 14% | 42% | 6% | SR-5, SR-515, SR-136 | |
| Rabun County | 37 | 34 | 42.7 | 5% | 32% | 15% | SR-15, SR-2, SR-197 | |
| Gilmer County | 37 | 36 | 22.8 | 3% | 44% | 25% | SR-52, SR-5, SR-282 | |
| Camden County | 36 | 33 | 12.6 | 19% | 39% | 21% | I-95, SR-40, US-17 | |
| Lumpkin County | 36 | 36 | 20.9 | 6% | 36% | 19% | SR-52, SR-9, SR-11 | |
| Harris County | 35 | 32 | 19.4 | 11% | 38% | 19% | SR-219, I-185, SR-1 | |
| Bryan County | 34 | 31 | 14.1 | 18% | 48% | 13% | I-95, SR-25, I-16 | |
| Burke County | 34 | 32 | 27.8 | 3% | 62% | 25% | SR-56, US-25, SR-121 | |
| Wayne County | 32 | 30 | 20.7 | 22% | 47% | 17% | SR-38, SR-169, SR-27 | |
| Grady County | 32 | 31 | 24.5 | 19% | 45% | 3% | SR-93, SR-38, SR-111 | |
| Meriwether County | 32 | 31 | 30.6 | 3% | 45% | 32% | I-85, SR-85, SR-41 | |
| Lee County | 31 | 28 | 18.4 | 16% | 50% | 11% | SR-91, SR-3, US-19 | |
| White County | 31 | 30 | 21.5 | 3% | 17% | 17% | SR-75, SR-115, SR-384 | |
| Elbert County | 30 | 28 | 30.2 | 7% | 36% | 29% | SR-72, SR-17, SR-368 | |
| McIntosh County | 30 | 29 | 53 | 7% | 62% | 38% | I-95, SR-25, SR-99 | |
| Morgan County | 29 | 27 | 27.5 | 10% | 37% | 22% | I-20, SR-24, SR-83 | |
| Fannin County | 29 | 25 | 22.5 | 0% | 32% | 24% | SR-2, SR-5, SR-60 | |
| Upson County | 29 | 27 | 20.7 | 24% | 41% | 19% | SR-36, SR-74, SR-3 | |
| Wilkinson County | 29 | 23 | 66.3 | 0% | 48% | 17% | SR-540, SR-0029, SR-57 | |
| Emanuel County | 28 | 23 | 24.3 | 4% | 48% | 22% | US-1, I-16, SR-4 | |
| Crisp County | 28 | 26 | 28.3 | 11% | 62% | 23% | I-75, SR-300, SR-33 | |
| Hart County | 27 | 26 | 20 | 22% | 46% | 15% | SR-77, SR-8, SR-51 | |
| Stephens County | 26 | 24 | 19.3 | 8% | 42% | 42% | SR-17, SR-184, SR-106 | |
| Mitchell County | 26 | 21 | 24.7 | 12% | 48% | 0% | SR-112, SR-37, US-19 | |
| Putnam County | 26 | 24 | 22.8 | 8% | 42% | 21% | SR-24, SR-44, SR-16 | |
| Dawson County | 24 | 24 | 15.9 | 4% | 29% | 21% | SR-53, US-19, SR-400 | |
| Oconee County | 24 | 23 | 11 | 4% | 39% | 26% | SR-53, SR-316, SR-15 | |
| Washington County | 24 | 23 | 24.2 | 12% | 43% | 30% | SR-15, SR-68, SR-88 | |
| Candler County | 23 | 22 | 41.7 | 17% | 55% | 9% | SR-46, I-16, SR-57 | |
| Oglethorpe County | 23 | 22 | 29.7 | 9% | 32% | 9% | SR-22, SR-10, US-78 | |
| McDuffie County | 23 | 22 | 21.2 | 13% | 36% | 9% | I-20, SR-10, US-78 | |
| Union County | 22 | 21 | 16.7 | 0% | 29% | 14% | SR-2, SR-11, SR-60 | |
| Macon County | 22 | 20 | 37.1 | 14% | 45% | 30% | SR-49, SR-127, SR-224 | |
| Tattnall County | 22 | 21 | 18.2 | 9% | 38% | 33% | SR-169, SR-23, SR-196 | |
| Twiggs County | 22 | 20 | 56.4 | 9% | 35% | 20% | SR-96, I-16, SR-358 | |
| Dodge County | 22 | 20 | 22.2 | 9% | 50% | 40% | SR-87, US-23, SR-126 | |
| Brooks County | 22 | 20 | 27 | 9% | 35% | 20% | SR-76, SR-133, SR-38 | |
| Jefferson County | 21 | 20 | 27.4 | 10% | 25% | 10% | SR-17, US-1, SR-540 | |
| Appling County | 21 | 21 | 22.7 | 5% | 52% | 43% | SR-27, SR-15, SR-144 | |
| Bleckley County | 21 | 20 | 33.8 | 5% | 45% | 35% | I-16, SR-112, SR-26 | |
| Pike County | 21 | 19 | 21.1 | 14% | 37% | 37% | SR-362, US-19, SR-109 | |
| Sumter County | 21 | 19 | 14.5 | 10% | 37% | 21% | SR-27, US-280, SR-195 | |
| Jasper County | 21 | 21 | 26.4 | 0% | 57% | 29% | SR-83, SR-212, SR-11 | |
| Greene County | 21 | 20 | 20.9 | 5% | 35% | 15% | I-20, SR-44, SR-15 | |
| Banks County | 20 | 18 | 20.8 | 20% | 50% | 17% | SR-15, SR-51, SR-63 | |
| Warren County | 20 | 19 | 77.4 | 15% | 32% | 11% | I-20, SR-12, SR-171 | |
| Dooly County | 20 | 20 | 36.4 | 15% | 55% | 15% | I-75, SR-0007, SR-230 | |
| Berrien County | 20 | 19 | 21.8 | 0% | 32% | 32% | SR-37, SR-11, SR-76 | |
| Evans County | 20 | 16 | 37.2 | 0% | 56% | 19% | SR-73, SR-129, SR-169 | |
| Dade County | 20 | 19 | 24.7 | 15% | 32% | 11% | SR-136, I-59, I-24 | |
| Jones County | 19 | 18 | 13.3 | 0% | 50% | 22% | SR-11, SR-44, SR-129 | |
| Screven County | 19 | 17 | 26.9 | 16% | 53% | 53% | SR-24, SR-21, SR-20 | |
| Towns County | 18 | 17 | 27.9 | 6% | 29% | 29% | SR-17, SR-2, US-76 | |
| Jenkins County | 18 | 12 | 41.3 | 6% | 25% | 33% | SR-17, SR-53, SR-21 | |
| Montgomery County | 18 | 17 | 41.7 | 11% | 41% | 47% | SR-135, SR-30, SR-56 | |
| Wheeler County | 18 | 15 | 49.1 | 0% | 47% | 47% | SR-19, SR-31, SR-30 | |
| Terrell County | 17 | 16 | 38.4 | 12% | 56% | 31% | SR-520, SR-55, SR-50 | |
| Pierce County | 17 | 15 | 16.8 | 24% | 60% | 27% | SR-38, SR-15, US-84 | |
| Hancock County | 17 | 15 | 39.3 | 6% | 53% | 27% | SR-16, SR-22, SR-15 | |
| Jeff Davis County | 17 | 17 | 22.8 | 6% | 53% | 35% | US-221, SR-268, SR-27 | |
| Heard County | 17 | 17 | 28.9 | 6% | 29% | 12% | SR-100, SR-1, SR-34 | |
| Brantley County | 17 | 13 | 18.6 | 6% | 46% | 15% | US-301, US-82, SR-23 | |
| Long County | 16 | 16 | 17.4 | 19% | 56% | 19% | SR-196, SR-23, SR-57 | |
| Lamar County | 16 | 14 | 16.4 | 0% | 64% | 36% | SR-36, SR-7, I-75 | |
| Taliaferro County | 15 | 12 | 188.8 | 0% | 50% | 0% | I-20, SR-12 | |
| Wilcox County | 15 | 14 | 34.1 | 0% | 21% | 14% | SR-215, SR-159, US-129 | |
| Lincoln County | 14 | 13 | 35.6 | 14% | 31% | 31% | SR-47, SR-220, SR-43 | |
| Ben Hill County | 14 | 14 | 16.4 | 7% | 29% | 21% | SR-107, US-319, US-129 | |
| Stewart County | 13 | 12 | 53.4 | 0% | 33% | 8% | SR-1, SR-39, SR-520 | |
| Talbot County | 13 | 13 | 45.3 | 8% | 31% | 38% | SR-96, SR-41, SR-36 | |
| Atkinson County | 13 | 13 | 31.2 | 15% | 31% | 15% | SR-520, SR-89 | |
| Taylor County | 12 | 12 | 30.8 | 0% | 42% | 8% | SR-96, SR-3, SR-208 | |
| Seminole County | 12 | 11 | 26.2 | 8% | 36% | 27% | SR-39, SR-285, US-84 | |
| Irwin County | 12 | 11 | 25.8 | 8% | 36% | 27% | SR-35, SR-32 | |
| Charlton County | 11 | 11 | 17.2 | 9% | 55% | 36% | SR-23, SR-121, SR-185 | |
| Telfair County | 10 | 9 | 16.9 | 0% | 33% | 11% | SR-31, SR-30, SR-27 | |
| Crawford County | 10 | 10 | 16.4 | 10% | 40% | 10% | SR-42, SR-22, US-341 | |
| Marion County | 10 | 10 | 26.6 | 10% | 30% | 40% | SR-26, SR-41, SR-137 | |
| Clinch County | 10 | 8 | 29.6 | 0% | 62% | 50% | SR-187, SR-38, US-441 | |
| Chattahoochee County | 10 | 9 | 22.5 | 0% | 44% | 11% | SR-520, SR-1, SR-26 | |
| Miller County | 10 | 10 | 34.2 | 40% | 30% | 30% | SR-91, SR-1, SR-45 | |
| Webster County | 10 | 7 | 85.1 | 20% | 29% | 0% | SR-520, SR-27, SR-153 | |
| Bacon County | 9 | 9 | 16.2 | 22% | 33% | 33% | US-1, US-23, SR-32 | |
| Clay County | 9 | 8 | 63.2 | 0% | 25% | 38% | SR-1, SR-37 | |
| Treutlen County | 9 | 9 | 28.2 | 11% | 22% | 22% | I-16, SR-29, SR-46 | |
| Lanier County | 9 | 8 | 17.6 | 11% | 25% | 12% | SR-122, SR-11, SR-64 | |
| Wilkes County | 9 | 9 | 18.9 | 0% | 33% | 11% | SR-10, SR-17, SR-44 | |
| Randolph County | 9 | 8 | 29.1 | 0% | 12% | 12% | US-82, SR-1, SR-50 | |
| Turner County | 9 | 9 | 20.1 | 33% | 56% | 33% | I-75, SR-107, US-41 | |
| Baker County | 8 | 7 | 57.3 | 0% | 14% | 29% | SR-37, SR-91, SR-216 | |
| Pulaski County | 8 | 7 | 16.1 | 0% | 71% | 43% | SR-26, SR-11, SR-230 | |
| Early County | 8 | 8 | 15.1 | 0% | 25% | 25% | SR-62, SR-45, SR-38 | |
| Glascock County | 5 | 5 | 34.1 | 0% | 40% | 0% | SR-80, SR-171, SR-123 | |
| Johnson County | 4 | 4 | 8.7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-78 | |
| Schley County | 4 | 3 | 17.7 | 0% | 67% | 0% | SR-3 | |
| Echols County | 3 | 3 | 16.2 | 67% | 100% | 33% | SR-376, SR-94 | |
| Calhoun County | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | SR-62 | |
| Quitman County | 1 | 1 | 8.8 | 100% | 100% | 0% | SR-50 |
Deaths = people killed in crashes in the county, 2020–2024. Pedestrians = share of deaths who were on foot. At night = share of fatal crashes in the dark. Alcohol = share of fatal crashes where police reported a driver had been drinking. Rate = yearly average deaths ÷ average population × 100,000. Source: NHTSA FARS, U.S. Census Bureau.
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Questions
Dangerous counties — FAQ
What is the most dangerous county in Georgia for driving?
Fulton County recorded the most road deaths in Georgia from 2020 to 2024 (665), while McIntosh County had the highest death rate, 53 per 100,000 residents a year against 15.1 for the state as a whole. Big counties lead on counts because more people drive there; the rate shows the risk for each resident.
How many people died on Georgia roads from 2020 to 2024?
8,276 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 1,655 a year.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every fatal crash in NHTSA's FARS census for 2020–2024, placed in the county where it happened, divided by the county's average population from the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates are only ranked for counties with at least 10,000 residents.