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Traffic deaths in Greene County, Georgia

County in Georgia · United States

Deaths, 2024
4
Fatal crashes
3
Population
21.1K

In 2024, 4 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Greene County, Georgia. That was 100.0% more than in 2023 (2) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 19.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Georgia and 11.5 in the United States. Greene County had the 90th most traffic deaths among Georgia's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 21 people died, an average of 4.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 33% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

19.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 12.5
  • About 1.6 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

20.9

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 1.4 times the average in Georgia: 15.1
  • About 1.7 times the average in the United States: 12.3

+100%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

2 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

  • Georgia: -13%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 3 3
2021 6 6
2022 6 6
2023 2 2
2024 4 3

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 15.8
2021 30.7
2022 29.8
2023 9.7
2024 19.0

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Georgia: 20%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 4
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Greene County Share in Georgia
Pedestrians 0 0% 20%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 2 50% 23%
Speeding-related crashes 1 25% 24%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

33%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.4 times the share in Georgia: 23%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Georgia: 16%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Greene County Georgia United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 16.4% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 33.3% 23.4% 28.1%
At night 66.7% 53.7% 53.6%
At weekends 33.3% 30.1% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

67%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.2 times the share in Georgia: 54%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.1 times the share in Georgia: 30%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 3
1am 0
2am 0
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 0
8am 0
9am 3
10am 0
11am 0
12pm 2
1pm 1
2pm 1
3pm 2
4pm 1
5pm 1
6pm 2
7pm 2
8pm 0
9pm 1
10pm 0
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 1
Mon 4
Tue 4
Wed 1
Thu 3
Fri 3
Sat 4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 0
May 4
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 3
Sep 1
Oct 4
Nov 2
Dec 3

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 13
Cloudy 5
Rain 2

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 13
Dark - Not Lighted 7

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-205
  2. SR-443
  3. SR-152
  4. I-20 WB1
  5. CR-0153001
  6. CR-0178001
  7. CR-0194001
  8. FARMINGTON RD1
  9. MU-090401/N EAST STREET1
  10. SR-121

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 11
SUVs 7
Medium and heavy trucks 6
Pickup trucks 6
Other vehicles 1
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda Accord3
  2. Kia Optima3
  3. Dodge Durango2
  4. Freightliner Cascadia2
  5. Cadillac XTS1
  6. Chevrolet GMT-4001
  7. Dodge Charger1
  8. Dodge Ram1
  9. Ford F-3501
  10. Ford F-7501

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Nov 25, 2024 Union Point 1
May 21, 2024 — 2
May 4, 2024 — 1
Aug 15, 2023 Greensboro 1
Aug 10, 2023 Greensboro 1
Aug 7, 2022 Union Point 1
Jun 2, 2022 — 1
May 21, 2022 Greensboro 1
May 20, 2022 Greensboro 1
Mar 29, 2022 Greensboro 1
Jan 31, 2022 — 1
Dec 29, 2021 White Plains 1
Dec 18, 2021 — 1
Nov 22, 2021 — 1
Oct 18, 2021 — 1
Oct 7, 2021 — 1
Oct 1, 2021 — 1
Dec 15, 2020 — 1
Oct 23, 2020 — 1
Sep 26, 2020 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.