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Traffic deaths in Lamar County, Georgia

County in Georgia · United States

Deaths, 2024
4
Fatal crashes
4
Population
20.6K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Lamar County, Georgia. That was 100.0% more than in 2023 (2) and the most since 2020. The death rate was 19.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Georgia and 11.5 in the United States. Lamar County had the 90th most traffic deaths among Georgia's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 16 people died, an average of 3.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 25% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

19.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 12.5
  • About 1.7 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

16.4

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

  • About the same as the average in Georgia: 15.1
  • About 1.3 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 4 3
2021 3 3
2022 3 2
2023 2 2
2024 4 4

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 21.6
2021 16.0
2022 15.4
2023 9.8
2024 19.4

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 Lamar County Share in Georgia
Pedestrians 0 0% 20%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 25% 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

25%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in Georgia: 23%
  • About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.5 times the share in Georgia: 16%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Lamar County Georgia United States
Speeding-related 25.0% 16.4% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 25.0% 23.4% 28.1%
At night 100.0% 53.7% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 30.1% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.9 times the share in Georgia: 54%
  • About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 12
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
Dark - Not Lighted 9
Daylight 5

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. SR-367
  2. SR-72
  3. I-751
  4. CS-BELL RD1
  5. CS-055103/CHERRY ST1
  6. CR-012000/STEELE RD1
  7. CR-0213001

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 12
Pickup trucks 7
SUVs 3
Other vehicles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado2
  2. Ford F-1502
  3. Toyota Tacoma2
  4. Chevrolet Cavalier1
  5. Dodge Challenger1
  6. Ford Crown Victoria1
  7. Ford Fiesta1
  8. Honda Accord1
  9. Jeep Cherokee1
  10. Jeep Liberty1

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 28, 2024 Barnesville 1
Oct 22, 2024 Milner 1
Aug 19, 2024 — 1
Jul 10, 2024 Barnesville 1
Sep 11, 2023 — 1
May 22, 2023 Milner 1
Oct 14, 2022 Barnesville 2
Jun 18, 2022 — 1
Dec 15, 2021 Barnesville 1
May 26, 2021 — 1
Mar 5, 2021 Milner 1
Nov 15, 2020 — 1
Sep 25, 2020 — 1
Sep 9, 2020 — 2

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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.