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Traffic deaths in Georgia in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
1,796
Fatal crashes
1,677
Population
10.9M

In 2022, 1,796 people died in 1,677 fatal crashes in Georgia, about 5 a day. That was 0.7% fewer than in 2021 (1,809) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 16.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. Georgia had the 4th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 14th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 19% of deaths, and 23% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

16.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About 1.3 times the rate in the United States: 12.8

-1%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

1,809 deaths in 2021, 1,796 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

Georgia traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

19%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1,201
Pedestrians 345
Motorcyclists 221
Cyclists 29
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in Georgia Share in the US
Pedestrians 345 19% 18%
Motorcyclists 221 12% 15%
Cyclists 29 2% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 509 28% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 422 23% 28%

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

23%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

22%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 26%
Crash factors in 2022
Category Georgia United States
Speeding-related 21.5% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 23.1% 27.7%
At night 57.5% 53.9%
At weekends 34.9% 33.3%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

58%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

35%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 89
1am 59
2am 80
3am 54
4am 42
5am 57
6am 75
7am 69
8am 50
9am 33
10am 49
11am 47
12pm 52
1pm 48
2pm 54
3pm 70
4pm 75
5pm 83
6pm 97
7pm 86
8pm 106
9pm 114
10pm 98
11pm 83

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 285
Mon 215
Tue 185
Wed 199
Thu 227
Fri 265
Sat 301

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 123
Feb 147
Mar 157
Apr 126
May 125
Jun 136
Jul 161
Aug 118
Sep 141
Oct 175
Nov 125
Dec 143

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 1,204
Cloudy 308
Rain 134
Fog, Smog, Smoke 25
Other 1
Snow 1

All crashes 2022. 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 710
Dark - Not Lighted 670
Dark - Lighted 251
Dawn 23
Dusk 22
Dark - Unknown Lighting 1

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-7559
  2. I-2040
  3. I-8528
  4. I-28526
  5. SR-52021
  6. SR-2018
  7. SR-118
  8. SR-1617
  9. SR-317
  10. I-9515

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 954
SUVs 483
Pickup trucks 400
Medium and heavy trucks 272
Motorcycles 225
Other vehicles 91
Vans 86
Buses 5
Other light trucks 1

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado87
  2. Ford F-15078
  3. Honda Accord68
  4. Freightliner Cascadia49
  5. Toyota Camry46
  6. Honda Civic46
  7. Nissan Altima43
  8. Toyota Corolla39
  9. Dodge Charger37
  10. Ford F-25035

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 2022. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Aug 21, 2022 Columbus, Muscogee County 1
Aug 21, 2022 Braselton, Jackson County 1
Aug 21, 2022 Perry, Houston County 1
Aug 21, 2022 Winder, Barrow County 1
Aug 21, 2022 Villa Rica, Carroll County 1
Aug 21, 2022 Thomson, McDuffie County 1
Aug 21, 2022 DeKalb County 1
Aug 19, 2022 Rome, Floyd County 1
Aug 19, 2022 Hamilton, Harris County 1
Aug 19, 2022 Cairo, Grady County 1
Aug 19, 2022 Monroe County 1
Aug 18, 2022 Worth County 1
Aug 18, 2022 Jefferson, Jackson County 1
Aug 18, 2022 Lindale, Floyd County 1
Aug 18, 2022 Dalton, Whitfield County 1
Aug 18, 2022 Thomasville, Thomas County 1
Aug 17, 2022 Duluth, Gwinnett County 1
Aug 17, 2022 Stillmore, Emanuel County 3
Aug 15, 2022 Forest Park, Clayton County 1
Aug 15, 2022 Forest Park, Clayton County 1
Aug 15, 2022 Marietta, Cobb County 1
Aug 15, 2022 Rincon, Effingham County 1
Aug 15, 2022 Brooklet, Bulloch County 1
Aug 15, 2022 Decatur, DeKalb County 1
Aug 15, 2022 Augusta, Richmond County 1

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Counties in Georgia in 2022

Area Deaths, 2022 Per 100,000
Appling County 2 10.8
Atkinson County 4 48.7
Bacon County 2 17.9
Baker County 0 —
Baldwin County 9 20.6
Banks County 5 25.7
Barrow County 14 15.6
Bartow County 29 25.7
Ben Hill County 5 29.3
Berrien County 4 21.9
Bibb County 51 32.6
Bleckley County 4 32.6
Brantley County 1 5.5
Brooks County 6 36.9
Bryan County 3 6.2
Bulloch County 13 15.7
Burke County 6 24.6
Butts County 9 33.6
Calhoun County 0 —
Camden County 7 12.3
Candler County 6 54.5
Carroll County 26 21.0
Catoosa County 13 18.9
Charlton County 4 31.1
Chatham County 40 13.3
Chattahoochee County 4 45.9
Chattooga County 14 56.2
Cherokee County 25 8.9
Clarke County 11 8.5
Clay County 1 35.0
Clayton County 59 19.8
Clinch County 1 14.9
Cobb County 69 8.9
Coffee County 9 20.8
Colquitt County 15 32.7
Columbia County 11 6.8
Cook County 14 80.5
Coweta County 20 13.1
Crawford County 1 8.2
Crisp County 5 25.3
Dade County 5 31.0
Dawson County 4 13.2
DeKalb County 126 16.5
Decatur County 10 34.3
Dodge County 5 25.2
Dooly County 6 56.6
Dougherty County 20 24.1
Douglas County 25 16.9
Early County 1 9.5
Echols County 0 —
Effingham County 14 20.3
Elbert County 3 15.1
Emanuel County 8 34.9
Evans County 3 28.1
Fannin County 7 27.2
Fayette County 10 8.2
Floyd County 18 18.1
Forsyth County 24 9.0
Franklin County 8 33.1
Fulton County 160 14.9
Gilmer County 8 24.7
Glascock County 2 68.4
Glynn County 16 18.8
Gordon County 13 22.1
Grady County 5 19.2
Greene County 6 29.8
Gwinnett County 66 6.7
Habersham County 7 14.8
Hall County 32 15.0
Hancock County 6 71.0
Haralson County 14 44.7
Harris County 6 16.5
Hart County 11 41.0
Heard County 6 51.3
Henry County 43 17.3
Houston County 23 13.6
Irwin County 5 54.8
Jackson County 22 26.1
Jasper County 8 50.1
Jeff Davis County 3 20.1
Jefferson County 4 26.1
Jenkins County 1 11.5
Johnson County 1 10.8
Jones County 4 14.1
Lamar County 3 15.4
Lanier County 2 19.7
Laurens County 11 22.1
Lee County 7 20.8
Liberty County 7 10.3
Lincoln County 0 —
Long County 4 21.8
Lowndes County 19 15.9
Lumpkin County 7 20.2
Macon County 3 25.5
Madison County 9 28.6
Marion County 1 13.4
McDuffie County 6 27.6
McIntosh County 6 53.6
Meriwether County 7 33.6
Miller County 2 34.6
Mitchell County 5 23.6
Monroe County 11 37.4
Montgomery County 7 81.0
Morgan County 2 9.5
Murray County 6 14.9
Muscogee County 25 12.3
Newton County 14 11.9
Oconee County 5 11.5
Oglethorpe County 2 12.9
Paulding County 10 5.6
Peach County 5 17.5
Pickens County 6 17.2
Pierce County 2 9.9
Pike County 0 —
Polk County 8 18.3
Pulaski County 1 10.1
Putnam County 9 39.3
Quitman County 0 —
Rabun County 12 69.3
Randolph County 3 48.7
Richmond County 34 16.4
Rockdale County 15 15.8
Schley County 2 44.4
Screven County 5 35.8
Seminole County 3 32.9
Spalding County 15 21.7
Stephens County 5 18.7
Stewart County 4 86.3
Sumter County 6 20.8
Talbot County 3 52.1
Taliaferro County 4 249.7
Tattnall County 5 20.8
Taylor County 0 —
Telfair County 4 32.2
Terrell County 9 102.4
Thomas County 5 11.0
Tift County 11 26.6
Toombs County 10 37.2
Towns County 5 38.7
Treutlen County 1 15.7
Troup County 16 22.7
Turner County 2 22.6
Twiggs County 5 65.3
Union County 2 7.6
Upson County 7 24.9
Walker County 6 8.7
Walton County 14 13.6
Ware County 10 28.0
Warren County 7 135.8
Washington County 5 25.3
Wayne County 2 6.5
Webster County 7 298.8
Wheeler County 7 95.9
White County 8 27.8
Whitfield County 16 15.5
Wilcox County 2 22.9
Wilkes County 1 10.4
Wilkinson County 5 57.4
Worth County 10 49.1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.