Counties in Georgia by traffic fatality rate
Talbot County had the highest traffic fatality rate of 159 counties in 2017, at 84 per 100,000 people. Webster County had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 19.4 per 100,000 people and the figure for Georgia was 14.8 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.
Map of counties, 2017
- Under 9.9
- 9.9 to 15
- 15 to 19
- 19 to 28
- 28 to 42
- 42 and over
Top 40 counties, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talbot County | 84 | +84 pts |
| 2 | Taylor County | 75 | +38 pts |
| 3 | Twiggs County | 73.1 | -12.2 pts |
| 4 | Baker County | 65.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 5 | Early County | 64.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 6 | Taliaferro County | 62 | +0.2 pts |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 57.4 | +23 pts |
| 8 | Warren County | 57.1 | -36.4 pts |
| 9 | Macon County | 54.9 | +39.5 pts |
| 10 | Echols County | 54.3 | +27.7 pts |
| 11 | McIntosh County | 51.6 | +9.7 pts |
| 12 | Burke County | 50.1 | +16.5 pts |
| 13 | Jasper County | 50 | +14 pts |
| 14 | Long County | 50 | +37.4 pts |
| 15 | Morgan County | 47.9 | -6.3 pts |
| 16 | Worth County | 47.4 | +38 pts |
| 17 | Treutlen County | 46.6 | +15.6 pts |
| 18 | Stephens County | 45.6 | +34.2 pts |
| 19 | Washington County | 44.6 | +15 pts |
| 20 | Wilkinson County | 44.6 | -10.7 pts |
| 21 | Clinch County | 44.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 22 | Pike County | 44.3 | +33 pts |
| 23 | Monroe County | 44.2 | -7.9 pts |
| 24 | Terrell County | 43.7 | +22.1 pts |
| 25 | Screven County | 42.8 | +14.4 pts |
| 26 | Chattahoochee County | 42.7 | +32 pts |
| 27 | Decatur County | 41.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 28 | Crawford County | 41.3 | +8.3 pts |
| 29 | Mitchell County | 40.2 | +22.4 pts |
| 30 | Appling County | 37.9 | +10.8 pts |
| 31 | Stewart County | 37.5 | +18.5 pts |
| 32 | Putnam County | 37.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 33 | Candler County | 37.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 34 | Telfair County | 37 | +15.4 pts |
| 35 | Evans County | 36.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 36 | Rabun County | 36.8 | +18.4 pts |
| 37 | Bacon County | 35.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 38 | Jackson County | 35.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 39 | Emanuel County | 35.3 | +13.1 pts |
| 40 | Franklin County | 35 | +3.6 pts |
| 41 | Hancock County | 34.4 | +11.7 pts |
| 42 | Calhoun County | 33.7 | +33.7 pts |
| 43 | Gilmer County | 33.3 | +13 pts |
| 44 | Peach County | 33 | +10.9 pts |
| 45 | Union County | 30.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 46 | Wayne County | 30.1 | +20.1 pts |
| 47 | Dodge County | 29.5 | +10 pts |
| 48 | Cook County | 29.1 | -17.6 pts |
| 49 | Greene County | 28.8 | +5.3 pts |
| 50 | Dawson County | 28.8 | +7.6 pts |
| 51 | Jones County | 28.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 52 | Lumpkin County | 27.8 | +11.7 pts |
| 53 | Hart County | 27.7 | +7.8 pts |
| 54 | McDuffie County | 27.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 55 | Harris County | 27.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 56 | Grady County | 26.9 | +7.7 pts |
| 57 | Laurens County | 26.6 | +8.1 pts |
| 58 | Colquitt County | 26.2 | +8.7 pts |
| 59 | Wheeler County | 25.8 | -12.5 pts |
| 60 | White County | 25.7 | -7.7 pts |
| 61 | Towns County | 25.5 | +8.2 pts |
| 62 | Pickens County | 25.2 | +15.5 pts |
| 63 | Jefferson County | 25.1 | -31 pts |
| 64 | Fannin County | 24.4 | +20.3 pts |
| 65 | Tift County | 24.4 | -4.9 pts |
| 66 | Carroll County | 24.2 | +6.7 pts |
| 67 | Chattooga County | 24.2 | -3.9 pts |
| 68 | Turner County | 23 | -23.2 pts |
| 69 | Brantley County | 22.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 70 | Liberty County | 22.1 | +9.4 pts |
| 71 | Berrien County | 22 | 0 pts |
| 72 | Thomas County | 21.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 73 | Bibb County | 21.8 | +3.8 pts |
| 74 | Troup County | 21.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 75 | Johnson County | 21.3 | -10.7 pts |
| 76 | Tattnall County | 21.2 | +12.8 pts |
| 77 | Irwin County | 20.9 | -10.7 pts |
| 78 | Jeff Davis County | 20.4 | -6.9 pts |
| 79 | Sumter County | 20 | -3 pts |
| 80 | Meriwether County | 19.4 | -19.2 pts |
| 81 | Glynn County | 19 | +10.7 pts |
| 82 | Camden County | 18.9 | +5.5 pts |
| 83 | Coffee County | 18.7 | +2.4 pts |
| 84 | Bulloch County | 18.3 | -5.7 pts |
| 85 | Baldwin County | 18.2 | -8.8 pts |
| 86 | Heard County | 17.6 | -18 pts |
| 87 | Haralson County | 17.2 | -7.2 pts |
| 88 | Ben Hill County | 17.2 | +5.8 pts |
| 89 | Madison County | 17.2 | +3.2 pts |
| 90 | Banks County | 17 | -28.8 pts |
| 91 | Polk County | 16.7 | -14.5 pts |
| 92 | Ware County | 16.7 | -13.9 pts |
| 93 | Lamar County | 16.6 | -0 pts |
| 94 | Charlton County | 16.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 95 | Coweta County | 16.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 96 | Bartow County | 16.2 | -9 pts |
| 97 | Newton County | 15.8 | -4 pts |
| 98 | Hall County | 15.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 99 | Habersham County | 15.6 | -11.5 pts |
| 100 | Richmond County | 15.6 | +7.3 pts |
| 101 | Elbert County | 15.5 | -20.7 pts |
| 102 | Oconee County | 15.5 | -8.5 pts |
| 103 | Barrow County | 15.4 | +2.3 pts |
| 104 | Spalding County | 15.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 105 | Rockdale County | 15.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 106 | Murray County | 15.1 | -5.3 pts |
| 107 | Toombs County | 14.8 | +3.8 pts |
| 108 | Randolph County | 14.8 | +14.8 pts |
| 109 | Lowndes County | 14.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 110 | Dougherty County | 14.7 | -7.7 pts |
| 111 | Columbia County | 14.1 | +2.4 pts |
| 112 | Marion County | 12.9 | -25.1 pts |
| 113 | Muscogee County | 12.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 114 | Cherokee County | 12.8 | +9.9 pts |
| 115 | DeKalb County | 12.6 | +1.9 pts |
| 116 | Whitfield County | 12.6 | 0 pts |
| 117 | Butts County | 12.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 118 | Floyd County | 12.3 | -6.3 pts |
| 119 | Atkinson County | 12.2 | -24.3 pts |
| 120 | Dade County | 12.2 | -6.1 pts |
| 121 | Fayette County | 12.2 | +5.1 pts |
| 122 | Douglas County | 12.1 | -3 pts |
| 123 | Walton County | 12 | -5.8 pts |
| 124 | Henry County | 11.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 125 | Walker County | 11.9 | -1.6 pts |
| 126 | Wilcox County | 11.2 | 0 pts |
| 127 | Clayton County | 11.1 | -5.9 pts |
| 128 | Fulton County | 11.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 129 | Pierce County | 10.3 | -10.4 pts |
| 130 | Wilkes County | 10.2 | -0 pts |
| 131 | Effingham County | 10.1 | -10.5 pts |
| 132 | Bryan County | 10 | -23.8 pts |
| 133 | Chatham County | 9.9 | -5.2 pts |
| 134 | Pulaski County | 9.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 135 | Paulding County | 9.6 | -4.2 pts |
| 136 | Crisp County | 9.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 137 | Gordon County | 8.9 | -14.2 pts |
| 138 | Dooly County | 8.2 | -39.4 pts |
| 139 | Bleckley County | 8 | -7.8 pts |
| 140 | Houston County | 7.7 | -3.3 pts |
| 141 | Gwinnett County | 7.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 142 | Cobb County | 7 | -0.8 pts |
| 143 | Forsyth County | 6.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 144 | Lee County | 6.3 | -3.3 pts |
| 145 | Clarke County | 4.7 | -5.7 pts |
| 146 | Catoosa County | 4.5 | -15.1 pts |
| 147 | Brooks County | 0 | -24.6 pts |
| 147 | Clay County | 0 | -33.4 pts |
| 147 | Glascock County | 0 | -68.6 pts |
| 147 | Jenkins County | 0 | -91.1 pts |
| 147 | Lanier County | 0 | -10.1 pts |
| 147 | Lincoln County | 0 | -26.1 pts |
| 147 | Miller County | 0 | -65.6 pts |
| 147 | Oglethorpe County | 0 | -13.9 pts |
| 147 | Quitman County | 0 | 0 pts |
| 147 | Schley County | 0 | -42 pts |
| 147 | Seminole County | 0 | -44 pts |
| 147 | Upson County | 0 | -14.8 pts |
| 147 | Webster County | 0 | -81.3 pts |
Other periods
About this ranking
Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened and divided by the resident population, so counties with busy highways and few residents can show very high rates. Differs from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate).
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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Invokely. (n.d.). NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents (Counties in Georgia by traffic fatality rate, 2017) [Data set]. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k
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NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents, Counties in Georgia by traffic fatality rate, 2017. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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title = {{NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents: Counties in Georgia by traffic fatality rate, 2017}},
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note = {Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatality-rate/georgia-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology\#traffic\_fatality\_rate\_per\_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Questions
Which county has the highest traffic fatality rate?
Talbot County, with 84 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to NHTSA and BEA.
Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?
Webster County, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Where does this ranking come from?
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