Counties in Georgia by traffic fatality rate
Taliaferro County had the highest traffic fatality rate of 159 counties in 2018, at 310.2 per 100,000 people. Wilcox County had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 19.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Georgia was 14.3 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.
Map of counties, 2018
- Under 10
- 10 to 14
- 14 to 20
- 20 to 27
- 27 to 34
- 34 and over
Top 40 counties, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taliaferro County | 310.2 | +248.2 pts |
| 2 | Dooly County | 91.3 | +83.2 pts |
| 3 | Heard County | 79.2 | +61.6 pts |
| 4 | Clay County | 69.6 | +69.6 pts |
| 5 | Dade County | 67.2 | +55 pts |
| 6 | Seminole County | 65.5 | +65.5 pts |
| 7 | Hancock County | 58.6 | +24.1 pts |
| 8 | Macon County | 55.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 9 | McIntosh County | 52.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 10 | Talbot County | 50.5 | -33.5 pts |
| 11 | Early County | 45.9 | -18.5 pts |
| 12 | McDuffie County | 45.7 | +18.2 pts |
| 13 | Webster County | 42 | +42 pts |
| 14 | Burke County | 41.5 | -8.6 pts |
| 15 | Pulaski County | 40 | +30.3 pts |
| 16 | Washington County | 39.5 | -5.1 pts |
| 17 | Banks County | 39.2 | +22.3 pts |
| 18 | Warren County | 38.3 | -18.8 pts |
| 19 | Evans County | 37.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 20 | Twiggs County | 37 | -36.1 pts |
| 21 | Atkinson County | 36.4 | +24.1 pts |
| 22 | Emanuel County | 35.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 23 | Glascock County | 34.6 | +34.6 pts |
| 24 | Calhoun County | 34.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 25 | Jenkins County | 34.4 | +34.4 pts |
| 26 | Meriwether County | 34 | +14.6 pts |
| 27 | Turner County | 34 | +11 pts |
| 28 | Lumpkin County | 33.9 | +6.1 pts |
| 29 | Stephens County | 33.8 | -11.9 pts |
| 30 | Miller County | 33.7 | +33.7 pts |
| 31 | Brantley County | 33.3 | +11 pts |
| 32 | Ware County | 33.3 | +16.6 pts |
| 33 | Charlton County | 33.1 | +16.6 pts |
| 33 | Towns County | 33.1 | +7.6 pts |
| 35 | Terrell County | 32.9 | -10.8 pts |
| 36 | Putnam County | 32.7 | -4.7 pts |
| 37 | Morgan County | 31.1 | -16.8 pts |
| 38 | Brooks County | 30.8 | +30.8 pts |
| 39 | Haralson County | 30.7 | +13.5 pts |
| 40 | Franklin County | 30.5 | -4.6 pts |
| 41 | Telfair County | 30.4 | -6.6 pts |
| 42 | Tattnall County | 29.9 | +8.7 pts |
| 43 | Clinch County | 29.7 | -14.6 pts |
| 44 | Toombs County | 29.6 | +14.8 pts |
| 45 | Peach County | 28.9 | -4.1 pts |
| 46 | Butts County | 28.9 | +16.4 pts |
| 47 | Screven County | 28.5 | -14.3 pts |
| 48 | Dawson County | 28 | -0.8 pts |
| 49 | Candler County | 27.7 | -9.6 pts |
| 50 | Berrien County | 27.5 | +5.5 pts |
| 51 | Hart County | 27.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 52 | Jeff Davis County | 27.3 | +6.9 pts |
| 53 | Echols County | 27 | -27.3 pts |
| 54 | Appling County | 26.9 | -11 pts |
| 55 | Bacon County | 26.9 | -8.6 pts |
| 56 | Harris County | 26.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 57 | Wayne County | 26.7 | -3.4 pts |
| 58 | Gilmer County | 26.2 | -7.1 pts |
| 59 | Wheeler County | 26.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 60 | Lincoln County | 26.1 | +26.1 pts |
| 61 | Bartow County | 25.4 | +9.2 pts |
| 62 | Baldwin County | 25.1 | +6.9 pts |
| 63 | Jones County | 24.8 | -3.6 pts |
| 64 | Gordon County | 24.6 | +15.8 pts |
| 65 | Floyd County | 24.5 | +12.2 pts |
| 66 | Worth County | 23.9 | -23.5 pts |
| 67 | Barrow County | 23.8 | +8.4 pts |
| 68 | Cook County | 23.4 | -5.7 pts |
| 69 | Montgomery County | 22.8 | -34.7 pts |
| 70 | Newton County | 22 | +6.2 pts |
| 71 | Monroe County | 21.8 | -22.4 pts |
| 72 | Johnson County | 21.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 73 | Bibb County | 21.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 74 | Coffee County | 21 | +2.3 pts |
| 75 | Chattahoochee County | 20.8 | -21.9 pts |
| 76 | Irwin County | 20.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 77 | Laurens County | 20.4 | -6.2 pts |
| 78 | Madison County | 20.3 | +3.2 pts |
| 79 | Chattooga County | 20.1 | -4.1 pts |
| 80 | Jackson County | 19.8 | -15.5 pts |
| 81 | Thomas County | 19.8 | -2.1 pts |
| 82 | Crisp County | 19.1 | +9.7 pts |
| 83 | Carroll County | 18.9 | -5.3 pts |
| 84 | Stewart County | 18.8 | -18.6 pts |
| 85 | Long County | 18.8 | -31.2 pts |
| 86 | Troup County | 18.7 | -2.8 pts |
| 87 | White County | 18.2 | -7.4 pts |
| 88 | Spalding County | 18.2 | +2.9 pts |
| 89 | Rabun County | 18.1 | -18.7 pts |
| 90 | Mitchell County | 18 | -22.2 pts |
| 91 | Colquitt County | 17.5 | -8.7 pts |
| 92 | Oconee County | 17.4 | +1.9 pts |
| 93 | Tift County | 17 | -7.4 pts |
| 94 | Greene County | 16.8 | -12 pts |
| 95 | Sumter County | 16.7 | -3.3 pts |
| 96 | Crawford County | 16.5 | -24.8 pts |
| 97 | Lamar County | 16.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 98 | Pike County | 16.3 | -28 pts |
| 99 | Treutlen County | 15.6 | -31 pts |
| 100 | Elbert County | 15.5 | 0 pts |
| 101 | Lowndes County | 15.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 102 | Clayton County | 15.3 | +4.2 pts |
| 103 | Walton County | 14.9 | +2.9 pts |
| 104 | Dodge County | 14.7 | -14.8 pts |
| 105 | DeKalb County | 14.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 106 | Jasper County | 14.1 | -35.9 pts |
| 107 | Walker County | 13.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 108 | Marion County | 13.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 109 | Glynn County | 13.1 | -6 pts |
| 110 | Effingham County | 13 | +2.9 pts |
| 111 | Union County | 12.8 | -17.7 pts |
| 112 | Douglas County | 12.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 113 | Whitfield County | 12.6 | 0 pts |
| 114 | Chatham County | 12.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 115 | Fulton County | 12.5 | +1.4 pts |
| 116 | Hall County | 12.1 | -3.7 pts |
| 117 | Fayette County | 12 | -0.1 pts |
| 118 | Bryan County | 12 | +2 pts |
| 119 | Polk County | 11.8 | -4.9 pts |
| 120 | Ben Hill County | 11.6 | -5.6 pts |
| 121 | Dougherty County | 11.3 | -3.3 pts |
| 122 | Richmond County | 11.2 | -4.4 pts |
| 123 | Paulding County | 11.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 124 | Liberty County | 11.2 | -10.9 pts |
| 125 | Wilkinson County | 11.1 | -33.5 pts |
| 126 | Upson County | 11 | +11 pts |
| 127 | Decatur County | 10.3 | -31.3 pts |
| 128 | Henry County | 10.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 129 | Muscogee County | 10.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 130 | Bulloch County | 10.3 | -8 pts |
| 131 | Wilkes County | 10.3 | 0 pts |
| 132 | Pierce County | 10.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 133 | Coweta County | 9.8 | -6.6 pts |
| 134 | Clarke County | 9.4 | +4.7 pts |
| 135 | Rockdale County | 8.6 | -6.6 pts |
| 136 | Fannin County | 8 | -16.5 pts |
| 137 | Columbia County | 7.9 | -6.2 pts |
| 138 | Grady County | 7.7 | -19.3 pts |
| 139 | Houston County | 7.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 140 | Cobb County | 7.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 141 | Camden County | 7.5 | -11.4 pts |
| 142 | Catoosa County | 7.4 | +2.9 pts |
| 143 | Cherokee County | 7 | -5.8 pts |
| 144 | Oglethorpe County | 6.8 | +6.8 pts |
| 145 | Forsyth County | 6.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 146 | Gwinnett County | 6.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 147 | Habersham County | 6.6 | -9.1 pts |
| 148 | Jefferson County | 6.3 | -18.8 pts |
| 149 | Pickens County | 6.2 | -19 pts |
| 150 | Murray County | 5 | -10.1 pts |
| 151 | Lee County | 3.1 | -3.2 pts |
| 152 | Baker County | 0 | -65.2 pts |
| 152 | Bleckley County | 0 | -8 pts |
| 152 | Lanier County | 0 | 0 pts |
| 152 | Quitman County | 0 | 0 pts |
| 152 | Randolph County | 0 | -14.8 pts |
| 152 | Schley County | 0 | 0 pts |
| 152 | Taylor County | 0 | -75 pts |
| 152 | Wilcox County | 0 | -11.2 pts |
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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.
How to cite
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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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, 2018}},
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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=2018. 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?
Taliaferro County, with 310.2 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to NHTSA and BEA.
Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?
Wilcox County, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
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