Counties in Georgia by traffic fatality rate
Taliaferro County had the highest traffic fatality rate of 159 counties in 2021, at 255.3 per 100,000 people. Webster County had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 20.7 per 100,000 people and the figure for Georgia was 16.8 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.
Map of counties, 2021
- Under 11
- 11 to 16
- 16 to 21
- 21 to 29
- 29 to 37
- 37 and over
Top 40 counties, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taliaferro County | 255.3 | +62.7 pts |
| 2 | Clay County | 139.5 | +104.1 pts |
| 3 | Clinch County | 89.4 | +74.6 pts |
| 4 | Twiggs County | 88.8 | +51.4 pts |
| 5 | Oglethorpe County | 79 | +52.1 pts |
| 6 | Baker County | 70.8 | -34.4 pts |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 64.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 8 | Franklin County | 63.8 | +21.2 pts |
| 9 | Worth County | 63.2 | +29.4 pts |
| 10 | Stewart County | 61.1 | +4.4 pts |
| 11 | Meriwether County | 53.1 | +9.4 pts |
| 12 | Talbot County | 52.1 | +17.2 pts |
| 13 | Taylor County | 51.5 | +25.9 pts |
| 14 | Brooks County | 49.2 | +36.9 pts |
| 15 | Rabun County | 46.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 16 | Hancock County | 46.1 | -11.3 pts |
| 17 | Jenkins County | 45.6 | +34.1 pts |
| 18 | Wilkinson County | 45.5 | -33.7 pts |
| 19 | Burke County | 45.1 | +20.8 pts |
| 20 | Quitman County | 44.7 | +44.7 pts |
| 21 | Schley County | 44.6 | +44.6 pts |
| 22 | Crisp County | 40 | +10.1 pts |
| 23 | Wheeler County | 38.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 24 | Decatur County | 37.8 | +27.6 pts |
| 25 | Banks County | 37.6 | +26.6 pts |
| 26 | Evans County | 37.4 | -8.9 pts |
| 27 | Colquitt County | 37.1 | +6.6 pts |
| 28 | McIntosh County | 36.2 | -27.5 pts |
| 29 | Elbert County | 35.8 | +5.3 pts |
| 30 | Screven County | 35.5 | 0 pts |
| 31 | Putnam County | 35.4 | +21.8 pts |
| 32 | Emanuel County | 34.9 | +13.1 pts |
| 33 | Cook County | 34.8 | -11.7 pts |
| 34 | Montgomery County | 34.7 | +11.4 pts |
| 35 | Heard County | 34.7 | +26 pts |
| 36 | Gilmer County | 34.3 | +18.4 pts |
| 37 | Miller County | 34.2 | +17.5 pts |
| 38 | Macon County | 33.7 | -66.1 pts |
| 39 | Chattahoochee County | 33.2 | +22.6 pts |
| 40 | Crawford County | 32.9 | +16.4 pts |
| 41 | Randolph County | 31.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 42 | White County | 31.7 | +21 pts |
| 43 | Wilkes County | 31.6 | -10.3 pts |
| 44 | Bibb County | 31.4 | +10.4 pts |
| 45 | Greene County | 30.7 | +14.9 pts |
| 46 | Washington County | 30.3 | +5.3 pts |
| 47 | Laurens County | 30.3 | +4 pts |
| 48 | Coffee County | 30.2 | -4.6 pts |
| 49 | Lee County | 30.1 | +21.1 pts |
| 50 | Polk County | 30 | +2.1 pts |
| 51 | Lanier County | 29.8 | +9.7 pts |
| 52 | Madison County | 29.1 | +12.6 pts |
| 53 | Morgan County | 29 | -10.5 pts |
| 54 | Bartow County | 28.8 | +3.2 pts |
| 55 | Whitfield County | 28.2 | +12.7 pts |
| 56 | Early County | 28.2 | +18.9 pts |
| 57 | Sumter County | 27.6 | +20.8 pts |
| 58 | Troup County | 27.3 | +7.1 pts |
| 59 | Floyd County | 26.4 | +16.3 pts |
| 60 | Newton County | 25.1 | +5.7 pts |
| 61 | Bulloch County | 24.8 | -5.2 pts |
| 62 | Lumpkin County | 24.4 | +3.5 pts |
| 63 | Monroe County | 24.3 | -22 pts |
| 64 | Atkinson County | 23.9 | +11.9 pts |
| 65 | Lowndes County | 23.5 | +13.4 pts |
| 66 | Walker County | 23.4 | +5.7 pts |
| 67 | Grady County | 23.2 | -11.1 pts |
| 68 | Baldwin County | 22.9 | -2.2 pts |
| 69 | Wilcox County | 22.9 | -34 pts |
| 70 | Ware County | 22.5 | -2.3 pts |
| 71 | Turner County | 22.4 | +11.3 pts |
| 72 | Stephens County | 22.4 | +3.8 pts |
| 73 | Toombs County | 22.3 | -3.5 pts |
| 74 | Richmond County | 21.9 | +7.4 pts |
| 75 | Clayton County | 21.7 | +5.4 pts |
| 76 | Appling County | 21.7 | -10.9 pts |
| 77 | Liberty County | 21 | -28 pts |
| 78 | Barrow County | 20.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 78 | Tattnall County | 20.7 | -3.9 pts |
| 80 | Dougherty County | 20.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 81 | Rockdale County | 20.2 | +2.1 pts |
| 82 | Wayne County | 19.8 | -6.7 pts |
| 83 | Thomas County | 19.6 | -2.2 pts |
| 84 | Jefferson County | 19.4 | -12.5 pts |
| 85 | Habersham County | 19.3 | +10.6 pts |
| 86 | Spalding County | 19.2 | -3 pts |
| 87 | Warren County | 19.2 | -57.6 pts |
| 88 | Butts County | 19.1 | -23.9 pts |
| 89 | DeKalb County | 19.1 | +7.2 pts |
| 90 | Hart County | 19 | +7.4 pts |
| 91 | Carroll County | 18.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 92 | Glynn County | 18.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 93 | Dade County | 18.5 | -6.1 pts |
| 94 | Dooly County | 18.4 | -26.4 pts |
| 95 | Candler County | 18.3 | -18 pts |
| 96 | Peach County | 17.7 | -18 pts |
| 97 | Dawson County | 17.5 | +2.8 pts |
| 98 | Murray County | 17.5 | -5 pts |
| 99 | Coweta County | 17.3 | +1 pts |
| 100 | Gordon County | 17.2 | +8.5 pts |
| 101 | Walton County | 17 | +7.8 pts |
| 102 | Bryan County | 17 | +5.9 pts |
| 103 | Clarke County | 17 | +6.9 pts |
| 104 | Harris County | 16.9 | +5.4 pts |
| 105 | Berrien County | 16.6 | -11 pts |
| 106 | Bleckley County | 16.3 | -39.6 pts |
| 107 | Jackson County | 16.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 108 | Chattooga County | 16.1 | -20 pts |
| 109 | Lamar County | 16 | -5.5 pts |
| 110 | Douglas County | 15.8 | +6.8 pts |
| 111 | Treutlen County | 15.7 | -46.9 pts |
| 112 | Towns County | 15.5 | -8.4 pts |
| 113 | Pierce County | 15 | -10.3 pts |
| 114 | Pickens County | 14.7 | -15.3 pts |
| 115 | Catoosa County | 14.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 116 | Tift County | 14.6 | -2.3 pts |
| 117 | Hall County | 14.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 118 | Upson County | 14.4 | 0 pts |
| 119 | Fulton County | 14.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 120 | Fayette County | 14.1 | +9.1 pts |
| 121 | Mitchell County | 14.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 122 | McDuffie County | 13.9 | -4.6 pts |
| 123 | Chatham County | 13.5 | +2 pts |
| 124 | Henry County | 13.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 125 | Marion County | 13.5 | -26.4 pts |
| 126 | Jeff Davis County | 13.5 | -47.3 pts |
| 127 | Muscogee County | 13.2 | +3.5 pts |
| 128 | Jasper County | 13.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 129 | Haralson County | 13.1 | -33.5 pts |
| 130 | Paulding County | 12.6 | -2.7 pts |
| 131 | Union County | 11.7 | -8.4 pts |
| 132 | Long County | 11.7 | -6.8 pts |
| 133 | Terrell County | 11.2 | -21.6 pts |
| 134 | Johnson County | 11.1 | -10.7 pts |
| 135 | Irwin County | 10.7 | +10.7 pts |
| 136 | Pulaski County | 10.4 | -19.9 pts |
| 137 | Houston County | 10.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 138 | Bacon County | 9 | -27 pts |
| 139 | Cobb County | 8.5 | -2.5 pts |
| 140 | Charlton County | 7.8 | -8.2 pts |
| 141 | Camden County | 7.2 | -3.8 pts |
| 142 | Jones County | 7 | -3.5 pts |
| 143 | Oconee County | 7 | -9.7 pts |
| 144 | Forsyth County | 6.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 145 | Effingham County | 6 | -9.4 pts |
| 146 | Ben Hill County | 5.8 | -11.6 pts |
| 147 | Brantley County | 5.5 | -16.6 pts |
| 148 | Gwinnett County | 5.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 149 | Columbia County | 5 | -2 pts |
| 150 | Cherokee County | 4.7 | -3.1 pts |
| 151 | Fannin County | 3.9 | -31.5 pts |
| 152 | Calhoun County | 0 | -17.9 pts |
| 152 | Dodge County | 0 | -30.1 pts |
| 152 | Echols County | 0 | -26.9 pts |
| 152 | Glascock County | 0 | -69.1 pts |
| 152 | Pike County | 0 | -15.8 pts |
| 152 | Seminole County | 0 | -54.7 pts |
| 152 | Telfair County | 0 | -32.1 pts |
| 152 | Webster County | 0 | 0 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.
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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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, 2021}},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatality-rate/georgia-counties?period=2021. 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 255.3 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to NHTSA and BEA.
Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?
Webster County, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
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