Georgia Accident Statistics
Each year, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety releases a comprehensive report with the statistics of auto accidents in Georgia.
From 2006 to 2015 Georgia saw a steady decrease in auto accident fatalities. However, in 2015 the number of fatalities began increasing. In 2018, Georgia enacted a hands-free cell phone law and we are once again seeing a decrease in fatalities on Georgia’s roadways. Here are the numbers for previous years:
| Year | Fatalities | Total Accidents |
| 2008 | 1,495 | 306,342 |
| 2009 | 1,292 | 286,896 |
| 2010 | 1,247 | 290,611 |
| 2011 | 1,226 | 289,002 |
| 2012 | 1,192 | 315,459 |
| 2013 | 1,180 | 332,067 |
| 2014 | 1,164 | 333,963 |
| 2015 | 1,432 | 339,008 |
| 2016 | 1,556 | 385,221 |
| 2017 | 1,540 | 379,437 |
| 2018 | 1,504 |
According to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Georgia is slightly above the national average for fatalities occurring out of every 100,000. Georgia had 14.79 fatalities for every 100,000 people, while the national average in the U.S. is 11.52.
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