Georgia

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,634	1,729	1,693	1,641	1,493
Rural	860	800	740	836	700
Urban	733	655	725	737	687
Unknown	41	274	228	68	106
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.44	1.52	1.49	1.46
Rural	1.95	1.92	1.78	2.02
Urban	1.05	0.91	1.01	1.04
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	1,279	1,341	1,306	1,244	1,088
Restrained	511	516	507	488	406
Unrestrained	621	669	649	637	578
Unknown	147	156	150	119	104
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	403	433	454	445	416
Speeding-Related Fatalities	335	340	407	384	309
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	111	144	154	163	177
Helmeted	102	129	125	142	160
Unhelmeted	8	15	21	21	14
Unknown	1	0	8	0	3
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	2,351	2,506	2,422	2,296	2,057
Aged Under 15	3	9	6	3	4
Aged 15-20	307	317	292	281	217
Aged Under 21	310	326	298	284	221
Aged 21 and Over	2,011	2,148	2,088	1,985	1,800
Unknown Age	30	32	36	27	36
Pedestrian Fatalities	153	150	148	154	146

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Georgia	1,634	113,618	1.44	8,910,741	18.34
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Georgia	1,729	113,509	1.52	9,093,958	19.01
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Georgia	1,693	113,532	1.49	9,318,715	18.17
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Georgia	1,641	112,541	1.46	9,523,297	17.23
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Georgia	1,493			9,685,744	15.41
US	37,261	2,925,503	1.27	304,059,724	12.25
Best State*					5.59

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
2004	Georgia	1,634	536	33	461	28	0.41
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Georgia	1,729	562	33	477	28	0.42
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Georgia	1,693	605	36	511	30	0.45
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Georgia	1,641	583	36	503	31	0.45
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Georgia	1,493	551	37	473	32
US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
Best State*			21		16

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
2004	Georgia	1,634	403	25	0.35
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Georgia	1,729	433	25	0.38
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Georgia	1,693	454	27	0.40
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Georgia	1,641	445	27	0.40
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Georgia	1,493	416	28
US	37,261	11,773	32	0.40
Best State*			16

Year	Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
2004	Georgia	1,287	315	24	1,064	516	48	2,351	831	35
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Georgia	1,345	305	23	1,161	547	47	2,506	852	34
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Georgia	1,268	294	23	1,154	558	48	2,422	852	35
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Georgia	1,209	248	21	1,087	595	55	2,296	843	37
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Georgia	1,036	203	20	1,021	572	56	2,057	775	38
US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
Best State*			80			95			84

Year	Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
2004	Georgia	51	87
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Georgia	52	82
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Georgia	52
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Georgia	54	89
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Georgia	47	90
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	1,245	491	611	143	45	632	180
2005	1,312	500	660	152	43	641	153
2006	1,283	490	644	149	43	650	172
2007	1,225	477	631	117	43	613	171
2008	1,067	397	568	102	41	508	136

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	27	17	8	2	68	28
2005	26	15	8	3	65	26
2006	21	17	3	1	85	29
2007	16	10	4	2	71	15
2008	17	8	8	1	50	13

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	111	102	8	1	93	61	3
2005	144	129	15	0	90	77	5
2006	154	125	21	8	86	78	8
2007	163	142	21	0	87	84	8
2008	177	160	14	3	92	97	5

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	721	44	728	42	711	42	680	41	604	40
Light Truck - Pickup	285	17	337	19	297	18	275	17	252	17
Light Truck - Utility	204	12	213	12	210	12	219	13	181	12
Light Truck - Van	69	4	62	4	86	5	70	4	51	3
Large Truck	44	3	30	2	34	2	36	2	32	2
Bus	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	21	1	31	2	18	1	16	1	25	2
Total Occupants	1,345	82	1,403	81	1,358	80	1,306	80	1,145	77
Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	111	7	144	8	154	9	163	10	177	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	153	9	150	9	148	9	154	9	146	10
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	20	1	23	1	19	1	15	1	20	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	5	0	9	1	14	1	3	0	5	0
��Total Nonoccupants	178	11	182	11	181	11	172	10	171	11
Total	Total	1,634	100	1,729	100	1,693	100	1,641	100	1,493	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,634	1,729	1,693	1,641	1,493
- (1) Single Vehicle	810	909	915	874	834
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	248	229	232	229	180
- (3) Involving Speeding	335	340	407	384	309
- (4) Involving a Rollover	467	478	556	511	445
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	834	944	954	874	804
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	324	349	322	367	340

Year	Age	Total
2004	3	29	30	29	13	7	0	111
2005	6	34	53	25	17	9	0	144
2006	8	41	32	31	30	11	1	154
2007	7	53	43	29	19	11	1	163
2008	10	42	36	39	36	13	1	177

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	111	129,439	85.75
2005	144	142,010	101.4
2006	154	142,239	108.3
2007	163	172,430	94.53
2008	177

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	103	91	80	81
White Non-Hispanic	919	897	737	796
Black, Non-Hispanic	305	310	285	302
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	1	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	15	21	21	16
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	8	3	8
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	108	218	384	266
Total	1,456	1,547	1,512	1,469
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	30	19	16	17
White Non-Hispanic	77	80	67	58
Black, Non-Hispanic	57	52	46	64
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	2	5
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	0	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	14	28	50	27
Total	178	182	181	172
Total	Hispanic	133	110	96	98
White Non-Hispanic	996	977	804	854
Black, Non-Hispanic	362	362	331	366
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	1	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	15	22	23	21
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	9	3	9
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	122	246	434	293
Total	1,634	1,729	1,693	1,641

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Fulton County	119	118	116	109	113	7	7	7	7	8
2	Cobb County	62	71	65	59	67	4	4	4	4	4
3	Dekalb County	70	78	89	71	59	4	5	5	4	4
4	Gwinnett County	81	83	91	67	53	5	5	5	4	4
5	Chatham County	35	39	46	39	41	2	2	3	2	3
6	Bibb County	21	28	31	23	39	1	2	2	1	3
7	Richmond County	30	24	39	33	38	2	1	2	2	3
8	Henry County	35	29	22	26	34	2	2	1	2	2
9	Clayton County	20	30	32	35	33	1	2	2	2	2
10	Carroll County	27	26	28	32	28	2	2	2	2	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	515	550	566	499	505	32	32	33	30	34
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	1,118	1,178	1,125	1,142	988	68	68	67	70	66
Total	All Counties	1,633	1,728	1,691	1,641	1,493	100	100	100	100	100

1

Fulton County

119

118

116

109

113

7

8

2

Cobb County

62

71

65

59

67

4

3

Dekalb County

70

78

89

71

59

4

5

4

Gwinnett County

81

83

91

67

53

5

4

5

Chatham County

35

39

46

39

41

2

3

2

3

6

Bibb County

21

28

31

23

39

1

2

1

3

7

Richmond County

30

24

39

33

38

2

1

2

3

8

Henry County

35

29

22

26

34

2

1

2

9

Clayton County

20

30

32

35

33

1

2

10

Carroll County

27

26

28

32

28

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

515

550

566

499

505

32

33

30

34

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

1,118

1,178

1,125

1,142

988

68

67

70

66

Total

All Counties

1,633

1,728

1,691

1,641

1,493

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Warren County	32.61	65.94	67.52	68.02	102.67
2	Webster County	87.76	44.56	0.00	44.76	92.42
3	Miller County	65.16	16.41	0.00	64.98	80.84
4	Wheeler County	93.97	45.72	29.43	29.51	72.71
5	Appling County	45.13	16.93	50.97	39.10	72.07
6	Schley County	0.00	0.00	50.25	24.35	70.51
7	Macon County	50.96	29.56	29.56	22.25	66.57
8	Banks County	38.45	25.11	30.97	30.27	65.63
9	Stewart County	61.22	62.51	42.59	86.17	64.29
10	Greene County	39.20	51.87	45.43	25.57	63.96
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	91.47	86.04	73.37	79.98	71.32
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	17.73	18.44	17.67	16.61	14.87
Total Rate	All Counties	18.33	19.00	18.15	17.23	15.41

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+		BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2004	Georgia	1,634	536	33	461	28	0.41
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Georgia	1,729	562	33	477	28	0.42
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Georgia	1,693	605	36	511	30	0.45
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Georgia	1,641	583	36	503	31	0.45
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Georgia	1,493	551	37	473	32
	US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
	Best State*			21		16

Year		Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS
		Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent
2004	Georgia	1,287	315	24	1,064	516	48	2,351	831	35
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Georgia	1,345	305	23	1,161	547	47	2,506	852	34
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Georgia	1,268	294	23	1,154	558	48	2,422	852	35
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Georgia	1,209	248	21	1,087	595	55	2,296	843	37
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Georgia	1,036	203	20	1,021	572	56	2,057	775	38
	US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
	Best State*			80			95			84

Person Type		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	721	44	728	42	711	42	680	41	604	40
	Light Truck - Pickup	285	17	337	19	297	18	275	17	252	17
	Light Truck - Utility	204	12	213	12	210	12	219	13	181	12
	Light Truck - Van	69	4	62	4	86	5	70	4	51	3
	Large Truck	44	3	30	2	34	2	36	2	32	2
	Bus	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	21	1	31	2	18	1	16	1	25	2
	Total Occupants	1,345	82	1,403	81	1,358	80	1,306	80	1,145	77
	Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	111	7	144	8	154	9	163	10	177	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	153	9	150	9	148	9	154	9	146	10
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	20	1	23	1	19	1	15	1	20	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	5	0	9	1	14	1	3	0	5	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	178	11	182	11	181	11	172	10	171	11
Total	Total	1,634	100	1,729	100	1,693	100	1,641	100	1,493	100

Year	Age							Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Unknown	Total
2004	3	29	30	29	13	7	0	111
2005	6	34	53	25	17	9	0	144
2006	8	41	32	31	30	11	1	154
2007	7	53	43	29	19	11	1	163
2008	10	42	36	39	36	13	1	177