What is the deadliest road in Georgia?

I-75 had the most fatal crashes of any numbered road in Georgia from 2015 to 2024: 610, with 689 deaths. I-20 was second with 372 and I-85 third with 318. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Which interstate in Georgia is the most dangerous per mile?

I-20, with 18.5 fatal crashes a year per 100 miles over 2015 to 2024 on 202 miles. That is crashes per mile of road, not per vehicle.

How many fatal crashes in Georgia happen on numbered roads?

8,633 of 14,652 fatal crashes in Georgia from 2015 to 2024 (59%) were filed on an interstate, US or state route; the rest were on county roads, city streets and unnamed roads, which are in the state's total but not ranked here.

The deadliest roads in Georgia

I-75 had the most fatal crashes of any numbered road in Georgia from 2015 to 2024: 610, with 689 deaths. The 60 roads listed held 38% of all fatal crashes in Georgia from 2015 to 2024; 6 are interstates, 12 US routes, 42 state highways.

476 numbered roads in Georgia recorded a fatal crash in those years; the 60 with 5 or more are ranked below, and 47 have a page of their own. All fatal crashes in Georgia.

Every numbered road in Georgia, ranked by fatal crashes

	Road	Kind	Fatal crashes	Deaths	2022 to 2024	Counties with the most
1	I-75	Interstate	610	689	193	Fulton, Cobb, Henry
2	I-20	Interstate	372	412	126	DeKalb, Fulton, Douglas
3	I-85	Interstate	318	347	88	Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb
4	I-285	Interstate	233	251	74	DeKalb, Fulton, Clayton
5	State Highway 3	State highway	156	161	42	Clayton, Spalding, Bartow
6	US 19	US route	128	139	39	Clayton, Spalding, Fulton
7	I-95	Interstate	122	143	40	Chatham, Camden, Glynn
8	US 27	US route	121	132	39	Muscogee, Floyd, Carroll
9	State Highway 20	State highway	120	133	45	Gwinnett, Bartow, Henry
10	I-16	Interstate	116	148	32	Chatham, Bulloch, Laurens
11	State Highway 1	State highway	114	125	42	Floyd, Chattooga, Walker
12	State Highway 11	State highway	108	118	24	Walton, Jackson, Hall
13	US 23	US route	99	112	33	DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett
14	State Highway 10	State highway	91	93	31	DeKalb, Clarke, Gwinnett
15	State Highway 138	State highway	90	102	23	Clayton, Fulton, Rockdale
16	US 29	US route	89	103	23	Fulton, Gwinnett, Barrow
17	State Highway 53	State highway	89	96	29	Gordon, Hall, Floyd
18	State Highway 5	State highway	87	89	30	Cobb, Pickens, Douglas
19	State Highway 92	State highway	86	95	22	Cherokee, Douglas, Fayette
20	US 41	US route	85	89	27	Cobb, Bartow, Bibb
21	State Highway 15	State highway	83	95	24	Rabun, Washington, Jackson
22	State Highway 520	State highway	82	93	39	Ware, Tift, Chattahoochee
23	US 278	US route	80	84	31	DeKalb, Paulding, Polk
24	State Highway 17	State highway	78	84	28	Stephens, Habersham, Elbert
25	State Highway 8	State highway	75	80	26	Gwinnett, Madison, Barrow
26	State Highway 120	State highway	75	79	11	Cobb, Paulding, DeKalb
27	US 78	US route	73	76	30	DeKalb, Clarke, Richmond
28	State Highway 16	State highway	70	74	27	Spalding, Coweta, Carroll
29	State Highway 42	State highway	69	73	21	DeKalb, Monroe, Clayton
30	US 129	US route	64	66	11	Bibb, Hall, Jones
31	State Highway 155	State highway	62	65	16	DeKalb, Henry, Spalding
32	State Highway 139	State highway	61	64	12	Fulton, Clayton, Cobb
33	State Highway 6	State highway	60	64	15	Douglas, Paulding, Fulton
34	State Highway 14	State highway	57	64	20	Fulton, Coweta, Troup
35	US 441	US route	56	61	20	Baldwin, Jackson, Habersham
36	State Highway 2	State highway	55	64	27	Walker, Rabun, Catoosa
37	State Highway 25	State highway	55	61	19	Chatham, Glynn, McIntosh
38	State Highway 38	State highway	55	61	16	Lowndes, Liberty, Decatur
39	State Highway 52	State highway	55	56	19	Gilmer, Lumpkin, Hall
40	State Highway 61	State highway	54	57	18	Carroll, Bartow, Paulding
41	State Highway 24	State highway	53	60	9	Putnam, Baldwin, Burke
42	State Highway 22	State highway	53	55	14	Hancock, Bibb, Muscogee
43	State Highway 9	State highway	53	55	14	Fulton, Forsyth, Lumpkin
44	State Highway 124	State highway	52	59	18	Gwinnett, DeKalb, Jackson
45	State Highway 166	State highway	51	58	12	Carroll, Fulton, Douglas
46	State Highway 26	State highway	51	56	17	Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham
47	State Highway 49	State highway	50	58	13	Peach, Baldwin, Macon
48	US 80	US route	50	53	18	Chatham, Muscogee, Bibb
49	US 84	US route	50	52	10	Wayne, Lowndes, Thomas
50	State Highway 400	State highway	49	55	13	Fulton, Forsyth, Dawson
51	State Highway 54	State highway	49	53	13	Clayton, Fayette, Coweta
52	State Highway 85	State highway	49	51	15	Clayton, Fayette, Meriwether
53	State Highway 96	State highway	48	51	12	Peach, Twiggs, Houston
54	State Highway 56	State highway	47	53	12	Richmond, Burke, Toombs
55	State Highway 316	State highway	46	56	13	Gwinnett, Barrow, Oconee
56	State Highway 4	State highway	46	51	14	Richmond, Jefferson, Toombs
57	US 1	US route	44	45	13	Richmond, Ware, Toombs
58	State Highway 70	State highway	41	44	8	Fulton, Coweta, Douglas
59	State Highway 74	State highway	41	42	14	Bibb, Fayette, Upson
60	State Highway 204	State highway	40	46	5	Chatham, Bryan

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

Download every numbered road in Georgia as CSV. Free to reuse with credit: “Fatal Crash Data, fatalcrashdata.com/deadliest-roads/georgia/, from NHTSA FARS (2024 Annual Report File).”

Interstates in Georgia per mile

Fatal crashes a year per 100 miles of road, 2015 to 2024, for interstates with 20 miles or more in Georgia. Crashes per mile of road, not per vehicle. Mileage from the FHWA Interstate route log.

	Road	Per 100 miles a year	Fatal crashes	Miles
1	I-20	18.5	372	202
2	I-85	18.5	318	172
3	I-75	17.2	610	355
4	I-95	10.9	122	112
5	I-16	7.0	116	166

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

Questions about the deadliest roads in Georgia

What is the deadliest road in Georgia?: I-75 had the most fatal crashes of any numbered road in Georgia from 2015 to 2024: 610, with 689 deaths. I-20 was second with 372 and I-85 third with 318. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Which interstate in Georgia is the most dangerous per mile?: I-20, with 18.5 fatal crashes a year per 100 miles over 2015 to 2024 on 202 miles. That is crashes per mile of road, not per vehicle.
How many fatal crashes in Georgia happen on numbered roads?: 8,633 of 14,652 fatal crashes in Georgia from 2015 to 2024 (59%) were filed on an interstate, US or state route; the rest were on county roads, city streets and unnamed roads, which are in the state's total but not ranked here.

Where the Georgia road numbers come from

Counted from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2024 Annual Report File: every fatal crash filed on a numbered interstate, US or state route in Georgia, read from the road name NHTSA filed, with ramps, frontage and service roads left out. A road gets its own page with 15 or more fatal crashes from 2022 to 2024. The full method.