The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has compiled a list of recent Georgia Traffic Accident Statistics. If you or a loved one has been injured in a Georgia car accident in the Greater Atlanta area, call the Law Offices of Jason Schultz P.C. to schedule a FREE consultation on your case – 404-474-0804

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Georgia Traffic Accident Statistics (Part A)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has a long list of Georgia traffic accident statistics recorded between 2005 and 2009. These Georgia traffic accident statistics include data on traffic fatalities involving passenger vehicles, motorcycles and DUI's, as well as speeding related fatalities.

Georgia Traffic Accident Statistics

According to the Georgia traffic accident statistics recorded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), traffic fatalities decreased significantly from 2005 to 2009. In 2005, there were 1,729 Georgia car accident fatalities, while in 2009 there were 1,284 fatalities caused by a Georgia car accident.

This decrease in fatalities was consistent throughout the available Georgia traffic accident statistics, including the data on alcohol related fatalities, speeding related fatalities, and passenger vehicle occupant fatalities. Motorcyclist fatalities, however, remained virtually the same, with only 4 less occurring in 2009 than occurred in 2005.

The overall Georgia car accident fatality decline seemed to correlate to a decline throughout the United States. Between 2005 and 2009, the number of annual car accident fatalities in the United States fell by almost 10,000 per year. In the same period, the total population of the United States increased by more than 10 million people.

However, according to the statistics, the Georgia car accident fatality rate remained above the U.S. average. In 2005, Georgia car accident fatalities totaled 19.01 per 100,000 people. In the same year, U.S. car accident fatalities totaled 14.71 per 100,000 people. In 2009, Georgia car accident fatalities decreased to 13.06 per 100,000 people, while U.S car accident fatalities decreased to 11.01 per 100,000 people.

In Georgia, between 2005 and 2009, alcohol-related accident fatalities remained at around 25%. This means that one-fourth of all Georgia car accident fatalities were the result of driving under the influence of alcohol. In the same period, United States alcohol-related fatalities remained consistently around 32%.

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