Georgia ranked 10th among states in a holiday road-danger analysis, scoring 72 out of 100 across Halloween and Thanksgiving weeks from 2020 through 2024. The findings come three days before Halloween, when people are expected to travel to events and celebrations.
For Halloween week, Georgia received 35 of the available 50 points. The analysis reported an average of 37.4 motor-vehicle fatalities during that period across the five-year study, equivalent to 0.34 deaths per 100,000 residents.
Thanksgiving week recorded an average of 36.8 fatalities in Georgia, also at a rate of 0.34 deaths per 100,000 residents. The study gave each holiday period half of the overall score. It said states with higher per-capita fatality rates received higher scores.
How Georgia compares
Mississippi had the highest overall score, at 100. Alabama scored 89, followed by South Carolina at 82.3, Louisiana at 79.3, Montana at 77.8, Arkansas at 76.4, New Mexico at 75.1, Tennessee at 75 and South Dakota at 72.6.
DeHoyos Accident Attorneys analyzed fatality records from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System for all 50 states. The study examined the two holiday periods from 2020 through 2024 and used U.S. Census Bureau population data to calculate rates per 100,000 residents.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
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