Here's Where GA Ranks In Distracted Driving Deaths

An analysis has revealed where Georgia ranks among U.S. states with the most distracted driving fatalities.

Cell phone comparison website WhistleOut recently dug into data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau to determine which states had the most and least distracted driving deaths. NHTSA data was from 2022, while Census information was from 2023.

After determining the number of crashes per 1 million people, states were ranked based on the number of fatalities reported from those crashes.

Georgia came in at No. 28 with 16 fatal crashes per 1 million people, according to the ranking. Additionally, 133 drivers were involved in a fatal crash caused by distracted driving, and fatalities occurred most frequently in men between the ages of 25 and 34.

New Mexico took the top spot with 171 distracted driving-related deaths per 1 million people, followed by Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky and New Jersey.

The state with the fewest distracted driving-related deaths was Rhode Island. According to the ranking, Rhode Island was the only state that saw zero fatalities from distracted driving accidents.

Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Alaska and California rounded out the top five states with the fewest distracted driving-related deaths.

Distracted driving is a major issue in the United States, with distracted driving deaths accounting for 8.8 percent of all fatal motor vehicle collisions in the country in 2022, the analysis states. The NHTSA reported that more than 3,300 people were killed by distracted driving, according to the most recent data available.

The most likely age group to be involved in a fatal distracted driving crash is drivers aged 45 to 64, accounting for 27 percent of all crashes. This marked a shift from previous years when it was 25- to 34-year-olds who were the most likely to be involved in a fatal distracted driving crash.

Additionally, male drivers account for 71 percent of all drivers involved in fatal distracted driving incidents.

See the full ranking at WhistleOut.com.

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