Distracted driving (Atlanta, Ga.), 2020 appendix

Appendix
Distracted Drivers Georgia Traffic Safety Facts (2020)
This document is the appendix for the 2020 Distracted Drivers Georgia Traffic Safety Facts. Visit https://www.gahighwaysafety.org/highway-safety/shsp/ to access the full report.

Distracted Driver convictions are convictions processed at the Georgia Department of Driver Services. The total convictions include the following codes based on the county where the violation occurred.

O.C.G.A. 40-6-241(b) O.C.G.A. 40-6-241(c) O.C.G.A. 40-6-241(d)

Failure to exercise due care Unlawful use of wireless device Unlawful use of wireless device in CMV

Data Considerations: On July 1, 2018, Georgia's Hands-Free Law furthered the "no texting while driving" law and made it illegal for drivers
(including young drivers) to physically hold or support a wireless communications device while driving. Under Georgia's Hands-Free Law, drivers can be cited and convicted for distracted driving that may or may not have resulted in a motor vehicle traffic crash. While first time offenders of Georgia's Hands-Free Law can be excused if they provide evidence that they have obtained a device that allows them to use hands-free communication technology, the increase in enforcement and convictions for distracted driving is indicative of a growing traffic safety concern. Gwinnett County has consistently had the highest number of distracted driving convictions compared to any other county. From 2011-2017 (prior to the Hands-Free Law), Gwinnett represented 26 percent of all distracted driving convictions across the state. Some Georgia counties may not have reported all or any distracted driver convictions in 2020. There were nine (9) distracted driving convictions in 2020 where the county of violation was not known.

Licensed Drivers, Citations Issued after Motor Vehicle Crash, Distracted Driving Convictions, and Percent Confirmed or Suspected Distracted Drivers (Distraction-Related) Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by County, 2020

County Name

Licensed Drivers

Distracted Driving Citations Issued
After a Crash

Distracted Driving Convictions

Percent Distraction-Related MV Traffic Crashes

STATEWIDE

8,332,657

3,305

31,173

47%

Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke

13,858

3

5,616

7

7,996

1

2,328

-

30,364

5

15,628

8

69,466

11

91,988

65

12,264

4

14,084

16

110,030

15

9,201

6

13,874

3

11,422

24

37,434

5

53,520

54

18,456

4

9

21%

16

32%

12

24%

-

12%

92

42%

291

46%

96

44%

358

46%

40

25%

144

22%

202

43%

64

37%

2

25%

86

23%

75

46%

428

42%

62

32%

Licensed Drivers, Citations Issued after Motor Vehicle Crash, Distracted Driving Convictions, and Percent Confirmed or Suspected Distracted Drivers (Distraction-Related) Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by County, 2020 (con't)

County Name
Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur Dekalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton

Licensed Drivers
19,958 3,627
44,861 7,984
97,114 56,872
7,670 224,444
5,068 19,001 223,079 82,488
2,257 209,595
4,757 615,271
29,176 32,780 129,704 13,515 123,946
9,993 14,896 16,070 24,091 21,294 560,095 13,527
7,060 62,143 115,265
7,984 2,503 54,861 15,979 16,742 7,603 23,650 106,856 75,783 202,897 19,312 809,381

Distracted Driving Citations Issued
After a Crash 2 4 2 52
58 -
164 6
68 49
1 101
2 217
22 9
16 18 25
1 14
7 23
6 88
4 4 35 41 5 11 6 5 1 11 27 21 24 16 304

Distracted Driving Convictions
45 11 46 40 347 220
1 670
605 112 9 417 24 896 675 294 293 136 962 6 51 56 246 18 645 5 45 249 85 6 151 61 115 5 35 636 289 433 169 4,836

Percent Distraction-Related MV Traffic Crashes
39% 26% 40% 33% 46% 46% 25% 44% 43% 42% 54% 44% 28% 48% 34% 53% 35% 35% 56% 25% 51% 65% 32% 55% 53% 33% 50% 30% 39% 42% 47% 25% 49% 35% 36% 33% 25% 48% 55% 48% 57% 36% 51%

Licensed Drivers, Citations Issued after Motor Vehicle Crash, Distracted Driving Convictions, and Percent Confirmed or Suspected Distracted Drivers (Distraction-Related) Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by County, 2020 (con't)

County Name
Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery

Licensed Drivers
27,214 2,280
68,572 45,606 17,761 16,273 734,878 36,261 164,071
6,093 25,532 30,103 21,281
9,676 200,405 129,058
7,081 62,697 12,277 10,705 12,236
5,654 5,901 23,516 15,142 6,649 38,553 27,288 48,845 6,721 11,842 84,884 26,025 7,776 25,134 5,836 17,035 10,029 18,127 4,301 15,532 29,147 6,101

Distracted Driving Citations Issued
After a Crash 10 1 22 33 4 4
138 27
118 9
16 18
1 37 75
7 17
3 2 6 2 3 14 17 5 89 4 199 9 2 6 2 5 5 6 4 6 3

Distracted Driving Convictions
26 -
356 162
29 14 4,894 160 1,011
5 19 124
7 6 616 603 19 273 6 53 71 21 38 5 15 16 55 100 538 70 402 208 31 1 3 66 24 114 2 45 184 2

Percent Distraction-Related MV Traffic Crashes
42% 34% 48% 39% 34% 31% 56% 37% 49% 35% 39% 43% 36% 42% 51% 50% 27% 43% 30% 30% 31% 32% 39% 29% 38% 49% 32% 41% 40% 42% 24% 44% 47% 30% 32% 36% 31% 32% 30% 24% 21% 40% 28%

Licensed Drivers, Citations Issued after Motor Vehicle Crash, Distracted Driving Convictions, and Percent Confirmed or Suspected Distracted Drivers (Distraction-Related) Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by County, 2020 (con't)

County Name
Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker

Licensed Drivers
17,773 30,646 145,967 94,963 35,439 12,511 138,187 20,218 30,993 15,714 16,774 33,799
6,598 18,566
1,728 15,404
4,707 147,031
74,310 3,581
11,187 7,318
55,145 22,242
2,904 20,864
4,748 1,241 15,214 6,176 7,356 6,881 36,701 30,071 20,756 11,715 4,787 54,532 6,558 6,788 23,345 22,331 55,587

Distracted Driving Citations Issued
After a Crash 8 15 99 13 11 3 71 7 6 3 5 7 4 1 55 11 8 12 14 -
15 2 3 6 2 2 1
20 23
9 1 1 40 4 2 12 3 17

Distracted Driving Convictions
93 114
63 135 120 112 505
73 34
4 65 39 15
8 4 12 8 118 252 12 18 49 291 52 6 89 4 21 9 72 63 85 217 224 53 3 58 53 22 41 117 73

Percent Distraction-Related MV Traffic Crashes
37% 37% 41% 43% 63% 20% 49% 31% 44% 30% 51% 35% 35% 36% 56% 42% 39% 47% 52% 39% 22% 37% 43% 32% 32% 33% 26% 41% 33% 37% 33% 36% 34% 36% 31% 31% 32% 40% 39% 25% 41% 33% 40%

Licensed Drivers, Citations Issued after Motor Vehicle Crash, Distracted Driving Convictions, and Percent Confirmed or Suspected Distracted Drivers (Distraction-Related) Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes by County, 2020 (con't)

County Name
Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth

Licensed Drivers
82,869 25,965
4,116 14,640 22,911
1,848 3,722 24,884 77,706 5,424 7,697 7,267 15,411

Distracted Driving Citations Issued
After a Crash 27 9 5 2 4 3 2 10 88 3 6

Distracted Driving Convictions
2 47
3 17 27
2 17 28 842
42
221

Percent Distraction-Related MV Traffic Crashes
50% 33% 35% 28% 24% 44% 35% 40% 43% 35% 35% 28% 55%