New findings from Propel ATL reveal a sharp and troubling trend: in 2024, more people died in traffic crashes across metro Atlanta’s five core counties than were killed in homicides.
According to the nonprofit’s “The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024” report, 425 people died in vehicle crashes in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties last year — surpassing the region’s homicide count.
Of those deaths, more than 61% occurred in predominantly Black neighborhoods, though those neighborhoods make up only about 43% of all census tracts in the region…