Atascosa County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Atascosa County in 2024.

FARS records 105 deaths in 100 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Texas in the same years is 13.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Atascosa County was number 82 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Atascosa County fell by 11.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (119) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (105).

In the counties of Texas the deaths rose by 18.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 96.0% of the fatal crashes in Atascosa County with a known setting were rural, against 38.1% in Texas.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Atascosa County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Atascosa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	4
2023	14	14	4
2022	14	13	4
2021	9	8	1 or 2
2020	10	9	3
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	9	8	1 or 2
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	17	16	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	105	100	24

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Atascosa County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 23 (2010)2024: 9

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Atascosa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	14	14
2022	14	13
2021	9	8
2020	10	9
2019	7	7
2018	10	10
2017	9	8
2016	6	6
2015	17	16
2014	17	15
2013	7	7
2012	21	16
2011	13	13
2010	23	17
2009	13	11
2008	5	5
2007	5	5
2006	5	5
2005	10	10
2004	14	8
2003	10	9
2002	10	8
2001	16	12
2000	7	7
1999	13	11
1998	11	10
1997	14	11
1996	16	13
1995	9	8
1994	18	11
1993	10	9
1992	7	7
1991	4	4
1990	8	7
1989	9	9
1988	13	11
1987	11	9
1986	14	12
1985	5	5
1984	9	8
1983	15	15
1982	7	7
1981	6	6
1980	13	9
1979	7	7
1978	10	6
1977	11	10
1976	5	5
1975	15	11

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Atascosa County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Atascosa County	Texas	United States
2024	17.0	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.9	13.6	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Atascosa County had 52,937 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Atascosa County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 100 fatal crashes	24	100 fatal crashes	24.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 100 fatal crashes	28	100 fatal crashes	28.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 78 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	78 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.2%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 105 deaths	11	105 deaths	10.5%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 105 deaths	0	105 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 105 deaths	6	105 deaths	5.7%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	96	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.0%	55.9%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Atascosa County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	4	3	4	1 or 2	13
Monday	1 or 2	6	4	4	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	4	7	19
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	4	10
Friday	1 or 2	4	4	5	15
Saturday	1 or 2	5	6	6	19
All days	14	28	27	31	100

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Atascosa County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	37	37.0%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	8	8.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	19	19.0%	20.3%
Major collector	21	21.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	5.0%	1.7%
Local	10	10.0%	7.1%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Atascosa County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Atascosa County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	75
Cloudy	13
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Atascosa County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Atascosa	In all of Texas
Interstate 35	Interstate	1 or 2	915
Interstate 37	Interstate	35	142
State Route 16	State highway	15	158
State Route 97	State highway	8	20
State Route 173	State highway	1 or 2	28
US Route 281	US highway	4	299

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Texas

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Atascosa County on the county map of Texas

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1014 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.924 counties
20 to 29.963 counties
30 or more125 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown2 counties
Atascosa County: 20.9

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Texas

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Atascosa County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bexar County	Texas	218	2,051	10.2
Frio County	Texas	8	69	36.2
Karnes County	Texas	8	61	40.1
La Salle County	Texas	7	58	82.0
Live Oak County	Texas	8	70	58.9
McMullen County	Texas	1 or 2	15	221.6
Medina County	Texas	14	127	24.5
Wilson County	Texas	5	70	13.7

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Texas have a population nearest to that of Atascosa County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Texas Traffic Safety SectionThe highway safety office of Texas.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Atascosa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 119 deaths in Atascosa County from 2005 to 2014. It records 105 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Atascosa in 2024?

The rate of Atascosa County in 2024 was 17.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Texas was 13.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Atascosa had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 100 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Atascosa?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 65 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.