Bastrop County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Bastrop County in 2024.

FARS records 287 deaths in 240 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 30.0 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, Bastrop County was number 26 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Bastrop County rose by 45.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (197) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (287).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 79.1% of the fatal crashes in Bastrop 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 Bastrop 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.Bastrop County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	22	8
2023	33	28	10
2022	27	23	8
2021	26	22	13
2020	28	24	8
2019	33	27	11
2018	33	27	9
2017	26	22	7
2016	37	27	6
2015	20	18	5
2015 to 2024	287	240	85

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (2016)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Bastrop County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	22
2023	33	28
2022	27	23
2021	26	22
2020	28	24
2019	33	27
2018	33	27
2017	26	22
2016	37	27
2015	20	18
2014	14	14
2013	21	19
2012	17	16
2011	18	15
2010	14	10
2009	13	10
2008	27	20
2007	19	19
2006	33	24
2005	21	20
2004	22	18
2003	23	19
2002	33	29
2001	23	18
2000	32	26
1999	20	17
1998	22	18
1997	22	19
1996	20	18
1995	13	11
1994	15	15
1993	11	8
1992	10	9
1991	15	15
1990	12	10
1989	6	6
1988	10	9
1987	16	12
1986	27	22
1985	16	13
1984	21	18
1983	16	14
1982	10	10
1981	28	22
1980	17	15
1979	28	20
1978	21	18
1977	5	3
1976	15	9
1975	10	8

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.Bastrop County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bastrop County	Texas	United States
2024	20.7	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	30.0	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. Bastrop County had 115,937 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bastrop County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 240 fatal crashes	85	240 fatal crashes	35.4%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 240 fatal crashes	65	240 fatal crashes	27.1%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 218 occupant deaths with restraint use known	88	218 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.4%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 287 deaths	37	287 deaths	12.9%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 287 deaths	1 or 2	287 deaths	0.7%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 287 deaths	13	287 deaths	4.5%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 239 fatal crashes with the condition reported	189	239 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	79.1%	38.1%
In the darkof 239 fatal crashes with the condition reported	130	239 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.4%	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.Bastrop 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	16	8	9	10	43
Monday	7	3	18	5	33
Tuesday	5	8	9	9	31
Wednesday	6	8	5	7	26
Thursday	6	6	7	10	29
Friday	7	4	11	12	34
Saturday	12	6	7	19	44
All days	59	43	66	72	240

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.Bastrop County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	0	0.0%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	7	2.9%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	120	50.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	21	8.8%	20.3%
Major collector	63	26.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	7	2.9%	1.7%
Local	21	8.8%	7.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Bastrop County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	99
Dark, not lighted	114
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	5
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Bastrop County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	170
Cloudy	45
Rain	22
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 Bastrop County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bastrop	In all of Texas
State Route 21	State highway	52	156
State Route 71	State highway	44	199
State Route 95	State highway	12	51
US Route 290	US highway	33	252

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.Bastrop 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
Bastrop County: 30.0

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 Bastrop County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caldwell County	Texas	17	125	27.5
Fayette County	Texas	13	135	53.8
Lee County	Texas	9	68	38.8
Travis County	Texas	153	1,404	11.0
Williamson County	Texas	51	465	7.6

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 Bastrop 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.

Cite this page

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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 Bastrop in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 197 deaths in Bastrop County from 2005 to 2014. It records 287 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bastrop in 2024?

The rate of Bastrop County in 2024 was 20.7 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 Bastrop had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 85 of 240 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 Bastrop?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 141 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.