Bexar County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 218 deaths in 208 fatal crashes in Bexar County in 2024.

FARS records 2,051 deaths in 1,940 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.2 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, Bexar County was number 3 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Bexar County rose by 27.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (1,612) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (2,051).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 5.4% of the fatal crashes in Bexar 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 Bexar County by year, 2015 to 2024

189

226

164

181

179

195

239

247

213

218

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.Bexar County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	218	208	66
2023	213	206	47
2022	247	229	78
2021	239	224	65
2020	195	182	48
2019	179	176	60
2018	181	175	46
2017	164	159	47
2016	226	208	43
2015	189	173	49
2015 to 2024	2,051	1,940	549

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 247 (2022)2024: 218

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

Table 2.Bexar County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	218	208
2023	213	206
2022	247	229
2021	239	224
2020	195	182
2019	179	176
2018	181	175
2017	164	159
2016	226	208
2015	189	173
2014	184	170
2013	189	173
2012	169	153
2011	151	145
2010	150	137
2009	151	142
2008	161	151
2007	140	122
2006	148	139
2005	169	147
2004	196	166
2003	155	140
2002	182	162
2001	122	112
2000	167	143
1999	138	132
1998	144	134
1997	143	136
1996	166	150
1995	153	138
1994	143	131
1993	153	142
1992	120	111
1991	123	118
1990	115	111
1989	160	148
1988	157	136
1987	175	160
1986	203	183
1985	200	178
1984	215	192
1983	191	166
1982	192	174
1981	204	182
1980	194	179
1979	172	159
1978	165	153
1977	190	174
1976	145	129
1975	146	119

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.Bexar County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bexar County	Texas	United States
2024	10.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.2	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. Bexar County had 2,138,942 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bexar County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,940 fatal crashes	549	1,940 fatal crashes	28.3%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 1,940 fatal crashes	589	1,940 fatal crashes	30.4%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 875 occupant deaths with restraint use known	349	875 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 2,051 deaths	640	2,051 deaths	31.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 2,051 deaths	60	2,051 deaths	2.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 2,051 deaths	259	2,051 deaths	12.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 1,937 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	1,937 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	5.4%	38.1%
In the darkof 1,928 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1,283	1,928 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.5%	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.Bexar 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	145	46	50	110	351
Monday	57	41	53	84	235
Tuesday	48	46	44	98	236
Wednesday	50	48	35	102	235
Thursday	59	46	41	92	238
Friday	88	55	48	119	310
Saturday	130	45	54	106	335
All days	577	327	325	711	1,940

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.Bexar County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	429	22.1%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	158	8.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	463	23.9%	29.8%
Minor arterial	506	26.1%	20.3%
Major collector	237	12.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	4	0.2%	1.7%
Local	141	7.3%	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.Bexar County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	606
Dark, not lighted	404
Dark, lighted	867
Dawn	21
Dusk	18
Dark, lighting unknown	12
Other or unknown	12

Table 8.Bexar County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1,446
Cloudy	345
Rain	115
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	21
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bexar County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bexar	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	92	994
Interstate 35	Interstate	97	915
Interstate 37	Interstate	39	142
Interstate 45	Interstate	1 or 2	668
Interstate 410	Interstate	143	143
State Route 13	State highway	33	33
State Route 16	State highway	32	158
State Route 1604	State highway	77	77
US Route 87	US highway	14	241
US Route 90	US highway	60	338
US Route 181	US highway	16	79
US Route 281	US highway	53	299
US Route 287	US highway	1 or 2	314

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.Bexar 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
Bexar County: 10.2

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 Bexar County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atascosa County	Texas	9	105	20.9
Bandera County	Texas	7	56	25.3
Comal County	Texas	22	203	12.5
Guadalupe County	Texas	18	197	11.5
Kendall County	Texas	11	73	15.8
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 Bexar 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 Bexar in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 1,612 deaths in Bexar County from 2005 to 2014. It records 2,051 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bexar in 2024?

The rate of Bexar County in 2024 was 10.2 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 Bexar had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 549 of 1,940 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 Bexar?

13 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 659 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.