Bowie County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Bowie County in 2024.

FARS records 159 deaths in 143 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.1 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, Bowie County was number 50 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Bowie County fell by 10.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (178) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (159).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 56.6% of the fatal crashes in Bowie 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 Bowie 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.Bowie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	3
2023	15	14	1 or 2
2022	16	15	3
2021	22	20	4
2020	18	16	4
2019	10	10	0
2018	15	13	1 or 2
2017	16	14	5
2016	22	19	4
2015	14	12	4
2015 to 2024	159	143	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (1996)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Bowie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	10
2023	15	14
2022	16	15
2021	22	20
2020	18	16
2019	10	10
2018	15	13
2017	16	14
2016	22	19
2015	14	12
2014	18	16
2013	25	19
2012	18	17
2011	16	16
2010	14	14
2009	15	14
2008	11	10
2007	22	22
2006	17	16
2005	22	19
2004	20	19
2003	25	22
2002	15	13
2001	24	23
2000	23	16
1999	16	12
1998	19	18
1997	20	17
1996	38	31
1995	19	16
1994	30	24
1993	16	14
1992	14	10
1991	10	10
1990	21	21
1989	26	17
1988	18	16
1987	20	18
1986	25	23
1985	23	23
1984	17	17
1983	13	13
1982	20	17
1981	21	16
1980	17	17
1979	15	14
1978	23	21
1977	10	10
1976	15	13
1975	20	15

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.Bowie County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bowie County	Texas	United States
2024	11.9	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.1	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. Bowie County had 92,676 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bowie County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 143 fatal crashes	30	143 fatal crashes	21.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 143 fatal crashes	34	143 fatal crashes	23.8%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 93 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	93 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 159 deaths	25	159 deaths	15.7%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 159 deaths	3	159 deaths	1.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 159 deaths	20	159 deaths	12.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 143 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	143 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.6%	38.1%
In the darkof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.8%	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.Bowie 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	10	1 or 2	4	7	23
Monday	4	4	7	8	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	4	4	15
Wednesday	4	3	6	8	21
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	14	12	29
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	7	17
Saturday	1 or 2	5	5	3	15
All days	26	22	46	49	143

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.Bowie County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	29	20.3%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	55	38.5%	29.8%
Minor arterial	20	14.0%	20.3%
Major collector	22	15.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	8	5.6%	1.7%
Local	8	5.6%	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.Bowie County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	63
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	24
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Bowie County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	85
Cloudy	40
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bowie County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bowie	In all of Texas
Interstate 30	Interstate	24	404
State Route 8	State highway	6	90
US Route 59	US highway	11	432
US Route 67	US highway	17	249
US Route 82	US highway	22	200
US Route 259	US highway	5	97

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.Bowie 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
Bowie County: 17.1

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 Bowie County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Little River County	Arkansas	3	37	30.5
Miller County	Arkansas	8	112	26.0
McCurtain County	Oklahoma	12	129	40.4
Cass County	Texas	10	96	32.8
Morris County	Texas	10	41	33.6
Red River County	Texas	4	52	43.6

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 Bowie 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 Bowie in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 178 deaths in Bowie County from 2005 to 2014. It records 159 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bowie in 2024?

The rate of Bowie County in 2024 was 11.9 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 Bowie had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 143 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 Bowie?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 85 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.