Brazoria County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 28 deaths in 26 fatal crashes in Brazoria County in 2024.

FARS records 411 deaths in 369 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.9 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, Brazoria County was number 17 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Brazoria County rose by 12.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (367) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (411).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 10.0% of the deaths in Brazoria County and 17.6% 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 Brazoria 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.Brazoria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	28	26	9
2023	34	33	9
2022	44	35	11
2021	48	43	15
2020	44	41	13
2019	48	43	13
2018	31	31	7
2017	44	38	16
2016	48	41	14
2015	42	38	15
2015 to 2024	411	369	122

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 81 (1980)2024: 28

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

Table 2.Brazoria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	28	26
2023	34	33
2022	44	35
2021	48	43
2020	44	41
2019	48	43
2018	31	31
2017	44	38
2016	48	41
2015	42	38
2014	30	28
2013	45	41
2012	36	34
2011	20	20
2010	39	34
2009	37	35
2008	49	39
2007	29	26
2006	36	33
2005	46	44
2004	34	31
2003	37	32
2002	29	26
2001	47	40
2000	45	37
1999	40	33
1998	35	30
1997	46	41
1996	48	37
1995	27	26
1994	34	30
1993	30	30
1992	47	39
1991	45	40
1990	46	40
1989	39	33
1988	27	27
1987	41	36
1986	41	35
1985	44	40
1984	68	55
1983	48	45
1982	63	60
1981	70	60
1980	81	62
1979	79	59
1978	67	55
1977	56	47
1976	56	51
1975	31	28

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.Brazoria County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Brazoria County	Texas	United States
2024	6.8	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.9	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. Brazoria County had 411,416 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Brazoria County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 369 fatal crashes	122	369 fatal crashes	33.1%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 369 fatal crashes	109	369 fatal crashes	29.5%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 263 occupant deaths with restraint use known	108	263 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 411 deaths	41	411 deaths	10.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 411 deaths	16	411 deaths	3.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 411 deaths	60	411 deaths	14.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 368 fatal crashes with the condition reported	152	368 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.3%	38.1%
In the darkof 368 fatal crashes with the condition reported	184	368 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Brazoria 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	25	5	8	18	56
Monday	8	12	15	17	52
Tuesday	6	9	14	6	35
Wednesday	9	12	19	12	52
Thursday	4	14	14	13	45
Friday	15	8	18	19	60
Saturday	12	11	16	30	69
All days	79	71	104	115	369

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.Brazoria 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	20	5.4%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	130	35.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	77	20.9%	20.3%
Major collector	96	26.1%	18.9%
Minor collector	11	3.0%	1.7%
Local	34	9.2%	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.Brazoria County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	167
Dark, not lighted	134
Dark, lighted	48
Dawn	6
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Brazoria County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	241
Cloudy	89
Rain	27
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	11
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Brazoria County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Brazoria	In all of Texas
State Route 6	State highway	34	283
State Route 35	State highway	39	126
State Route 36	State highway	17	147
State Route 288	State highway	47	92

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.Brazoria 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
Brazoria County: 10.9

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 Brazoria County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fort Bend County	Texas	41	389	4.7
Galveston County	Texas	39	411	11.9
Harris County	Texas	583	4,851	10.2
Matagorda County	Texas	12	96	26.3
Wharton County	Texas	14	138	33.1

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 Brazoria 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 Brazoria in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 367 deaths in Brazoria County from 2005 to 2014. It records 411 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Brazoria in 2024?

The rate of Brazoria County in 2024 was 6.8 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 Brazoria had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 122 of 369 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 Brazoria?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 137 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.