Burnet County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Burnet County in 2024.

FARS records 113 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.8 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, Burnet County was number 70 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Burnet County fell by 20.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (142) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (113).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 88.3% of the fatal crashes in Burnet 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 Burnet 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.Burnet County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	1 or 2
2023	13	11	4
2022	16	15	6
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	9	9	3
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	8	7	1 or 2
2017	16	14	7
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	11	10	4
2015 to 2024	113	103	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (2000)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Burnet County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	11
2023	13	11
2022	16	15
2021	10	10
2020	9	9
2019	8	8
2018	8	7
2017	16	14
2016	9	8
2015	11	10
2014	20	18
2013	8	7
2012	10	8
2011	15	13
2010	15	11
2009	15	13
2008	12	12
2007	16	14
2006	20	13
2005	11	9
2004	11	11
2003	15	15
2002	12	10
2001	17	15
2000	20	18
1999	17	16
1998	16	15
1997	11	11
1996	8	7
1995	9	7
1994	9	7
1993	6	5
1992	11	11
1991	9	5
1990	12	12
1989	8	5
1988	18	13
1987	5	4
1986	10	8
1985	7	6
1984	8	7
1983	8	7
1982	9	9
1981	13	11
1980	10	9
1979	9	9
1978	13	11
1977	5	5
1976	6	5
1975	9	7

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.Burnet County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Burnet County	Texas	United States
2024	23.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.8	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. Burnet County had 56,004 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Burnet County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	32	103 fatal crashes	31.1%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	44	103 fatal crashes	42.7%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.2%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 113 deaths	9	113 deaths	8.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 113 deaths	1 or 2	113 deaths	1.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 113 deaths	18	113 deaths	15.9%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.3%	38.1%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.7%	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.Burnet 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	3	1 or 2	4	6	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	5	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	6	5	17
Wednesday	0	0	3	5	8
Thursday	3	5	7	5	20
Friday	1 or 2	4	3	4	12
Saturday	1 or 2	4	8	3	17
All days	12	21	37	33	103

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.Burnet 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	1 or 2	1.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	49	47.6%	29.8%
Minor arterial	4	3.9%	20.3%
Major collector	34	33.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	4.9%	1.7%
Local	10	9.7%	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.Burnet County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Burnet County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	76
Cloudy	18
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Burnet County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Burnet	In all of Texas
State Route 29	State highway	15	59
State Route 71	State highway	4	199
US Route 183	US highway	8	202
US Route 281	US highway	27	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.Burnet 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
Burnet County: 22.8

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 Burnet County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bell County	Texas	63	482	13.1
Blanco County	Texas	10	61	51.0
Lampasas County	Texas	8	54	24.8
Llano County	Texas	6	59	27.1
San Saba County	Texas	1 or 2	10	17.1
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 Burnet 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 Burnet in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 142 deaths in Burnet County from 2005 to 2014. It records 113 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Burnet in 2024?

The rate of Burnet County in 2024 was 23.2 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 Burnet had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 103 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 Burnet?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.