Caldwell County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Caldwell County in 2024.

FARS records 125 deaths in 111 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.5 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, Caldwell County was number 68 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Caldwell County rose by 37.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (91) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (125).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 83.8% of the fatal crashes in Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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.Caldwell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	15	4
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	19	17	6
2021	14	13	3
2020	13	13	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	10	9	4
2017	11	8	0
2016	9	9	4
2015	12	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	125	111	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2022)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Caldwell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	15
2023	13	12
2022	19	17
2021	14	13
2020	13	13
2019	7	7
2018	10	9
2017	11	8
2016	9	9
2015	12	8
2014	15	12
2013	4	4
2012	7	7
2011	8	8
2010	15	12
2009	12	9
2008	9	9
2007	12	11
2006	3	3
2005	6	6
2004	15	13
2003	9	5
2002	12	10
2001	11	11
2000	12	6
1999	7	7
1998	18	12
1997	8	7
1996	7	6
1995	18	10
1994	11	11
1993	10	7
1992	13	8
1991	6	4
1990	7	6
1989	6	6
1988	4	4
1987	12	12
1986	6	5
1985	7	7
1984	9	8
1983	10	10
1982	10	10
1981	13	13
1980	11	10
1979	4	4
1978	7	7
1977	10	8
1976	5	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.Caldwell County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Caldwell County	Texas	United States
2024	32.1	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.5	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. Caldwell County had 52,939 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Caldwell County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 111 fatal crashes	26	111 fatal crashes	23.4%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 111 fatal crashes	45	111 fatal crashes	40.5%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 93 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	93 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 125 deaths	6	125 deaths	4.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 125 deaths	4	125 deaths	3.2%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 125 deaths	12	125 deaths	9.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	93	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.8%	38.1%
In the darkof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.1%	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.Caldwell 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	5	4	9	4	22
Monday	4	7	8	6	25
Tuesday	3	3	1 or 2	5	12
Wednesday	0	4	3	3	10
Thursday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	10
Friday	3	0	5	7	15
Saturday	7	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	17
All days	23	24	31	33	111

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.Caldwell County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	7	6.3%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	4	3.6%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	38	34.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	25	22.5%	20.3%
Major collector	25	22.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	4	3.6%	1.7%
Local	8	7.2%	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.Caldwell County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Caldwell County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	79
Cloudy	24
Rain	5
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Caldwell County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Caldwell	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	6	994
State Route 21	State highway	18	156
State Route 80	State highway	16	43
State Route 130	State highway	7	51
US Route 90	US highway	1 or 2	338
US Route 183	US highway	13	202

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.Caldwell 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
Caldwell County: 27.5

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 Caldwell County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bastrop County	Texas	24	287	30.0
Fayette County	Texas	13	135	53.8
Gonzales County	Texas	7	101	49.8
Guadalupe County	Texas	18	197	11.5
Hays County	Texas	28	302	12.5
Travis County	Texas	153	1,404	11.0

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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 91 deaths in Caldwell County from 2005 to 2014. It records 125 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Caldwell in 2024?

The rate of Caldwell County in 2024 was 32.1 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 Caldwell had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 111 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 Caldwell?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 62 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.