Cameron County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 41 deaths in 40 fatal crashes in Cameron County in 2024.

FARS records 338 deaths in 308 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.0 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, Cameron County was number 23 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Cameron County fell by 3.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (349) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (338).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.9% of the fatal crashes in Cameron 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 Cameron 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.Cameron County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	41	40	7
2023	41	32	3
2022	36	32	9
2021	34	31	5
2020	28	23	7
2019	17	17	1 or 2
2018	35	33	4
2017	40	35	6
2016	41	40	8
2015	25	25	6
2015 to 2024	338	308	56

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 66 (1993)2024: 41

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

Table 2.Cameron County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	41	40
2023	41	32
2022	36	32
2021	34	31
2020	28	23
2019	17	17
2018	35	33
2017	40	35
2016	41	40
2015	25	25
2014	26	25
2013	39	32
2012	33	29
2011	36	34
2010	33	32
2009	34	31
2008	38	33
2007	37	31
2006	35	31
2005	38	36
2004	35	31
2003	42	41
2002	58	55
2001	63	40
2000	36	33
1999	41	39
1998	39	37
1997	41	36
1996	47	40
1995	45	38
1994	48	44
1993	66	55
1992	46	42
1991	53	45
1990	63	52
1989	52	40
1988	49	47
1987	52	42
1986	37	34
1985	50	44
1984	51	48
1983	54	47
1982	64	51
1981	51	45
1980	47	41
1979	48	36
1978	37	34
1977	33	30
1976	48	40
1975	46	38

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.Cameron County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cameron County	Texas	United States
2024	9.5	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.0	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. Cameron County had 432,952 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cameron County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 308 fatal crashes	56	308 fatal crashes	18.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 308 fatal crashes	94	308 fatal crashes	30.5%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 177 occupant deaths with restraint use known	85	177 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.0%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 338 deaths	87	338 deaths	25.7%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 338 deaths	13	338 deaths	3.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 338 deaths	33	338 deaths	9.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 307 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	307 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 307 fatal crashes with the condition reported	185	307 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.3%	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.Cameron 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	18	12	6	26	62
Monday	11	7	8	14	40
Tuesday	5	11	8	8	32
Wednesday	5	4	15	10	34
Thursday	11	11	4	10	36
Friday	13	12	10	18	53
Saturday	19	7	8	17	51
All days	82	64	59	103	308

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.Cameron County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	30	9.8%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	116	37.8%	29.8%
Minor arterial	31	10.1%	20.3%
Major collector	99	32.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	7	2.3%	1.7%
Local	23	7.5%	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.Cameron County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	112
Dark, not lighted	91
Dark, lighted	92
Dawn	7
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cameron County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	226
Cloudy	57
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	11
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cameron County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cameron	In all of Texas
Interstate 2	Interstate	3	42
Interstate 69	Interstate	14	222
Interstate 69E	Interstate	7	21
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	25
US Route 77	US highway	10	201
US Route 83	US highway	5	213
US Route 281	US highway	9	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.Cameron 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
Cameron County: 8.0

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 Cameron County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hidalgo County	Texas	62	638	7.3
Willacy County	Texas	3	36	17.3

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 Cameron 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 Cameron in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 349 deaths in Cameron County from 2005 to 2014. It records 338 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cameron in 2024?

The rate of Cameron County in 2024 was 9.5 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 Cameron had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 56 of 308 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 Cameron?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 50 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.