Chambers County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Chambers County in 2024.

FARS records 147 deaths in 127 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.7 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, Chambers County was number 54 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Chambers County rose by 5.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (140) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (147).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 68.5% of the fatal crashes in Chambers 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 Chambers 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.Chambers County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	5
2023	22	19	6
2022	13	13	3
2021	16	14	1 or 2
2020	11	8	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	20	16	4
2017	9	7	0
2016	22	20	3
2015	15	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	147	127	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (1990)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Chambers County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	22	19
2022	13	13
2021	16	14
2020	11	8
2019	6	6
2018	20	16
2017	9	7
2016	22	20
2015	15	12
2014	20	19
2013	13	13
2012	9	9
2011	9	8
2010	11	10
2009	12	11
2008	21	17
2007	17	15
2006	18	16
2005	10	8
2004	26	18
2003	23	21
2002	13	12
2001	18	17
2000	13	13
1999	9	9
1998	14	12
1997	18	11
1996	18	16
1995	10	9
1994	10	9
1993	12	10
1992	17	8
1991	14	12
1990	29	23
1989	13	13
1988	25	19
1987	13	6
1986	16	13
1985	16	12
1984	17	14
1983	13	13
1982	12	11
1981	23	18
1980	19	18
1979	28	19
1978	19	15
1977	7	7
1976	9	8
1975	16	11

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.Chambers County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chambers County	Texas	United States
2024	23.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.7	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. Chambers County had 55,988 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chambers County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 127 fatal crashes	28	127 fatal crashes	22.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 127 fatal crashes	36	127 fatal crashes	28.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 94 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	94 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.8%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 147 deaths	22	147 deaths	15.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 147 deaths	3	147 deaths	2.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 147 deaths	13	147 deaths	8.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.5%	38.1%
In the darkof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.3%	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.Chambers 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	14	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	21
Monday	7	1 or 2	4	5	17
Tuesday	5	4	3	1 or 2	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7	14
Thursday	4	8	3	1 or 2	17
Friday	5	1 or 2	6	5	18
Saturday	8	4	7	7	26
All days	45	25	28	29	127

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.Chambers County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	40	31.5%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.8%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	26	20.5%	29.8%
Minor arterial	10	7.9%	20.3%
Major collector	36	28.3%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.6%	1.7%
Local	12	9.4%	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.Chambers County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	63
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Chambers County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	102
Cloudy	18
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Chambers County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chambers	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	38	994
Interstate 20	Interstate	1 or 2	852
State Route 73	State highway	3	38
State Route 99	State highway	4	78
State Route 146	State highway	16	107

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.Chambers 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
Chambers County: 31.7

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 Chambers County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Galveston County	Texas	39	411	11.9
Harris County	Texas	583	4,851	10.2
Jefferson County	Texas	45	409	16.1
Liberty County	Texas	19	251	26.8

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 Chambers 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 Chambers in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 140 deaths in Chambers County from 2005 to 2014. It records 147 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chambers in 2024?

The rate of Chambers 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 Chambers had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 127 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 Chambers?

5 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.