Cherokee County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Cherokee County in 2024.

FARS records 126 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.2 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, Cherokee County was number 67 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Cherokee County fell by 23.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (165) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (126).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.9% of the fatal crashes in Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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.Cherokee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	14	12	4
2022	14	13	4
2021	18	14	5
2020	12	12	4
2019	15	13	1 or 2
2018	16	14	6
2017	10	9	5
2016	9	9	1 or 2
2015	8	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	126	113	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2007)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Cherokee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	14	12
2022	14	13
2021	18	14
2020	12	12
2019	15	13
2018	16	14
2017	10	9
2016	9	9
2015	8	7
2014	13	13
2013	15	11
2012	12	11
2011	18	14
2010	16	16
2009	16	15
2008	18	16
2007	25	21
2006	20	20
2005	12	12
2004	19	17
2003	18	17
2002	14	10
2001	6	6
2000	17	16
1999	10	9
1998	18	17
1997	13	12
1996	9	9
1995	23	20
1994	16	12
1993	18	15
1992	16	12
1991	16	12
1990	13	10
1989	16	14
1988	18	16
1987	9	9
1986	15	14
1985	17	16
1984	11	11
1983	5	5
1982	13	12
1981	19	16
1980	16	14
1979	15	15
1978	18	17
1977	14	13
1976	9	8
1975	13	13

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.Cherokee County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cherokee County	Texas	United States
2024	18.8	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.2	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. Cherokee County had 53,178 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cherokee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 113 fatal crashes	33	113 fatal crashes	29.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 113 fatal crashes	40	113 fatal crashes	35.4%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 100 occupant deaths with restraint use known	47	100 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.0%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 126 deaths	13	126 deaths	10.3%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 126 deaths	1 or 2	126 deaths	1.6%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 126 deaths	7	126 deaths	5.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	88	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.8%	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.Cherokee 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	17
Monday	1 or 2	8	5	5	19
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	0	4	6	6	16
Thursday	0	4	8	4	16
Friday	1 or 2	4	5	5	16
Saturday	4	1 or 2	6	7	18
All days	14	26	36	37	113

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.Cherokee 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	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	48	42.5%	29.8%
Minor arterial	17	15.0%	20.3%
Major collector	29	25.7%	18.9%
Minor collector	15	13.3%	1.7%
Local	4	3.5%	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.Cherokee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cherokee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	81
Cloudy	23
Rain	8
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 Cherokee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cherokee	In all of Texas
State Route 21	State highway	1 or 2	156
State Route 110	State highway	4	43
US Route 69	US highway	35	271
US Route 79	US highway	6	154
US Route 84	US highway	3	254
US Route 175	US highway	7	127

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.Cherokee 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
Cherokee County: 24.2

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 Cherokee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anderson County	Texas	13	128	22.0
Angelina County	Texas	20	176	20.2
Henderson County	Texas	26	185	22.3
Houston County	Texas	13	87	38.7
Nacogdoches County	Texas	11	164	25.1
Rusk County	Texas	17	173	32.4
Smith County	Texas	53	562	23.9

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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 165 deaths in Cherokee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 126 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cherokee in 2024?

The rate of Cherokee County in 2024 was 18.8 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 Cherokee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 113 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 Cherokee?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 57 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.