Colorado County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Colorado County in 2024.

FARS records 100 deaths in 89 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 47.4 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, Colorado County was number 89 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Colorado County rose by 4.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (100).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.5% of the fatal crashes in Colorado 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 Colorado 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.Colorado County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	1 or 2
2023	9	7	1 or 2
2022	11	10	1 or 2
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	10	9	1 or 2
2019	8	7	0
2018	10	9	1 or 2
2017	10	9	1 or 2
2016	8	8	0
2015	14	12	3
2015 to 2024	100	89	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1982)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Colorado County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	9	7
2022	11	10
2021	10	9
2020	10	9
2019	8	7
2018	10	9
2017	10	9
2016	8	8
2015	14	12
2014	5	5
2013	15	13
2012	10	8
2011	6	5
2010	11	7
2009	3	3
2008	6	6
2007	11	8
2006	12	11
2005	17	11
2004	11	6
2003	24	19
2002	7	7
2001	14	12
2000	9	9
1999	10	10
1998	11	9
1997	13	10
1996	15	12
1995	8	8
1994	9	9
1993	7	5
1992	8	8
1991	11	8
1990	5	5
1989	13	9
1988	5	5
1987	10	9
1986	8	8
1985	13	9
1984	8	6
1983	9	8
1982	25	19
1981	17	15
1980	21	17
1979	12	11
1978	13	11
1977	20	14
1976	6	5
1975	8	8

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.Colorado County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Colorado County	Texas	United States
2024	46.6	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	47.4	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. Colorado County had 21,447 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Colorado County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 89 fatal crashes	11	89 fatal crashes	12.4%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 89 fatal crashes	26	89 fatal crashes	29.2%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.5%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 100 deaths	12	100 deaths	12.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 100 deaths	3	100 deaths	3.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 100 deaths	5	100 deaths	5.0%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 89 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	89 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.5%	38.1%
In the darkof 89 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	89 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.Colorado 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	5	5	3	16
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	3	3	5	1 or 2	12
Thursday	5	5	1 or 2	0	11
Friday	1 or 2	4	5	8	18
Saturday	5	1 or 2	5	3	14
All days	20	24	26	19	89

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.Colorado County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	43	48.3%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	6	6.7%	29.8%
Minor arterial	16	18.0%	20.3%
Major collector	18	20.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.2%	1.7%
Local	4	4.5%	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.Colorado County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	48
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Colorado County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	56
Cloudy	17
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Colorado County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Colorado	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	44	994
State Route 71	State highway	14	199
US Route 90	US highway	9	338

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.Colorado 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
Colorado County: 47.4

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 Colorado County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Austin County	Texas	9	64	21.0
Fayette County	Texas	13	135	53.8
Jackson County	Texas	5	66	44.0
Lavaca County	Texas	3	47	23.2
Wharton County	Texas	14	138	33.1

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 Colorado 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 Colorado in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Colorado County from 2005 to 2014. It records 100 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Colorado in 2024?

The rate of Colorado County in 2024 was 46.6 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 Colorado had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 89 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 Colorado?

FARS records 44 fatal crashes on Interstate 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 71 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 90 in the county from 2015 to 2024.