Comal County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Comal County in 2024.

FARS records 203 deaths in 181 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.5 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, Comal County was number 39 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Comal County rose by 17.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (173) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (203).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 28.2% of the occupants killed in Comal County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.1% 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 Comal 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.Comal County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	20	1 or 2
2023	33	25	8
2022	16	15	4
2021	20	18	3
2020	21	20	5
2019	21	17	7
2018	13	12	4
2017	16	15	4
2016	24	22	5
2015	17	17	5
2015 to 2024	203	181	47

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (2023)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Comal County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	20
2023	33	25
2022	16	15
2021	20	18
2020	21	20
2019	21	17
2018	13	12
2017	16	15
2016	24	22
2015	17	17
2014	20	20
2013	21	20
2012	20	16
2011	19	19
2010	13	12
2009	19	18
2008	16	15
2007	15	12
2006	15	12
2005	15	15
2004	23	20
2003	21	20
2002	20	18
2001	27	22
2000	10	10
1999	17	15
1998	12	12
1997	15	13
1996	12	10
1995	22	19
1994	18	17
1993	15	13
1992	6	4
1991	9	8
1990	18	14
1989	13	13
1988	9	9
1987	12	10
1986	17	15
1985	9	9
1984	21	17
1983	14	13
1982	16	13
1981	32	25
1980	12	11
1979	14	13
1978	11	10
1977	15	12
1976	11	9
1975	9	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.Comal County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Comal County	Texas	United States
2024	10.9	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.5	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. Comal County had 201,486 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Comal County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 181 fatal crashes	47	181 fatal crashes	26.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 181 fatal crashes	76	181 fatal crashes	42.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 110 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	110 occupant deathswith restraint use known	28.2%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 203 deaths	29	203 deaths	14.3%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 203 deaths	1 or 2	203 deaths	1.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 203 deaths	45	203 deaths	22.2%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 181 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	181 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.3%	38.1%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	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.Comal 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	6	5	9	8	28
Monday	1 or 2	6	5	7	20
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	6	8	23
Wednesday	5	7	11	1 or 2	24
Thursday	5	6	10	9	30
Friday	1 or 2	3	5	8	17
Saturday	9	7	12	11	39
All days	30	41	58	52	181

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.Comal County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	39	21.5%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	60	33.1%	29.8%
Minor arterial	30	16.6%	20.3%
Major collector	31	17.1%	18.9%
Minor collector	4	2.2%	1.7%
Local	17	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.Comal County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	100
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	6
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Comal County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	133
Cloudy	32
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Comal County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Comal	In all of Texas
Interstate 35	Interstate	33	915
State Route 46	State highway	15	44
US Route 281	US highway	13	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.Comal 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
Comal County: 12.5

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 Comal County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bexar County	Texas	218	2,051	10.2
Blanco County	Texas	10	61	51.0
Guadalupe County	Texas	18	197	11.5
Hays County	Texas	28	302	12.5
Kendall County	Texas	11	73	15.8

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 Comal 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 Comal in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 173 deaths in Comal County from 2005 to 2014. It records 203 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Comal in 2024?

The rate of Comal County in 2024 was 10.9 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 Comal had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 47 of 181 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 Comal?

FARS records 33 fatal crashes on Interstate 35 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on State Route 46 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on US Route 281 in the county from 2015 to 2024.