Cooke County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Cooke County in 2024.

FARS records 112 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.0 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, Cooke County was number 73 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Cooke County rose by 25.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (89) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (112).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 76.7% of the fatal crashes in Cooke 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 Cooke 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.Cooke County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	19	6
2023	17	15	5
2022	12	12	5
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	7	7	3
2018	11	11	4
2017	10	9	1 or 2
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	13	11	5
2015 to 2024	112	103	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2024)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Cooke County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	19
2023	17	15
2022	12	12
2021	8	8
2020	5	5
2019	7	7
2018	11	11
2017	10	9
2016	6	6
2015	13	11
2014	20	16
2013	3	3
2012	9	8
2011	10	9
2010	5	5
2009	12	8
2008	1 or 2	1 or 2
2007	9	9
2006	5	5
2005	14	12
2004	8	8
2003	10	7
2002	13	12
2001	10	9
2000	13	10
1999	12	11
1998	4	4
1997	15	12
1996	15	13
1995	6	6
1994	8	6
1993	8	8
1992	8	7
1991	12	11
1990	8	8
1989	5	5
1988	5	4
1987	6	6
1986	8	7
1985	9	7
1984	7	6
1983	4	4
1982	8	8
1981	13	12
1980	13	12
1979	12	9
1978	10	7
1977	9	9
1976	8	8
1975	10	9

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.Cooke County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cooke County	Texas	United States
2024	51.9	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.0	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. Cooke County had 44,353 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cooke County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	33	103 fatal crashes	32.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	38	103 fatal crashes	36.9%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.2%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 112 deaths	11	112 deaths	9.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 112 deaths	0	112 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 112 deaths	19	112 deaths	17.0%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.7%	38.1%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.5%	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.Cooke 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	11	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	19
Monday	4	3	3	3	13
Tuesday	3	3	3	0	9
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	3	3	11
Thursday	1 or 2	4	5	3	14
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Saturday	1 or 2	4	8	10	24
All days	26	19	29	29	103

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.Cooke County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	29	28.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	20	19.4%	29.8%
Minor arterial	6	5.8%	20.3%
Major collector	36	35.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.9%	1.7%
Local	10	9.7%	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.Cooke County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cooke County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	85
Cloudy	8
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Cooke County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cooke	In all of Texas
Interstate 35	Interstate	28	915
US Route 82	US highway	18	200

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.Cooke 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
Cooke County: 27.0

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 Cooke County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Love County	Oklahoma	9	58	57.0
Denton County	Texas	50	521	5.7
Grayson County	Texas	32	245	17.9
Montague County	Texas	8	63	31.1
Wise County	Texas	35	200	28.3

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 Cooke 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 Cooke in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 89 deaths in Cooke County from 2005 to 2014. It records 112 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cooke in 2024?

The rate of Cooke County in 2024 was 51.9 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 Cooke had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 103 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 Cooke?

FARS records 28 fatal crashes on Interstate 35 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 18 fatal crashes on US Route 82 in the county from 2015 to 2024.