Dallas County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 330 deaths in 304 fatal crashes in Dallas County in 2024.

FARS records 3,126 deaths in 2,906 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.0 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, Dallas County was number 2 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Dallas County rose by 48.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (2,112) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (3,126).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 0.9% of the fatal crashes in Dallas 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 Dallas County by year, 2015 to 2024

259

315

282

296

269

331

354

336

330

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.Dallas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	330	304	90
2023	336	316	104
2022	354	322	102
2021	354	326	86
2020	331	305	85
2019	269	255	70
2018	296	287	75
2017	282	264	82
2016	315	288	90
2015	259	239	78
2015 to 2024	3,126	2,906	862

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 360 (1981)2024: 330

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

Table 2.Dallas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	330	304
2023	336	316
2022	354	322
2021	354	326
2020	331	305
2019	269	255
2018	296	287
2017	282	264
2016	315	288
2015	259	239
2014	238	222
2013	225	204
2012	206	193
2011	174	169
2010	178	166
2009	162	155
2008	246	231
2007	224	210
2006	225	211
2005	234	203
2004	276	256
2003	245	222
2002	247	221
2001	278	251
2000	257	234
1999	249	227
1998	256	245
1997	259	233
1996	269	238
1995	248	223
1994	219	201
1993	226	209
1992	226	200
1991	243	226
1990	250	229
1989	269	240
1988	234	215
1987	267	243
1986	305	274
1985	298	280
1984	312	283
1983	258	238
1982	293	275
1981	360	326
1980	289	264
1979	293	269
1978	293	260
1977	248	231
1976	218	195
1975	227	209

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.Dallas County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Dallas County	Texas	United States
2024	12.4	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.0	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. Dallas County had 2,664,013 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Dallas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 2,906 fatal crashes	862	2,906 fatal crashes	29.7%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 2,906 fatal crashes	1,136	2,906 fatal crashes	39.1%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 1,581 occupant deaths with restraint use known	788	1,581 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.8%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 3,126 deaths	831	3,126 deaths	26.6%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 3,126 deaths	42	3,126 deaths	1.3%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 3,126 deaths	384	3,126 deaths	12.3%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 2,902 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	2,902 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 2,899 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1,907	2,899 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.8%	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.Dallas 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	271	68	95	161	595
Monday	105	69	73	137	384
Tuesday	84	56	63	119	322
Wednesday	68	56	65	135	324
Thursday	88	71	62	141	362
Friday	111	54	85	162	412
Saturday	196	59	70	182	507
All days	923	433	513	1,037	2,906

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.Dallas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	782	26.9%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	416	14.3%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	669	23.1%	29.8%
Minor arterial	525	18.1%	20.3%
Major collector	338	11.6%	18.9%
Minor collector	9	0.3%	1.7%
Local	163	5.6%	7.1%
Not reported	4	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.Dallas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	920
Dark, not lighted	443
Dark, lighted	1,433
Dawn	44
Dusk	28
Dark, lighting unknown	31
Other or unknown	7

Table 8.Dallas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	2,179
Cloudy	487
Rain	215
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	13
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Dallas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Dallas	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	1 or 2	994
Interstate 20	Interstate	119	852
Interstate 30	Interstate	175	404
Interstate 35	Interstate	148	915
Interstate 35E	Interstate	65	117
Interstate 45	Interstate	66	668
Interstate 635	Interstate	171	178
State Route 12	State highway	178	192
State Route 66	State highway	10	20
State Route 75	State highway	1 or 2	41
State Route 78	State highway	33	75
State Route 114	State highway	11	89
State Route 121	State highway	3	109
State Route 180	State highway	15	79
State Route 183	State highway	44	107
State Route 190	State highway	20	33
State Route 289	State highway	6	56
State Route 310	State highway	25	25
State Route 352	State highway	27	27
US Route 67	US highway	36	249
US Route 75	US highway	72	170
US Route 80	US highway	21	133
US Route 175	US highway	55	127
US Route 183	US highway	1 or 2	202

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.Dallas 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
Dallas County: 12.0

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 Dallas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Collin County	Texas	72	576	5.4
Denton County	Texas	50	521	5.7
Ellis County	Texas	41	326	16.8
Kaufman County	Texas	24	273	18.4
Rockwall County	Texas	5	80	7.2
Tarrant County	Texas	205	1,901	9.0

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 Dallas 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.

Cite this page

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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 Dallas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 2,112 deaths in Dallas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 3,126 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Dallas in 2024?

The rate of Dallas County in 2024 was 12.4 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 Dallas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 862 of 2,906 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 Dallas?

24 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 1,303 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.