Ector County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 50 deaths in 43 fatal crashes in Ector County in 2024.

FARS records 484 deaths in 414 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 29.7 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, Ector County was number 12 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Ector County rose by 40.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (344) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (484).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 16.2% of the fatal crashes in Ector 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 Ector 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.Ector County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	50	43	11
2023	47	39	17
2022	42	38	18
2021	43	36	18
2020	57	51	20
2019	53	47	18
2018	56	49	14
2017	48	38	16
2016	34	33	12
2015	54	40	15
2015 to 2024	484	414	159

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 67 (1982)2024: 50

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

Table 2.Ector County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	50	43
2023	47	39
2022	42	38
2021	43	36
2020	57	51
2019	53	47
2018	56	49
2017	48	38
2016	34	33
2015	54	40
2014	48	44
2013	59	51
2012	42	32
2011	28	25
2010	36	32
2009	23	20
2008	29	26
2007	25	23
2006	24	21
2005	30	25
2004	23	19
2003	21	20
2002	22	21
2001	13	13
2000	19	17
1999	13	10
1998	22	21
1997	22	18
1996	22	18
1995	18	15
1994	22	20
1993	14	14
1992	18	16
1991	16	15
1990	13	11
1989	20	18
1988	25	24
1987	22	19
1986	29	26
1985	29	27
1984	33	29
1983	31	30
1982	67	60
1981	55	45
1980	38	32
1979	37	34
1978	21	21
1977	49	41
1976	21	17
1975	17	17

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.Ector County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ector County	Texas	United States
2024	29.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	29.7	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. Ector County had 170,654 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ector County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 414 fatal crashes	159	414 fatal crashes	38.4%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 414 fatal crashes	133	414 fatal crashes	32.1%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 310 occupant deaths with restraint use known	145	310 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.8%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 484 deaths	60	484 deaths	12.4%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 484 deaths	5	484 deaths	1.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 484 deaths	70	484 deaths	14.5%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 414 fatal crashes with the condition reported	67	414 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	16.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 413 fatal crashes with the condition reported	250	413 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.5%	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.Ector 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	26	8	19	25	78
Monday	15	11	10	15	51
Tuesday	10	12	13	14	49
Wednesday	14	10	14	23	61
Thursday	10	7	8	18	43
Friday	12	18	9	25	64
Saturday	27	8	10	23	68
All days	114	74	83	143	414

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.Ector County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	46	11.1%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	5	1.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	171	41.4%	29.8%
Minor arterial	98	23.7%	20.3%
Major collector	61	14.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.2%	1.7%
Local	31	7.5%	7.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Ector County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	152
Dark, not lighted	149
Dark, lighted	97
Dawn	6
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Ector County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	364
Cloudy	34
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ector County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ector	In all of Texas
Interstate 20	Interstate	46	852
State Route 80	State highway	1 or 2	43
State Route 158	State highway	6	72
State Route 191	State highway	30	56
State Route 302	State highway	37	85
State Route 338	State highway	38	38
US Route 385	US highway	39	114

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.Ector 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
Ector County: 29.7

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 Ector County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Andrews County	Texas	7	101	55.2
Crane County	Texas	7	30	63.9
Midland County	Texas	34	405	23.6
Upton County	Texas	3	29	84.8
Ward County	Texas	7	101	88.6
Winkler County	Texas	5	73	94.8

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 Ector 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 Ector in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 344 deaths in Ector County from 2005 to 2014. It records 484 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ector in 2024?

The rate of Ector County in 2024 was 29.3 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 Ector had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 159 of 414 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 Ector?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 198 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.