Erath County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Erath County in 2024.

FARS records 139 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 32.5 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, Erath County was number 56 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Erath County rose by 24.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (112) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (139).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 84.0% of the fatal crashes in Erath 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 Erath 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.Erath County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	17	3
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	18	17	6
2021	13	10	1 or 2
2020	9	8	3
2019	13	12	3
2018	20	15	3
2017	10	8	0
2016	13	12	3
2015	18	16	4
2015 to 2024	139	120	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (2018)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Erath County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	17
2023	5	5
2022	18	17
2021	13	10
2020	9	8
2019	13	12
2018	20	15
2017	10	8
2016	13	12
2015	18	16
2014	15	11
2013	10	7
2012	7	7
2011	6	6
2010	7	6
2009	18	15
2008	9	9
2007	10	9
2006	15	15
2005	15	12
2004	9	9
2003	11	9
2002	10	9
2001	15	7
2000	10	5
1999	13	12
1998	9	7
1997	11	10
1996	10	9
1995	13	12
1994	9	8
1993	6	5
1992	7	7
1991	10	6
1990	15	13
1989	11	8
1988	7	7
1987	7	7
1986	7	7
1985	9	9
1984	10	9
1983	7	7
1982	8	8
1981	5	5
1980	8	8
1979	7	5
1978	12	11
1977	16	14
1976	4	3
1975	6	5

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.Erath County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Erath County	Texas	United States
2024	45.5	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	32.5	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. Erath County had 43,995 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Erath County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 120 fatal crashes	29	120 fatal crashes	24.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 120 fatal crashes	30	120 fatal crashes	25.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.4%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 139 deaths	9	139 deaths	6.5%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 139 deaths	0	139 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 139 deaths	11	139 deaths	7.9%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 119 fatal crashes with the condition reported	100	119 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	84.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.2%	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.Erath 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	4	3	4	5	16
Monday	0	1 or 2	6	5	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	10	6	4	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Thursday	3	4	10	5	22
Friday	6	7	4	6	23
Saturday	3	4	3	5	15
All days	19	32	37	32	120

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.Erath County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	5	4.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	69	58.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	19	16.0%	20.3%
Major collector	14	11.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	4	3.4%	1.7%
Local	8	6.7%	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.Erath County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Erath County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	92
Cloudy	15
Rain	13
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 Erath County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Erath	In all of Texas
Interstate 20	Interstate	4	852
State Route 6	State highway	9	283
US Route 67	US highway	30	249
US Route 281	US highway	26	299
US Route 377	US highway	13	143

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.Erath 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
Erath County: 32.5

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 Erath County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bosque County	Texas	4	50	27.1
Comanche County	Texas	4	58	42.2
Eastland County	Texas	12	87	48.0
Hamilton County	Texas	3	32	38.2
Hood County	Texas	10	96	15.4
Palo Pinto County	Texas	9	79	27.3
Somervell County	Texas	8	42	45.3

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 Erath 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 Erath in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 112 deaths in Erath County from 2005 to 2014. It records 139 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Erath in 2024?

The rate of Erath County in 2024 was 45.5 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 Erath had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 120 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 Erath?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 82 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.