Fayette County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Fayette County in 2024.

FARS records 135 deaths in 104 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 53.8 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, Fayette County was number 62 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Fayette County rose by 36.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (99) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (135).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 94.2% of the fatal crashes in Fayette 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 Fayette 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.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	1 or 2
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	17	13	3
2021	10	9	3
2020	19	12	0
2019	22	14	1 or 2
2018	7	7	0
2017	17	10	4
2016	9	6	1 or 2
2015	16	15	4
2015 to 2024	135	104	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1981)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	5	5
2022	17	13
2021	10	9
2020	19	12
2019	22	14
2018	7	7
2017	17	10
2016	9	6
2015	16	15
2014	9	7
2013	9	9
2012	8	6
2011	8	6
2010	9	8
2009	12	12
2008	16	14
2007	9	8
2006	9	9
2005	10	9
2004	8	8
2003	7	6
2002	14	13
2001	1 or 2	1 or 2
2000	12	10
1999	15	11
1998	8	8
1997	6	5
1996	12	7
1995	10	9
1994	14	11
1993	5	5
1992	15	15
1991	9	7
1990	16	11
1989	8	8
1988	7	6
1987	9	7
1986	14	12
1985	18	17
1984	13	11
1983	13	11
1982	20	13
1981	23	19
1980	13	12
1979	19	16
1978	11	10
1977	11	8
1976	13	11
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.Fayette County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fayette County	Texas	United States
2024	51.0	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	53.8	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. Fayette County had 25,501 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fayette County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 104 fatal crashes	21	104 fatal crashes	20.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 104 fatal crashes	27	104 fatal crashes	26.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 105 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	105 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 135 deaths	5	135 deaths	3.7%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 135 deaths	1 or 2	135 deaths	0.7%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 135 deaths	7	135 deaths	5.2%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	98	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	94.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.7%	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.Fayette 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	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	4	11
Monday	3	5	4	4	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	9	4	18
Wednesday	0	3	7	3	13
Thursday	3	4	0	4	11
Friday	1 or 2	3	8	5	17
Saturday	4	1 or 2	9	3	18
All days	14	24	39	27	104

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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	21	20.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	27	26.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	18	17.3%	20.3%
Major collector	27	26.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	2.9%	1.7%
Local	8	7.7%	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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Fayette County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	66
Cloudy	24
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fayette County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fayette	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	21	994
State Route 71	State highway	23	199
State Route 95	State highway	3	51
US Route 77	US highway	18	201
US Route 90	US highway	4	338
US Route 290	US highway	5	252

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.Fayette 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
Fayette County: 53.8

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 Fayette County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Austin County	Texas	9	64	21.0
Bastrop County	Texas	24	287	30.0
Caldwell County	Texas	17	125	27.5
Colorado County	Texas	10	100	47.4
Gonzales County	Texas	7	101	49.8
Lavaca County	Texas	3	47	23.2
Lee County	Texas	9	68	38.8
Washington County	Texas	13	94	26.2

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 Fayette 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 Fayette in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 99 deaths in Fayette County from 2005 to 2014. It records 135 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fayette in 2024?

The rate of Fayette County in 2024 was 51.0 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 Fayette had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 104 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 Fayette?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 74 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.