Fort Bend County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 41 deaths in 38 fatal crashes in Fort Bend County in 2024.

FARS records 389 deaths in 370 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.7 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, Fort Bend County was number 21 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Fort Bend County rose by 9.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (354) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (389).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 30.4% of the fatal crashes in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend 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.Fort Bend County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	41	38	7
2023	44	41	7
2022	35	35	8
2021	55	49	7
2020	31	30	8
2019	38	38	12
2018	30	26	7
2017	39	39	8
2016	37	36	12
2015	39	38	9
2015 to 2024	389	370	85

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 60 (1980)2024: 41

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

Table 2.Fort Bend County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	41	38
2023	44	41
2022	35	35
2021	55	49
2020	31	30
2019	38	38
2018	30	26
2017	39	39
2016	37	36
2015	39	38
2014	36	35
2013	52	47
2012	36	31
2011	29	29
2010	32	27
2009	43	40
2008	26	25
2007	28	27
2006	40	31
2005	32	30
2004	50	46
2003	49	48
2002	41	34
2001	41	39
2000	36	31
1999	23	21
1998	31	29
1997	27	23
1996	42	39
1995	29	27
1994	22	21
1993	25	20
1992	29	25
1991	45	38
1990	48	40
1989	54	44
1988	22	20
1987	17	16
1986	29	28
1985	34	28
1984	40	33
1983	41	34
1982	26	24
1981	47	41
1980	60	56
1979	47	40
1978	46	38
1977	25	19
1976	18	16
1975	36	34

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.Fort Bend County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fort Bend County	Texas	United States
2024	4.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.7	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. Fort Bend County had 951,028 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fort Bend County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 370 fatal crashes	85	370 fatal crashes	23.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 370 fatal crashes	104	370 fatal crashes	28.1%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 246 occupant deaths with restraint use known	105	246 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 389 deaths	59	389 deaths	15.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 389 deaths	12	389 deaths	3.1%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 389 deaths	44	389 deaths	11.3%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 369 fatal crashes with the condition reported	112	369 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.4%	38.1%
In the darkof 366 fatal crashes with the condition reported	209	366 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.1%	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.Fort Bend 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	22	15	13	14	64
Monday	16	9	9	18	52
Tuesday	13	7	20	11	51
Wednesday	7	11	4	16	38
Thursday	9	11	11	16	47
Friday	11	9	15	25	60
Saturday	14	8	10	26	58
All days	92	70	82	126	370

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.Fort Bend County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	30	8.1%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	21	5.7%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	103	27.9%	29.8%
Minor arterial	72	19.5%	20.3%
Major collector	92	24.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	1.4%	1.7%
Local	46	12.5%	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.Fort Bend County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	149
Dark, not lighted	127
Dark, lighted	78
Dawn	5
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Fort Bend County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	267
Cloudy	70
Rain	20
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fort Bend County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fort Bend	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	3	994
Interstate 69	Interstate	26	222
State Route 6	State highway	27	283
State Route 16	State highway	1 or 2	158
State Route 36	State highway	18	147
State Route 99	State highway	15	78
US Route 59	US highway	12	432
US Route 90	US highway	17	338

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.Fort Bend 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
Fort Bend County: 4.7

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 Fort Bend County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Austin County	Texas	9	64	21.0
Brazoria County	Texas	28	411	10.9
Harris County	Texas	583	4,851	10.2
Waller County	Texas	11	136	23.9
Wharton County	Texas	14	138	33.1

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 Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 354 deaths in Fort Bend County from 2005 to 2014. It records 389 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fort Bend in 2024?

The rate of Fort Bend County in 2024 was 4.3 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 Fort Bend had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 85 of 370 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 Fort Bend?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 119 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.