Freestone County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Freestone County in 2024.

FARS records 110 deaths in 97 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 55.3 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, Freestone County was number 76 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Freestone County rose by 19.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (92) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.9% of the fatal crashes in Freestone 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 Freestone 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.Freestone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	1 or 2
2023	13	10	5
2022	13	13	4
2021	13	12	1 or 2
2020	11	11	1 or 2
2019	8	8	0
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	8	6	1 or 2
2016	14	10	3
2015	11	8	0
2015 to 2024	110	97	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2001)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Freestone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	13	10
2022	13	13
2021	13	12
2020	11	11
2019	8	8
2018	10	10
2017	8	6
2016	14	10
2015	11	8
2014	8	7
2013	5	5
2012	6	5
2011	5	5
2010	6	4
2009	10	10
2008	12	10
2007	16	14
2006	14	11
2005	10	10
2004	8	7
2003	5	4
2002	10	10
2001	23	16
2000	10	8
1999	19	16
1998	8	6
1997	12	9
1996	10	9
1995	10	10
1994	10	9
1993	5	5
1992	11	8
1991	7	6
1990	9	8
1989	7	6
1988	11	9
1987	5	4
1986	10	9
1985	14	11
1984	20	15
1983	5	5
1982	8	7
1981	15	11
1980	13	9
1979	7	6
1978	9	7
1977	12	7
1976	6	5
1975	11	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.Freestone County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Freestone County	Texas	United States
2024	43.5	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	55.3	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. Freestone County had 20,686 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Freestone County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 97 fatal crashes	17	97 fatal crashes	17.5%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 97 fatal crashes	20	97 fatal crashes	20.6%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	9	110 deaths	8.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	0	110 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	4	110 deaths	3.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	95	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.4%	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.Freestone 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	4	4	4	14
Monday	3	4	3	0	10
Tuesday	5	3	4	6	18
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	10
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	4	12
Friday	4	1 or 2	4	7	16
Saturday	7	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	17
All days	26	21	25	25	97

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.Freestone County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	49	50.5%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	5	5.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	17	17.5%	20.3%
Major collector	18	18.6%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.1%	1.7%
Local	6	6.2%	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.Freestone County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	44
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Freestone County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	71
Cloudy	14
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Freestone County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Freestone	In all of Texas
Interstate 45	Interstate	49	668
State Route 75	State highway	6	41
US Route 79	US highway	5	154
US Route 84	US highway	11	254
US Route 287	US highway	1 or 2	314

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.Freestone 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
Freestone County: 55.3

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 Freestone County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anderson County	Texas	13	128	22.0
Henderson County	Texas	26	185	22.3
Leon County	Texas	8	113	67.5
Limestone County	Texas	5	56	24.5
Navarro County	Texas	14	110	21.2

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 Freestone 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 Freestone in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 92 deaths in Freestone County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Freestone in 2024?

The rate of Freestone County in 2024 was 43.5 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 Freestone had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 97 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 Freestone?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 72 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.