Grayson County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 32 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Grayson County in 2024.

FARS records 245 deaths in 224 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.9 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, Grayson County was number 34 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Grayson County fell by 3.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (253) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (245).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 56.7% of the fatal crashes in Grayson 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 Grayson 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.Grayson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	32	28	4
2023	16	16	6
2022	32	30	7
2021	29	26	5
2020	23	22	1 or 2
2019	21	20	5
2018	20	18	4
2017	22	22	5
2016	24	22	8
2015	26	20	8
2015 to 2024	245	224	54

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (2004)2024: 32

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

Table 2.Grayson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	32	28
2023	16	16
2022	32	30
2021	29	26
2020	23	22
2019	21	20
2018	20	18
2017	22	22
2016	24	22
2015	26	20
2014	19	19
2013	27	26
2012	20	20
2011	20	19
2010	27	23
2009	20	18
2008	44	25
2007	24	24
2006	28	27
2005	24	21
2004	47	35
2003	38	31
2002	17	15
2001	22	20
2000	22	21
1999	32	25
1998	19	16
1997	18	15
1996	34	29
1995	23	20
1994	23	21
1993	25	16
1992	20	17
1991	10	9
1990	18	16
1989	15	15
1988	24	24
1987	37	33
1986	20	18
1985	28	24
1984	23	20
1983	23	18
1982	22	18
1981	31	27
1980	18	17
1979	32	28
1978	27	19
1977	24	19
1976	16	13
1975	20	12

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.Grayson County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Grayson County	Texas	United States
2024	21.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.9	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. Grayson County had 150,865 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Grayson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 224 fatal crashes	54	224 fatal crashes	24.1%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 224 fatal crashes	73	224 fatal crashes	32.6%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 151 occupant deaths with restraint use known	63	151 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 245 deaths	40	245 deaths	16.3%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 245 deaths	1 or 2	245 deaths	0.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 245 deaths	38	245 deaths	15.5%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 224 fatal crashes with the condition reported	127	224 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.7%	38.1%
In the darkof 222 fatal crashes with the condition reported	109	222 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.1%	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.Grayson 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	6	1 or 2	6	6	20
Monday	1 or 2	5	5	7	18
Tuesday	3	9	5	13	30
Wednesday	7	8	13	10	38
Thursday	5	9	10	10	34
Friday	5	13	7	23	48
Saturday	8	4	12	12	36
All days	35	50	58	81	224

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.Grayson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	0	0.0%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	42	18.8%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	55	24.7%	29.8%
Minor arterial	69	30.9%	20.3%
Major collector	39	17.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	1.3%	1.7%
Local	15	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.Grayson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	109
Dark, not lighted	86
Dark, lighted	20
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Grayson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	167
Cloudy	31
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Grayson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Grayson	In all of Texas
State Route 11	State highway	7	48
State Route 289	State highway	10	56
US Route 69	US highway	8	271
US Route 75	US highway	41	170
US Route 82	US highway	26	200
US Route 377	US highway	24	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.Grayson 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
Grayson County: 17.9

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 Grayson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bryan County	Oklahoma	15	125	26.4
Love County	Oklahoma	9	58	57.0
Marshall County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	41	25.4
Collin County	Texas	72	576	5.4
Cooke County	Texas	23	112	27.0
Denton County	Texas	50	521	5.7
Fannin County	Texas	25	134	37.3

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 Grayson 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 Grayson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 253 deaths in Grayson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 245 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Grayson in 2024?

The rate of Grayson County in 2024 was 21.2 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 Grayson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 54 of 224 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 Grayson?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 116 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.