Gregg County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Gregg County in 2024.

FARS records 262 deaths in 247 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.0 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, Gregg County was number 30 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Gregg County fell by 5.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (277) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (262).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 47.8% of the fatal crashes in Gregg County with known light were in the dark, against 55.9% 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 Gregg 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.Gregg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	25	5
2023	27	24	8
2022	33	32	5
2021	20	20	0
2020	27	25	6
2019	26	24	1 or 2
2018	24	23	5
2017	33	31	9
2016	21	21	8
2015	26	22	5
2015 to 2024	262	247	52

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 52 (1981)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Gregg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	25
2023	27	24
2022	33	32
2021	20	20
2020	27	25
2019	26	24
2018	24	23
2017	33	31
2016	21	21
2015	26	22
2014	22	22
2013	21	20
2012	29	23
2011	30	26
2010	25	25
2009	15	13
2008	32	29
2007	38	33
2006	32	30
2005	33	30
2004	26	25
2003	38	32
2002	35	25
2001	27	24
2000	31	29
1999	23	22
1998	25	24
1997	26	23
1996	27	24
1995	26	23
1994	16	16
1993	26	23
1992	23	20
1991	25	19
1990	36	33
1989	23	21
1988	23	23
1987	28	26
1986	27	21
1985	26	23
1984	30	29
1983	48	42
1982	36	32
1981	52	47
1980	39	37
1979	36	35
1978	34	32
1977	32	28
1976	23	18
1975	28	28

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.Gregg County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Gregg County	Texas	United States
2024	19.8	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.0	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. Gregg County had 126,387 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Gregg County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 247 fatal crashes	52	247 fatal crashes	21.1%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 247 fatal crashes	78	247 fatal crashes	31.6%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 156 occupant deaths with restraint use known	60	156 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.5%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 262 deaths	54	262 deaths	20.6%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 262 deaths	1 or 2	262 deaths	0.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 262 deaths	33	262 deaths	12.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 247 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	247 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.4%	38.1%
In the darkof 247 fatal crashes with the condition reported	118	247 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.8%	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.Gregg 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	12	1 or 2	9	13	36
Monday	7	8	10	8	33
Tuesday	7	4	7	13	31
Wednesday	4	12	7	9	32
Thursday	1 or 2	6	12	15	35
Friday	1 or 2	5	12	18	37
Saturday	11	8	8	16	43
All days	45	45	65	92	247

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.Gregg County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	38	15.4%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	119	48.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	41	16.6%	20.3%
Major collector	34	13.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.4%	1.7%
Local	14	5.7%	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.Gregg County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	110
Dark, not lighted	80
Dark, lighted	36
Dawn	10
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Gregg County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	174
Cloudy	48
Rain	25
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 Gregg County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Gregg	In all of Texas
Interstate 20	Interstate	38	852
State Route 31	State highway	13	111
State Route 80	State highway	1 or 2	43
State Route 281	State highway	20	23
State Route 300	State highway	6	20
US Route 80	US highway	20	133
US Route 259	US highway	32	97
US Route 271	US highway	4	102

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.Gregg 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
Gregg County: 21.0

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 Gregg County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Harrison County	Texas	15	212	31.0
Rusk County	Texas	17	173	32.4
Smith County	Texas	53	562	23.9
Upshur County	Texas	16	113	27.0

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 Gregg 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 Gregg in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 277 deaths in Gregg County from 2005 to 2014. It records 262 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Gregg in 2024?

The rate of Gregg County in 2024 was 19.8 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 Gregg had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 52 of 247 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 Gregg?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 134 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.