Grimes County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Grimes County in 2024.

FARS records 134 deaths in 117 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 45.2 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, Grimes County was number 63 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Grimes County rose by 2.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (131) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (134).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 89.7% of the fatal crashes in Grimes 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 Grimes 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.Grimes County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	15	3
2023	17	15	3
2022	11	11	4
2021	14	12	1 or 2
2020	11	9	1 or 2
2019	16	15	4
2018	15	10	1 or 2
2017	11	9	4
2016	8	7	3
2015	16	14	4
2015 to 2024	134	117	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2008)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Grimes County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	15
2023	17	15
2022	11	11
2021	14	12
2020	11	9
2019	16	15
2018	15	10
2017	11	9
2016	8	7
2015	16	14
2014	5	5
2013	10	10
2012	12	11
2011	13	12
2010	13	11
2009	16	14
2008	22	16
2007	13	13
2006	11	10
2005	16	16
2004	9	8
2003	18	14
2002	13	10
2001	7	7
2000	9	8
1999	8	7
1998	18	15
1997	12	10
1996	12	12
1995	13	11
1994	7	6
1993	8	6
1992	7	5
1991	8	8
1990	5	5
1989	7	7
1988	4	3
1987	3	3
1986	7	7
1985	12	10
1984	6	4
1983	6	5
1982	3	3
1981	12	12
1980	6	6
1979	13	10
1978	8	8
1977	9	7
1976	6	5
1975	6	6

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.Grimes County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Grimes County	Texas	United States
2024	45.0	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	45.2	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. Grimes County had 33,343 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Grimes County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 117 fatal crashes	31	117 fatal crashes	26.5%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 117 fatal crashes	39	117 fatal crashes	33.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 94 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	94 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.3%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 134 deaths	6	134 deaths	4.5%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 134 deaths	0	134 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 134 deaths	28	134 deaths	20.9%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 117 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	117 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.7%	38.1%
In the darkof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.7%	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.Grimes 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	11	3	9	1 or 2	25
Monday	1 or 2	3	6	3	13
Tuesday	0	4	6	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	10
Thursday	1 or 2	6	8	3	18
Friday	1 or 2	5	4	7	18
Saturday	1 or 2	4	8	7	20
All days	17	27	43	29	116

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.Grimes 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	6	5.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	45	38.8%	29.8%
Minor arterial	20	17.2%	20.3%
Major collector	29	25.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	9	7.8%	1.7%
Local	7	6.0%	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.Grimes County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	69
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Grimes County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	73
Cloudy	31
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Grimes County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Grimes	In all of Texas
State Route 6	State highway	18	283
State Route 30	State highway	10	23
State Route 90	State highway	15	20
State Route 105	State highway	24	130
State Route 249	State highway	4	115

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.Grimes 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
Grimes County: 45.2

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 Grimes County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Brazos County	Texas	15	177	7.6
Madison County	Texas	4	65	46.5
Montgomery County	Texas	62	606	9.6
Walker County	Texas	22	166	21.8
Waller County	Texas	11	136	23.9
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 Grimes 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 Grimes in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 131 deaths in Grimes County from 2005 to 2014. It records 134 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Grimes in 2024?

The rate of Grimes County in 2024 was 45.0 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 Grimes had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 117 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 Grimes?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 71 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.