Guadalupe County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Guadalupe County in 2024.

FARS records 197 deaths in 172 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.5 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, Guadalupe County was number 41 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Guadalupe County rose by 38.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (142) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (197).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 48.8% of the fatal crashes in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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.Guadalupe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	18	3
2023	21	17	1 or 2
2022	22	20	1 or 2
2021	21	18	3
2020	15	14	5
2019	15	13	3
2018	23	20	4
2017	19	15	3
2016	24	18	9
2015	19	19	4
2015 to 2024	197	172	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1999)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Guadalupe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	18
2023	21	17
2022	22	20
2021	21	18
2020	15	14
2019	15	13
2018	23	20
2017	19	15
2016	24	18
2015	19	19
2014	15	14
2013	16	15
2012	18	17
2011	10	10
2010	8	8
2009	18	14
2008	13	12
2007	16	8
2006	12	12
2005	16	12
2004	14	13
2003	10	10
2002	12	11
2001	22	20
2000	18	14
1999	27	23
1998	24	21
1997	14	12
1996	19	17
1995	16	14
1994	23	20
1993	19	18
1992	11	11
1991	16	16
1990	14	13
1989	19	15
1988	26	22
1987	17	17
1986	18	15
1985	15	12
1984	9	8
1983	14	14
1982	24	19
1981	18	14
1980	20	19
1979	18	14
1978	19	16
1977	14	13
1976	10	9
1975	22	20

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.Guadalupe County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Guadalupe County	Texas	United States
2024	9.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.5	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. Guadalupe County had 195,674 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Guadalupe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 172 fatal crashes	36	172 fatal crashes	20.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 172 fatal crashes	53	172 fatal crashes	30.8%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 122 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	122 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 197 deaths	26	197 deaths	13.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 197 deaths	1 or 2	197 deaths	1.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 197 deaths	28	197 deaths	14.2%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 172 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	172 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.8%	38.1%
In the darkof 172 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	172 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.0%	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.Guadalupe 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	5	8	26
Monday	1 or 2	8	10	7	26
Tuesday	7	5	3	3	18
Wednesday	0	4	4	5	13
Thursday	6	6	7	5	24
Friday	7	6	7	16	36
Saturday	14	5	4	6	29
All days	47	35	40	50	172

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.Guadalupe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	45	26.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	33	19.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	40	23.3%	20.3%
Major collector	37	21.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	7	4.1%	1.7%
Local	8	4.7%	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.Guadalupe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	82
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Guadalupe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	124
Cloudy	26
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Guadalupe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Guadalupe	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	34	994
Interstate 35	Interstate	9	915
State Route 46	State highway	12	44
State Route 123	State highway	23	50
State Route 130	State highway	1 or 2	51
US Route 90	US highway	13	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.Guadalupe 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
Guadalupe County: 11.5

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 Guadalupe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bexar County	Texas	218	2,051	10.2
Caldwell County	Texas	17	125	27.5
Comal County	Texas	22	203	12.5
Gonzales County	Texas	7	101	49.8
Hays County	Texas	28	302	12.5
Wilson County	Texas	5	70	13.7

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 Guadalupe 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.

Cite this page

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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 Guadalupe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 142 deaths in Guadalupe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 197 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Guadalupe in 2024?

The rate of Guadalupe County in 2024 was 9.2 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 Guadalupe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 172 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 Guadalupe?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 93 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.