Hardin County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Hardin County in 2024.

FARS records 111 deaths in 101 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.4 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, Hardin County was number 75 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Hardin County fell by 5.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (118) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (111).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 58.4% of the fatal crashes in Hardin 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 Hardin 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.Hardin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	5
2023	14	14	1 or 2
2022	5	5	1 or 2
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	11	10	0
2019	11	9	1 or 2
2018	17	14	1 or 2
2017	12	11	3
2016	11	10	1 or 2
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	111	101	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1998)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Hardin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	11
2023	14	14
2022	5	5
2021	8	8
2020	11	10
2019	11	9
2018	17	14
2017	12	11
2016	11	10
2015	9	9
2014	13	11
2013	11	9
2012	11	10
2011	12	11
2010	6	6
2009	8	7
2008	24	23
2007	17	17
2006	11	11
2005	5	5
2004	15	14
2003	16	15
2002	9	8
2001	15	13
2000	11	11
1999	20	17
1998	33	24
1997	20	17
1996	15	14
1995	9	8
1994	13	12
1993	9	8
1992	14	13
1991	13	10
1990	8	5
1989	14	9
1988	13	12
1987	9	7
1986	15	13
1985	13	13
1984	14	14
1983	10	8
1982	16	12
1981	14	13
1980	20	19
1979	17	15
1978	14	11
1977	12	10
1976	11	7
1975	17	13

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.Hardin County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hardin County	Texas	United States
2024	22.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.4	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. Hardin County had 58,636 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hardin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 101 fatal crashes	18	101 fatal crashes	17.8%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 101 fatal crashes	27	101 fatal crashes	26.7%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 75 occupant deaths with restraint use known	23	75 occupant deathswith restraint use known	30.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 111 deaths	9	111 deaths	8.1%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 111 deaths	3	111 deaths	2.7%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 111 deaths	19	111 deaths	17.1%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 101 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	101 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.4%	38.1%
In the darkof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.0%	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.Hardin 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	1 or 2	3	8	13
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	0	6	3	5	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	13
Thursday	4	5	5	5	19
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	8	18
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	4	15
All days	12	20	35	34	101

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.Hardin 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	1 or 2	2.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	53	52.5%	29.8%
Minor arterial	27	26.7%	20.3%
Major collector	13	12.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.7%
Local	6	5.9%	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.Hardin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hardin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	71
Cloudy	22
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Hardin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hardin	In all of Texas
State Route 105	State highway	10	130
US Route 69	US highway	20	271
US Route 96	US highway	23	76

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.Hardin 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
Hardin County: 19.4

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 Hardin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jasper County	Texas	11	95	27.8
Jefferson County	Texas	45	409	16.1
Liberty County	Texas	19	251	26.8
Orange County	Texas	15	212	25.1
Polk County	Texas	22	165	32.6
Tyler County	Texas	4	72	34.5

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 Hardin 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 Hardin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 118 deaths in Hardin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 111 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hardin in 2024?

The rate of Hardin County in 2024 was 22.2 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 Hardin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 101 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 Hardin?

FARS records 10 fatal crashes on State Route 105 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 20 fatal crashes on US Route 69 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 23 fatal crashes on US Route 96 in the county from 2015 to 2024.