Hidalgo County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 62 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in Hidalgo County in 2024.

FARS records 638 deaths in 586 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.3 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, Hidalgo County was number 7 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Hidalgo County fell by 10.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (709) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (638).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 8.5% of the fatal crashes in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo 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.Hidalgo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	62	57	14
2023	84	74	25
2022	76	70	30
2021	71	64	19
2020	47	43	7
2019	44	41	12
2018	52	44	19
2017	60	59	19
2016	75	74	27
2015	67	60	19
2015 to 2024	638	586	191

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 99 (2002)2024: 62

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

Table 2.Hidalgo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	62	57
2023	84	74
2022	76	70
2021	71	64
2020	47	43
2019	44	41
2018	52	44
2017	60	59
2016	75	74
2015	67	60
2014	65	58
2013	65	59
2012	83	67
2011	50	47
2010	70	64
2009	72	65
2008	75	67
2007	75	71
2006	62	56
2005	92	79
2004	83	67
2003	92	81
2002	99	84
2001	87	83
2000	89	78
1999	95	81
1998	87	73
1997	81	75
1996	96	78
1995	85	71
1994	81	63
1993	90	79
1992	89	72
1991	65	61
1990	88	78
1989	95	70
1988	62	55
1987	63	56
1986	68	57
1985	55	49
1984	62	54
1983	53	48
1982	73	57
1981	75	67
1980	87	74
1979	49	47
1978	80	63
1977	54	52
1976	62	53
1975	79	70

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.Hidalgo County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hidalgo County	Texas	United States
2024	6.8	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.3	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. Hidalgo County had 913,612 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hidalgo County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 586 fatal crashes	191	586 fatal crashes	32.6%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 586 fatal crashes	189	586 fatal crashes	32.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 387 occupant deaths with restraint use known	216	387 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.8%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 638 deaths	149	638 deaths	23.4%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 638 deaths	17	638 deaths	2.7%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 638 deaths	52	638 deaths	8.2%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 585 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	585 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	8.5%	38.1%
In the darkof 585 fatal crashes with the condition reported	378	585 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.6%	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.Hidalgo 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	45	18	10	38	111
Monday	20	10	16	31	77
Tuesday	7	12	7	21	47
Wednesday	17	12	13	20	62
Thursday	16	14	18	30	78
Friday	17	13	19	42	91
Saturday	44	15	15	46	120
All days	166	94	98	228	586

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.Hidalgo County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	66	11.3%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	199	34.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	74	12.6%	20.3%
Major collector	139	23.7%	18.9%
Minor collector	15	2.6%	1.7%
Local	91	15.5%	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.Hidalgo County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	194
Dark, not lighted	227
Dark, lighted	144
Dawn	11
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hidalgo County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	490
Cloudy	55
Rain	32
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 Hidalgo County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hidalgo	In all of Texas
Interstate 2	Interstate	39	42
Interstate 20	Interstate	1 or 2	852
Interstate 69	Interstate	8	222
State Route 107	State highway	23	25
State Route 115	State highway	3	38
State Route 336	State highway	10	24
US Route 83	US highway	24	213
US Route 281	US highway	28	299

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.Hidalgo 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
Hidalgo County: 7.3

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 Hidalgo County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Brooks County	Texas	1 or 2	35	49.7
Cameron County	Texas	41	338	8.0
Kenedy County	Texas	1 or 2	20	527.0
Starr County	Texas	7	42	6.5
Willacy County	Texas	3	36	17.3

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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 709 deaths in Hidalgo County from 2005 to 2014. It records 638 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hidalgo in 2024?

The rate of Hidalgo County in 2024 was 6.8 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 Hidalgo had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 191 of 586 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 Hidalgo?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 136 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.