Hill County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Hill County in 2024.

FARS records 139 deaths in 121 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 38.1 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, Hill County was number 56 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Hill County rose by 21.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (139).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 90.1% of the fatal crashes in Hill 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 Hill 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.Hill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	14	3
2023	18	16	5
2022	8	8	3
2021	19	17	4
2020	15	13	4
2019	12	11	3
2018	12	10	0
2017	10	8	0
2016	13	11	1 or 2
2015	16	13	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	139	121	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1996)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Hill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	14
2023	18	16
2022	8	8
2021	19	17
2020	15	13
2019	12	11
2018	12	10
2017	10	8
2016	13	11
2015	16	13
2014	14	12
2013	16	15
2012	11	10
2011	11	9
2010	10	9
2009	7	7
2008	11	11
2007	15	14
2006	8	8
2005	11	10
2004	13	11
2003	9	9
2002	9	9
2001	19	14
2000	14	11
1999	15	13
1998	16	11
1997	14	13
1996	31	25
1995	9	9
1994	7	7
1993	11	10
1992	11	9
1991	10	9
1990	9	8
1989	17	14
1988	19	16
1987	13	10
1986	15	14
1985	4	4
1984	8	7
1983	19	15
1982	7	7
1981	13	10
1980	15	11
1979	11	9
1978	7	7
1977	12	11
1976	16	12
1975	9	8

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.Hill County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hill County	Texas	United States
2024	41.1	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	38.1	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. Hill County had 38,889 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hill County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 121 fatal crashes	26	121 fatal crashes	21.5%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 121 fatal crashes	45	121 fatal crashes	37.2%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 112 occupant deaths with restraint use known	52	112 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.4%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 139 deaths	8	139 deaths	5.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 139 deaths	0	139 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 139 deaths	16	139 deaths	11.5%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 121 fatal crashes with the condition reported	109	121 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.1%	38.1%
In the darkof 121 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	121 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.2%	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.Hill 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	5	1 or 2	4	4	15
Monday	1 or 2	7	5	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	7	19
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	4	6	16
Thursday	1 or 2	5	11	1 or 2	19
Friday	1 or 2	5	5	4	15
Saturday	1 or 2	6	7	7	22
All days	13	33	43	32	121

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.Hill County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	31	25.6%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	8	6.6%	29.8%
Minor arterial	31	25.6%	20.3%
Major collector	40	33.1%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	1.7%
Local	10	8.3%	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.Hill County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	78
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hill County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	90
Cloudy	17
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Hill County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hill	In all of Texas
Interstate 35	Interstate	20	915
Interstate 35E	Interstate	6	117
Interstate 35W	Interstate	5	68
State Route 22	State highway	26	32
State Route 31	State highway	7	111
State Route 171	State highway	11	45
State Route 174	State highway	5	38
US Route 77	US highway	1 or 2	201

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.Hill 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
Hill County: 38.1

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 Hill County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bosque County	Texas	4	50	27.1
Ellis County	Texas	41	326	16.8
Johnson County	Texas	21	274	15.1
Limestone County	Texas	5	56	24.5
McLennan County	Texas	22	342	13.2
Navarro County	Texas	14	110	21.2

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 Hill 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 Hill in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Hill County from 2005 to 2014. It records 139 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hill in 2024?

The rate of Hill County in 2024 was 41.1 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 Hill had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 121 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 Hill?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 81 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.