Hopkins County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Hopkins County in 2024.

FARS records 102 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.5 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, Hopkins County was number 85 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Hopkins County rose by 13.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (90) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (102).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 80.0% of the fatal crashes in Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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.Hopkins County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	0
2023	13	13	3
2022	18	14	4
2021	11	9	1 or 2
2020	9	8	1 or 2
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	12	10	1 or 2
2017	13	13	1 or 2
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	9	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	102	90	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (2004)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Hopkins County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	13	13
2022	18	14
2021	11	9
2020	9	8
2019	5	5
2018	12	10
2017	13	13
2016	9	8
2015	9	7
2014	8	7
2013	7	7
2012	6	6
2011	11	11
2010	10	10
2009	12	9
2008	12	10
2007	7	6
2006	8	8
2005	9	9
2004	28	17
2003	18	17
2002	14	10
2001	4	4
2000	9	8
1999	15	13
1998	12	11
1997	16	12
1996	8	8
1995	6	6
1994	7	6
1993	9	9
1992	11	9
1991	13	10
1990	14	11
1989	10	9
1988	9	6
1987	9	9
1986	13	12
1985	10	8
1984	11	11
1983	8	6
1982	8	7
1981	6	6
1980	11	10
1979	12	11
1978	7	7
1977	12	10
1976	11	10
1975	3	3

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.Hopkins County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hopkins County	Texas	United States
2024	7.7	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.5	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. Hopkins County had 38,826 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hopkins County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	17	90 fatal crashes	18.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	32	90 fatal crashes	35.6%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.6%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 102 deaths	9	102 deaths	8.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 102 deaths	0	102 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 102 deaths	11	102 deaths	10.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.6%	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.Hopkins 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	3	3	3	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	0	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	3	0	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	4	4	13
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Friday	4	1 or 2	6	7	18
Saturday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	11	18
All days	18	20	25	27	90

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.Hopkins County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	21	23.6%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	19	21.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	20	22.5%	20.3%
Major collector	23	25.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	3.4%	1.7%
Local	3	3.4%	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.Hopkins County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hopkins County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	54
Cloudy	28
Rain	6
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 Hopkins County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hopkins	In all of Texas
Interstate 30	Interstate	18	404
State Route 11	State highway	13	48
State Route 19	State highway	16	102
State Route 154	State highway	9	31

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.Hopkins 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
Hopkins County: 27.5

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 Hopkins County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Delta County	Texas	1 or 2	14	26.3
Franklin County	Texas	1 or 2	32	30.0
Hunt County	Texas	23	257	25.3
Rains County	Texas	4	30	24.5
Wood County	Texas	8	110	24.0

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 Hopkins 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 Hopkins in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 90 deaths in Hopkins County from 2005 to 2014. It records 102 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hopkins in 2024?

The rate of Hopkins County in 2024 was 7.7 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 Hopkins had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 90 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 Hopkins?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 56 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.