Houston County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 87 deaths in 76 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 38.7 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, Houston County was number 99 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Houston County rose by 33.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (65) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (87).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 92.1% of the fatal crashes in Houston 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 Houston 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.Houston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	1 or 2
2023	7	7	3
2022	6	5	0
2021	9	6	1 or 2
2020	9	8	1 or 2
2019	4	4	0
2018	7	6	3
2017	10	9	4
2016	14	13	1 or 2
2015	8	7	0
2015 to 2024	87	76	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1979)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Houston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	11
2023	7	7
2022	6	5
2021	9	6
2020	9	8
2019	4	4
2018	7	6
2017	10	9
2016	14	13
2015	8	7
2014	6	5
2013	8	6
2012	6	6
2011	7	7
2010	5	4
2009	5	4
2008	6	6
2007	11	9
2006	3	3
2005	8	5
2004	6	6
2003	8	8
2002	11	11
2001	5	5
2000	7	7
1999	5	5
1998	9	8
1997	13	9
1996	13	10
1995	11	9
1994	9	8
1993	7	5
1992	10	7
1991	5	4
1990	7	4
1989	5	5
1988	1 or 2	1 or 2
1987	6	6
1986	10	9
1985	12	9
1984	7	7
1983	12	7
1982	5	5
1981	5	5
1980	13	9
1979	17	8
1978	10	9
1977	4	4
1976	9	8
1975	1 or 2	1 or 2

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.Houston County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Houston County	Texas	United States
2024	58.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	38.7	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. Houston County had 22,331 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Houston County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 76 fatal crashes	16	76 fatal crashes	21.1%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 76 fatal crashes	20	76 fatal crashes	26.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.4%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 87 deaths	1 or 2	87 deaths	2.3%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 87 deaths	1 or 2	87 deaths	1.1%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 87 deaths	6	87 deaths	6.9%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	92.1%	38.1%
In the darkof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.8%	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.Houston 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	3	13
Monday	1 or 2	5	3	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	0	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Thursday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	5	11
Friday	1 or 2	8	7	1 or 2	18
Saturday	1 or 2	0	4	9	14
All days	10	20	24	22	76

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.Houston 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	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	19	25.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	35	46.1%	20.3%
Major collector	14	18.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	6	7.9%	1.7%
Local	1 or 2	2.6%	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.Houston County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	44
Dark, not lighted	26
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Houston County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	43
Cloudy	26
Rain	5
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 Houston County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Houston	In all of Texas
State Route 7	State highway	18	75
State Route 19	State highway	9	102
State Route 21	State highway	7	156
State Route 71	State highway	1 or 2	199
US Route 287	US highway	13	314

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.Houston 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
Houston County: 38.7

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 Houston County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anderson County	Texas	13	128	22.0
Angelina County	Texas	20	176	20.2
Cherokee County	Texas	10	126	24.2
Leon County	Texas	8	113	67.5
Madison County	Texas	4	65	46.5
Trinity County	Texas	8	44	30.7
Walker County	Texas	22	166	21.8

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 Houston 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

Fatal Roads. Houston County, Texas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tx/houston/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Houston in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 65 deaths in Houston County from 2005 to 2014. It records 87 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Houston in 2024?

The rate of Houston County in 2024 was 58.2 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 Houston had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 76 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 Houston?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 48 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.