Hunt County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Hunt County in 2024.

FARS records 257 deaths in 229 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.3 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, Hunt County was number 31 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Hunt County rose by 22.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (210) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (257).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 68.1% of the fatal crashes in Hunt 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 Hunt 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.Hunt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	20	5
2023	35	33	10
2022	15	14	4
2021	38	34	7
2020	26	24	6
2019	26	24	11
2018	17	17	4
2017	27	23	11
2016	28	24	5
2015	22	16	4
2015 to 2024	257	229	67

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (2021)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Hunt County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	20
2023	35	33
2022	15	14
2021	38	34
2020	26	24
2019	26	24
2018	17	17
2017	27	23
2016	28	24
2015	22	16
2014	18	18
2013	15	15
2012	25	22
2011	21	19
2010	16	15
2009	16	15
2008	20	19
2007	28	23
2006	24	20
2005	27	25
2004	25	22
2003	28	25
2002	17	15
2001	26	22
2000	31	26
1999	25	24
1998	24	22
1997	30	29
1996	30	24
1995	24	22
1994	14	13
1993	21	19
1992	19	16
1991	20	16
1990	23	20
1989	12	12
1988	17	15
1987	21	19
1986	26	21
1985	23	18
1984	15	14
1983	17	16
1982	15	14
1981	20	18
1980	23	21
1979	19	15
1978	14	13
1977	19	12
1976	21	15
1975	15	14

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.Hunt County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hunt County	Texas	United States
2024	19.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.3	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. Hunt County had 119,210 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hunt County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 229 fatal crashes	67	229 fatal crashes	29.3%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 229 fatal crashes	54	229 fatal crashes	23.6%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 170 occupant deaths with restraint use known	81	170 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.6%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 257 deaths	34	257 deaths	13.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 257 deaths	5	257 deaths	1.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 257 deaths	28	257 deaths	10.9%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 229 fatal crashes with the condition reported	156	229 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.1%	38.1%
In the darkof 228 fatal crashes with the condition reported	115	228 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.4%	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.Hunt 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	4	6	14	10	34
Monday	4	8	9	10	31
Tuesday	4	3	6	10	23
Wednesday	7	6	1 or 2	8	23
Thursday	9	12	5	18	44
Friday	3	6	8	11	28
Saturday	10	12	8	16	46
All days	41	53	52	83	229

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.Hunt County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	34	14.9%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	78	34.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	48	21.1%	20.3%
Major collector	50	21.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	4	1.8%	1.7%
Local	14	6.1%	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.Hunt County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	104
Dark, not lighted	95
Dark, lighted	20
Dawn	4
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hunt County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	174
Cloudy	37
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hunt County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hunt	In all of Texas
Interstate 30	Interstate	33	404
State Route 11	State highway	3	48
State Route 24	State highway	16	23
State Route 34	State highway	31	69
State Route 66	State highway	5	20
State Route 276	State highway	14	24
State Route 302	State highway	1 or 2	85
US Route 69	US highway	35	271
US Route 380	US highway	4	127

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.Hunt 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
Hunt County: 25.3

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 Hunt County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Collin County	Texas	72	576	5.4
Delta County	Texas	1 or 2	14	26.3
Fannin County	Texas	25	134	37.3
Hopkins County	Texas	3	102	27.5
Kaufman County	Texas	24	273	18.4
Rains County	Texas	4	30	24.5
Rockwall County	Texas	5	80	7.2
Van Zandt County	Texas	12	174	29.5

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 Hunt 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 Hunt in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 210 deaths in Hunt County from 2005 to 2014. It records 257 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hunt in 2024?

The rate of Hunt County in 2024 was 19.3 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 Hunt had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 67 of 229 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 Hunt?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 143 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.