Kerr County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Kerr County in 2024.

FARS records 105 deaths in 92 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.9 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, Kerr County was number 82 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Kerr County rose by 1.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (103) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (105).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 69.6% of the fatal crashes in Kerr 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 Kerr 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.Kerr County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	8	1 or 2
2023	16	12	1 or 2
2022	13	13	3
2021	14	12	5
2020	13	10	3
2019	8	7	4
2018	10	9	1 or 2
2017	3	3	0
2016	11	10	1 or 2
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	105	92	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1982)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Kerr County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	8
2023	16	12
2022	13	13
2021	14	12
2020	13	10
2019	8	7
2018	10	9
2017	3	3
2016	11	10
2015	8	8
2014	15	12
2013	16	16
2012	10	10
2011	7	6
2010	9	6
2009	6	6
2008	7	7
2007	14	10
2006	10	9
2005	9	7
2004	7	7
2003	12	11
2002	10	8
2001	10	10
2000	7	7
1999	4	4
1998	10	10
1997	7	6
1996	11	11
1995	10	10
1994	11	8
1993	5	5
1992	15	9
1991	7	7
1990	4	4
1989	4	4
1988	10	8
1987	3	3
1986	7	7
1985	14	12
1984	8	6
1983	11	10
1982	19	18
1981	10	9
1980	10	9
1979	9	9
1978	13	11
1977	15	13
1976	8	6
1975	9	7

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.Kerr County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kerr County	Texas	United States
2024	16.7	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.9	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. Kerr County had 54,014 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kerr County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 92 fatal crashes	23	92 fatal crashes	25.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 92 fatal crashes	27	92 fatal crashes	29.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 105 deaths	6	105 deaths	5.7%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 105 deaths	1 or 2	105 deaths	1.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 105 deaths	19	105 deaths	18.1%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	69.6%	38.1%
In the darkof 91 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	91 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.1%	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.Kerr 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	1 or 2	3	7	1 or 2	13
Monday	1 or 2	5	3	0	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	6	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	7	4	12
Thursday	3	6	3	7	19
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	4	11
Saturday	1 or 2	5	7	1 or 2	15
All days	10	25	37	20	92

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.Kerr County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	26	28.3%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	24	26.1%	29.8%
Minor arterial	17	18.5%	20.3%
Major collector	21	22.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.7%
Local	4	4.3%	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.Kerr County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	4
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Kerr County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	66
Cloudy	17
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 Kerr County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kerr	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	26	994
State Route 16	State highway	14	158
State Route 173	State highway	7	28
US Route 83	US highway	3	213
US Route 87	US highway	3	241

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.Kerr 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
Kerr County: 19.9

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 Kerr County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bandera County	Texas	7	56	25.3
Edwards County	Texas	1 or 2	17	102.2
Gillespie County	Texas	5	75	27.8
Kendall County	Texas	11	73	15.8
Kimble County	Texas	1 or 2	66	150.5
Real County	Texas	1 or 2	28	90.3

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 Kerr 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 Kerr in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 103 deaths in Kerr County from 2005 to 2014. It records 105 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kerr in 2024?

The rate of Kerr County in 2024 was 16.7 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 Kerr had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 92 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 Kerr?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 53 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.