Lamar County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Lamar County in 2024.

FARS records 112 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.3 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, Lamar County was number 73 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Lamar County rose by 23.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (91) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (112).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 61.8% of the fatal crashes in Lamar 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 Lamar 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.Lamar County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	17	11	3
2022	12	12	1 or 2
2021	11	11	1 or 2
2020	11	11	3
2019	14	12	1 or 2
2018	15	15	1 or 2
2017	6	6	0
2016	10	9	1 or 2
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	112	103	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1997)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Lamar County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	17	11
2022	12	12
2021	11	11
2020	11	11
2019	14	12
2018	15	15
2017	6	6
2016	10	9
2015	8	8
2014	14	10
2013	7	6
2012	11	7
2011	12	10
2010	9	9
2009	10	9
2008	5	5
2007	8	8
2006	7	6
2005	8	7
2004	9	7
2003	14	13
2002	14	13
2001	8	8
2000	15	12
1999	14	13
1998	7	7
1997	20	17
1996	7	6
1995	5	5
1994	7	7
1993	9	9
1992	7	7
1991	12	10
1990	10	9
1989	13	10
1988	4	4
1987	12	10
1986	12	10
1985	12	9
1984	9	7
1983	7	7
1982	13	13
1981	11	10
1980	4	4
1979	16	13
1978	14	13
1977	7	7
1976	5	5
1975	5	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.Lamar County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lamar County	Texas	United States
2024	15.6	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.3	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. Lamar County had 51,342 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lamar County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	16	103 fatal crashes	15.5%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	33	103 fatal crashes	32.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 112 deaths	11	112 deaths	9.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 112 deaths	1 or 2	112 deaths	0.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 112 deaths	13	112 deaths	11.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 102 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.8%	38.1%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	43	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	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.Lamar 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	8	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	15
Monday	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	11	4	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Thursday	0	6	6	1 or 2	13
Friday	7	4	9	4	24
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	3	6
All days	21	30	33	19	103

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.Lamar 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	60	58.8%	29.8%
Minor arterial	11	10.8%	20.3%
Major collector	27	26.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.7%
Local	4	3.9%	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.Lamar County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lamar County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	75
Cloudy	14
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lamar County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lamar	In all of Texas
State Route 19	State highway	5	102
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 82	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 286	State highway	5	21
US Route 82	US highway	28	200
US Route 271	US highway	21	102

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.Lamar 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
Lamar County: 22.3

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 Lamar County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bryan County	Oklahoma	15	125	26.4
Choctaw County	Oklahoma	3	59	40.6
Delta County	Texas	1 or 2	14	26.3
Fannin County	Texas	25	134	37.3
Red River County	Texas	4	52	43.6

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 Lamar 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 Lamar in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 91 deaths in Lamar County from 2005 to 2014. It records 112 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lamar in 2024?

The rate of Lamar County in 2024 was 15.6 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 Lamar had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 103 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 Lamar?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 61 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.