Liberty County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Liberty County in 2024.

FARS records 251 deaths in 225 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.8 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, Liberty County was number 32 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Liberty County rose by 8.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (232) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (251).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 75.4% of the fatal crashes in Liberty 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 Liberty 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.Liberty County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	18	1 or 2
2023	24	22	4
2022	34	28	4
2021	21	21	3
2020	29	21	3
2019	24	21	3
2018	21	19	4
2017	39	37	6
2016	22	21	5
2015	18	17	4
2015 to 2024	251	225	38

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (1979)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Liberty County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	18
2023	24	22
2022	34	28
2021	21	21
2020	29	21
2019	24	21
2018	21	19
2017	39	37
2016	22	21
2015	18	17
2014	16	15
2013	23	20
2012	22	18
2011	18	18
2010	24	21
2009	18	17
2008	20	18
2007	37	34
2006	35	25
2005	19	19
2004	22	18
2003	30	28
2002	35	29
2001	30	23
2000	23	19
1999	19	18
1998	37	29
1997	36	29
1996	24	21
1995	19	17
1994	12	12
1993	28	23
1992	23	18
1991	12	12
1990	23	22
1989	34	29
1988	20	15
1987	15	13
1986	23	20
1985	21	19
1984	23	21
1983	30	15
1982	15	14
1981	20	20
1980	33	25
1979	39	34
1978	36	31
1977	23	21
1976	17	14
1975	21	15

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.Liberty County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Liberty County	Texas	United States
2024	16.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.8	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. Liberty County had 116,291 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Liberty County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 225 fatal crashes	38	225 fatal crashes	16.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 225 fatal crashes	51	225 fatal crashes	22.7%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 170 occupant deaths with restraint use known	78	170 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 251 deaths	31	251 deaths	12.4%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 251 deaths	9	251 deaths	3.6%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 251 deaths	26	251 deaths	10.4%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 224 fatal crashes with the condition reported	169	224 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.4%	38.1%
In the darkof 225 fatal crashes with the condition reported	119	225 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.9%	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.Liberty 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	5	6	11	30
Monday	1 or 2	9	8	11	30
Tuesday	5	10	5	15	35
Wednesday	3	5	11	7	26
Thursday	6	10	5	14	35
Friday	8	11	9	5	33
Saturday	7	5	9	15	36
All days	39	55	53	78	225

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.Liberty 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	8	3.6%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	77	34.4%	29.8%
Minor arterial	47	21.0%	20.3%
Major collector	64	28.6%	18.9%
Minor collector	6	2.7%	1.7%
Local	22	9.8%	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.Liberty County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	98
Dark, not lighted	102
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	6
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Liberty County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	178
Cloudy	23
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	9
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Liberty County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Liberty	In all of Texas
State Route 99	State highway	4	78
State Route 105	State highway	25	130
State Route 146	State highway	22	107
US Route 59	US highway	12	432
US Route 90	US highway	30	338

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.Liberty 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
Liberty County: 26.8

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 Liberty County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chambers County	Texas	13	147	31.7
Hardin County	Texas	13	111	19.4
Harris County	Texas	583	4,851	10.2
Jefferson County	Texas	45	409	16.1
Montgomery County	Texas	62	606	9.6
Polk County	Texas	22	165	32.6
San Jacinto County	Texas	12	95	33.5

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 Liberty 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 Liberty in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 232 deaths in Liberty County from 2005 to 2014. It records 251 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Liberty in 2024?

The rate of Liberty County in 2024 was 16.3 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 Liberty had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 38 of 225 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 Liberty?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 93 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.