Lubbock County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 51 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Lubbock County in 2024.

FARS records 478 deaths in 437 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.3 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, Lubbock County was number 14 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Lubbock County rose by 38.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (346) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (478).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 24.0% of the fatal crashes in Lubbock 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 Lubbock 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.Lubbock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	51	45	16
2023	59	51	17
2022	51	49	10
2021	63	59	20
2020	43	38	13
2019	62	58	18
2018	24	24	10
2017	42	41	16
2016	43	38	14
2015	40	34	9
2015 to 2024	478	437	143

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 72 (1977)2024: 51

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

Table 2.Lubbock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	51	45
2023	59	51
2022	51	49
2021	63	59
2020	43	38
2019	62	58
2018	24	24
2017	42	41
2016	43	38
2015	40	34
2014	42	36
2013	32	30
2012	30	27
2011	39	35
2010	39	35
2009	37	29
2008	45	41
2007	21	20
2006	32	29
2005	29	24
2004	39	37
2003	45	42
2002	38	37
2001	35	31
2000	24	24
1999	45	40
1998	39	32
1997	34	30
1996	40	35
1995	42	38
1994	41	35
1993	26	25
1992	34	32
1991	27	24
1990	31	29
1989	42	33
1988	36	28
1987	41	38
1986	39	37
1985	36	34
1984	44	42
1983	41	37
1982	58	43
1981	46	40
1980	60	50
1979	38	34
1978	57	49
1977	72	63
1976	20	18
1975	46	39

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.Lubbock County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lubbock County	Texas	United States
2024	15.7	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.3	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. Lubbock County had 325,137 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lubbock County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 437 fatal crashes	143	437 fatal crashes	32.7%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 437 fatal crashes	126	437 fatal crashes	28.8%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 255 occupant deaths with restraint use known	142	255 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 478 deaths	110	478 deaths	23.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 478 deaths	10	478 deaths	2.1%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 478 deaths	75	478 deaths	15.7%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 437 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	437 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	24.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 437 fatal crashes with the condition reported	276	437 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.2%	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.Lubbock 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	34	9	7	25	75
Monday	9	11	14	22	56
Tuesday	9	14	14	26	63
Wednesday	7	14	10	16	47
Thursday	17	8	5	21	51
Friday	22	9	9	30	70
Saturday	24	8	15	28	75
All days	122	73	74	168	437

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.Lubbock County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	27	6.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	53	12.1%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	188	43.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	80	18.3%	20.3%
Major collector	62	14.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	1.1%	1.7%
Local	22	5.0%	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.Lubbock County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	151
Dark, not lighted	126
Dark, lighted	147
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lubbock County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	339
Cloudy	79
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
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 Lubbock County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lubbock	In all of Texas
Interstate 27	Interstate	22	62
State Route 114	State highway	14	89
State Route 289	State highway	17	56
US Route 62	US highway	35	143
US Route 82	US highway	17	200
US Route 84	US highway	69	254
US Route 87	US highway	11	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.Lubbock 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
Lubbock County: 15.3

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 Lubbock County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Crosby County	Texas	0	24	44.3
Hale County	Texas	5	50	15.2
Hockley County	Texas	4	59	26.6
Lynn County	Texas	3	32	55.2

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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 346 deaths in Lubbock County from 2005 to 2014. It records 478 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lubbock in 2024?

The rate of Lubbock County in 2024 was 15.7 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 Lubbock had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 143 of 437 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 Lubbock?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 185 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.