Medina County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Medina County in 2024.

FARS records 127 deaths in 108 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.5 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, Medina County was number 66 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Medina County rose by 58.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (80) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (127).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 87.0% of the fatal crashes in Medina 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 Medina 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.Medina County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	11	3
2023	12	11	3
2022	16	13	5
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	10	8	3
2018	17	14	5
2017	17	13	1 or 2
2016	14	14	5
2015	9	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	127	108	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2002)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Medina County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	11
2023	12	11
2022	16	13
2021	10	9
2020	8	7
2019	10	8
2018	17	14
2017	17	13
2016	14	14
2015	9	8
2014	3	3
2013	11	11
2012	3	3
2011	7	7
2010	12	11
2009	12	12
2008	10	8
2007	6	6
2006	11	10
2005	5	5
2004	5	5
2003	9	9
2002	23	12
2001	9	8
2000	9	8
1999	13	11
1998	8	5
1997	10	10
1996	14	12
1995	10	9
1994	11	9
1993	6	5
1992	12	11
1991	8	5
1990	8	6
1989	10	10
1988	9	7
1987	8	8
1986	14	13
1985	6	6
1984	12	10
1983	10	8
1982	11	10
1981	11	8
1980	10	10
1979	16	9
1978	15	13
1977	11	10
1976	13	11
1975	16	13

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.Medina County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Medina County	Texas	United States
2024	25.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.5	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. Medina County had 55,611 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Medina County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 108 fatal crashes	28	108 fatal crashes	25.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 108 fatal crashes	39	108 fatal crashes	36.1%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 98 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	98 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 127 deaths	14	127 deaths	11.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 127 deaths	0	127 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 127 deaths	12	127 deaths	9.4%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	94	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	87.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	108 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.Medina 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	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	12
Monday	1 or 2	4	6	3	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	7	4	16
Wednesday	3	4	1 or 2	3	12
Thursday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	11
Friday	5	7	4	5	21
Saturday	8	3	3	7	21
All days	25	27	28	28	108

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.Medina County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	16	14.8%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	35	32.4%	29.8%
Minor arterial	6	5.6%	20.3%
Major collector	35	32.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.7%
Local	16	14.8%	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.Medina County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Medina County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	83
Cloudy	19
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Medina County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Medina	In all of Texas
Interstate 35	Interstate	14	915
State Route 16	State highway	5	158
State Route 173	State highway	15	28
US Route 90	US highway	20	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.Medina 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
Medina County: 24.5

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 Medina County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atascosa County	Texas	9	105	20.9
Bandera County	Texas	7	56	25.3
Bexar County	Texas	218	2,051	10.2
Frio County	Texas	8	69	36.2
Uvalde County	Texas	5	67	25.9

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 Medina 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 Medina in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 80 deaths in Medina County from 2005 to 2014. It records 127 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Medina in 2024?

The rate of Medina County in 2024 was 25.2 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 Medina had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 108 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 Medina?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.