Montague County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 63 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.1 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, Montague County was number 124 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Montague County rose by 21.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (52) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (63).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 87.7% of the fatal crashes in Montague 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 Montague 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.Montague County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	3
2023	9	7	0
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	9	8	1 or 2
2020	4	4	0
2019	10	8	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	3	3	1 or 2
2015	4	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	63	57	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 11 (1981)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Montague County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	9	7
2022	4	4
2021	9	8
2020	4	4
2019	10	8
2018	6	6
2017	6	6
2016	3	3
2015	4	3
2014	4	3
2013	3	3
2012	4	4
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	6	6
2009	6	6
2008	11	10
2007	5	5
2006	4	4
2005	8	6
2004	5	5
2003	10	8
2002	4	4
2001	1 or 2	1 or 2
2000	3	3
1999	5	5
1998	5	5
1997	1 or 2	1 or 2
1996	0	0
1995	10	5
1994	7	6
1993	4	1 or 2
1992	5	5
1991	1 or 2	1 or 2
1990	1 or 2	1 or 2
1989	0	0
1988	10	5
1987	4	4
1986	3	3
1985	6	5
1984	3	3
1983	4	3
1982	3	3
1981	11	9
1980	9	8
1979	7	7
1978	7	4
1977	8	7
1976	5	4
1975	6	6

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.Montague County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montague County	Texas	United States
2024	36.6	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.1	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. Montague County had 21,863 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montague County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 57 fatal crashes	14	57 fatal crashes	24.6%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 57 fatal crashes	17	57 fatal crashes	29.8%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 48 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	48 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 63 deaths	1 or 2	63 deaths	3.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 63 deaths	0	63 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 63 deaths	3	63 deaths	4.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 57 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	57 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	87.7%	38.1%
In the darkof 57 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	57 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.4%	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.Montague 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Monday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	0	0	4	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	6
Friday	1 or 2	4	3	1 or 2	11
Saturday	6	3	3	5	17
All days	11	12	16	18	57

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.Montague 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	3	5.3%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	15	26.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	4	7.0%	20.3%
Major collector	29	50.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	5.3%	1.7%
Local	3	5.3%	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.Montague County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	27
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Montague County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	36
Cloudy	15
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 Montague County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montague	In all of Texas
US Route 81	US highway	16	67
US Route 82	US highway	7	200
US Route 287	US highway	4	314

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.Montague 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
Montague County: 31.1

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 Montague County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jefferson County	Oklahoma	0	16	27.8
Love County	Oklahoma	9	58	57.0
Clay County	Texas	5	40	38.3
Cooke County	Texas	23	112	27.0
Jack County	Texas	6	37	41.7
Wise County	Texas	35	200	28.3

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 Montague 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Montague County, Texas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tx/montague/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Montague in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 52 deaths in Montague County from 2005 to 2014. It records 63 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montague in 2024?

The rate of Montague County in 2024 was 36.6 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 Montague had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 57 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 Montague?

FARS records 16 fatal crashes on US Route 81 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 7 fatal crashes on US Route 82 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 287 in the county from 2015 to 2024.