Montgomery County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 62 deaths in 60 fatal crashes in Montgomery County in 2024.

FARS records 606 deaths in 567 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.6 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, Montgomery County was number 8 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Montgomery County fell by 7.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (655) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (606).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 21.8% of the deaths in Montgomery County and 12.7% 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 Montgomery 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.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	62	60	20
2023	64	60	16
2022	66	63	14
2021	69	65	16
2020	53	51	13
2019	54	51	14
2018	48	48	16
2017	54	51	19
2016	76	65	17
2015	60	53	14
2015 to 2024	606	567	159

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 84 (2002)2024: 62

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

Table 2.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	62	60
2023	64	60
2022	66	63
2021	69	65
2020	53	51
2019	54	51
2018	48	48
2017	54	51
2016	76	65
2015	60	53
2014	53	51
2013	51	47
2012	67	59
2011	63	55
2010	71	65
2009	74	62
2008	67	62
2007	71	64
2006	74	71
2005	64	56
2004	64	59
2003	79	70
2002	84	70
2001	57	52
2000	72	60
1999	61	56
1998	51	45
1997	71	61
1996	62	53
1995	37	33
1994	60	50
1993	43	42
1992	38	32
1991	44	36
1990	52	46
1989	34	32
1988	39	36
1987	47	42
1986	46	38
1985	48	42
1984	54	48
1983	56	52
1982	60	51
1981	42	39
1980	54	45
1979	52	42
1978	49	43
1977	41	39
1976	33	30
1975	33	24

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.Montgomery County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montgomery County	Texas	United States
2024	8.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.6	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. Montgomery County had 751,183 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montgomery County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 567 fatal crashes	159	567 fatal crashes	28.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 567 fatal crashes	180	567 fatal crashes	31.7%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 338 occupant deaths with restraint use known	139	338 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 606 deaths	92	606 deaths	15.2%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 606 deaths	21	606 deaths	3.5%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 606 deaths	132	606 deaths	21.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 565 fatal crashes with the condition reported	173	565 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.6%	38.1%
In the darkof 566 fatal crashes with the condition reported	290	566 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.2%	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.Montgomery 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	29	14	27	29	99
Monday	12	9	19	21	61
Tuesday	7	16	19	18	60
Wednesday	12	16	21	33	82
Thursday	17	12	24	27	80
Friday	17	9	28	34	88
Saturday	32	15	24	25	96
All days	126	91	162	187	566

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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	94	16.6%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	7	1.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	91	16.1%	29.8%
Minor arterial	97	17.1%	20.3%
Major collector	184	32.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	17	3.0%	1.7%
Local	76	13.4%	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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	263
Dark, not lighted	202
Dark, lighted	87
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	418
Cloudy	105
Rain	36
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Montgomery County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montgomery	In all of Texas
Interstate 45	Interstate	59	668
Interstate 69	Interstate	24	222
State Route 75	State highway	10	41
State Route 99	State highway	6	78
State Route 105	State highway	49	130
State Route 249	State highway	16	115
State Route 336	State highway	13	24
US Route 59	US highway	1 or 2	432

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.Montgomery 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
Montgomery County: 9.6

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 Montgomery County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Grimes County	Texas	15	134	45.2
Harris County	Texas	583	4,851	10.2
Liberty County	Texas	19	251	26.8
San Jacinto County	Texas	12	95	33.5
Walker County	Texas	22	166	21.8
Waller County	Texas	11	136	23.9

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 655 deaths in Montgomery County from 2005 to 2014. It records 606 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montgomery in 2024?

The rate of Montgomery County in 2024 was 8.3 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 Montgomery had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 159 of 567 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 Montgomery?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 178 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.