Nacogdoches County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Nacogdoches County in 2024.

FARS records 164 deaths in 146 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.1 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, Nacogdoches County was number 49 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Nacogdoches County fell by 8.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (180) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (164).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.4% of the fatal crashes in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches 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.Nacogdoches County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	4
2023	18	16	5
2022	17	17	1 or 2
2021	34	27	1 or 2
2020	16	16	6
2019	15	14	3
2018	11	10	1 or 2
2017	13	12	3
2016	13	10	6
2015	16	14	3
2015 to 2024	164	146	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 41 (2000)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Nacogdoches County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	10
2023	18	16
2022	17	17
2021	34	27
2020	16	16
2019	15	14
2018	11	10
2017	13	12
2016	13	10
2015	16	14
2014	11	10
2013	16	15
2012	17	15
2011	17	16
2010	27	21
2009	17	15
2008	12	11
2007	18	15
2006	29	21
2005	16	15
2004	25	20
2003	14	10
2002	18	15
2001	11	10
2000	41	25
1999	25	22
1998	23	18
1997	25	22
1996	18	18
1995	23	17
1994	13	13
1993	22	21
1992	11	10
1991	16	14
1990	18	17
1989	11	10
1988	15	15
1987	21	18
1986	20	15
1985	12	11
1984	22	20
1983	23	22
1982	24	20
1981	16	16
1980	26	24
1979	28	27
1978	12	11
1977	12	11
1976	24	15
1975	26	19

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.Nacogdoches County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Nacogdoches County	Texas	United States
2024	16.7	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.1	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. Nacogdoches County had 65,963 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Nacogdoches County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 146 fatal crashes	34	146 fatal crashes	23.3%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 146 fatal crashes	31	146 fatal crashes	21.2%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 111 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	111 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 164 deaths	26	164 deaths	15.9%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 164 deaths	1 or 2	164 deaths	1.2%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 164 deaths	15	164 deaths	9.1%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 146 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	146 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.4%	38.1%
In the darkof 145 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	145 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.3%	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.Nacogdoches 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	9	3	5	3	20
Monday	1 or 2	3	8	4	16
Tuesday	5	5	1 or 2	6	18
Wednesday	3	4	11	10	28
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	5	15
Friday	4	6	6	11	27
Saturday	6	3	5	8	22
All days	30	27	42	47	146

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.Nacogdoches 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	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	70	47.9%	29.8%
Minor arterial	41	28.1%	20.3%
Major collector	23	15.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	2.1%	1.7%
Local	9	6.2%	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.Nacogdoches County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Nacogdoches County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Cloudy	30
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Nacogdoches County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Nacogdoches	In all of Texas
State Route 7	State highway	11	75
State Route 21	State highway	17	156
State Route 103	State highway	3	24
US Route 59	US highway	41	432
US Route 259	US highway	16	97

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.Nacogdoches 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
Nacogdoches County: 25.1

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 Nacogdoches County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Angelina County	Texas	20	176	20.2
Cherokee County	Texas	10	126	24.2
Rusk County	Texas	17	173	32.4
San Augustine County	Texas	3	41	50.8
Shelby County	Texas	8	80	32.3

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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 180 deaths in Nacogdoches County from 2005 to 2014. It records 164 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Nacogdoches in 2024?

The rate of Nacogdoches County in 2024 was 16.7 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 Nacogdoches had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 146 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 Nacogdoches?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 88 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.