Orange County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Orange County in 2024.

FARS records 212 deaths in 192 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, Orange County was number 36 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Orange County fell by 4.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (222) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (212).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 25.0% of fatal crashes in Orange County and 32.1% 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 Orange 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.Orange County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	3
2023	18	17	3
2022	20	16	6
2021	21	21	1 or 2
2020	33	29	5
2019	20	17	4
2018	21	20	1 or 2
2017	23	19	5
2016	22	22	5
2015	19	17	3
2015 to 2024	212	192	38

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (2001)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Orange County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	18	17
2022	20	16
2021	21	21
2020	33	29
2019	20	17
2018	21	20
2017	23	19
2016	22	22
2015	19	17
2014	28	25
2013	13	12
2012	15	13
2011	23	20
2010	20	18
2009	24	20
2008	24	24
2007	30	28
2006	24	22
2005	21	20
2004	17	12
2003	30	26
2002	13	12
2001	36	33
2000	17	14
1999	20	19
1998	29	27
1997	16	12
1996	29	25
1995	32	29
1994	24	18
1993	23	19
1992	24	21
1991	24	19
1990	16	16
1989	25	20
1988	23	20
1987	18	12
1986	11	11
1985	15	15
1984	10	10
1983	27	23
1982	24	22
1981	25	25
1980	28	25
1979	28	26
1978	22	20
1977	23	23
1976	27	24
1975	18	15

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.Orange County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Orange County	Texas	United States
2024	17.4	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. Orange County had 85,969 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Orange County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 192 fatal crashes	38	192 fatal crashes	19.8%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 192 fatal crashes	48	192 fatal crashes	25.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 114 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	114 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 212 deaths	40	212 deaths	18.9%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 212 deaths	11	212 deaths	5.2%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 212 deaths	33	212 deaths	15.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 192 fatal crashes with the condition reported	65	192 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 192 fatal crashes with the condition reported	111	192 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.8%	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.Orange 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	11	1 or 2	5	13	30
Monday	3	6	6	13	28
Tuesday	7	1 or 2	7	8	23
Wednesday	6	5	8	10	29
Thursday	6	3	7	7	23
Friday	6	6	3	11	26
Saturday	9	6	9	9	33
All days	48	28	45	71	192

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.Orange County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	55	28.6%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	37	19.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	57	29.7%	20.3%
Major collector	31	16.1%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	1.6%	1.7%
Local	9	4.7%	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.Orange County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	75
Dark, not lighted	88
Dark, lighted	20
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Orange County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	131
Cloudy	44
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Orange County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Orange	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	49	994
State Route 12	State highway	13	192
State Route 62	State highway	25	32
State Route 73	State highway	6	38
State Route 87	State highway	10	86
US Route 62	US highway	1 or 2	143

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.Orange 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
Orange 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 Orange County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calcasieu Parish	Louisiana	30	381	18.6
Cameron Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	12	20.0
Hardin County	Texas	13	111	19.4
Jasper County	Texas	11	95	27.8
Jefferson County	Texas	45	409	16.1
Newton County	Texas	6	49	37.6

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 Orange 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 Orange in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 222 deaths in Orange County from 2005 to 2014. It records 212 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Orange in 2024?

The rate of Orange County in 2024 was 17.4 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 Orange had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 38 of 192 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 Orange?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 104 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.