Parker County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 30 fatal crashes in Parker County in 2024.

FARS records 241 deaths in 220 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.1 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, Parker County was number 35 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Parker County rose by 26.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (191) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (241).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 63.2% of the fatal crashes in Parker 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 Parker 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.Parker County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	30	7
2023	23	22	3
2022	16	16	1 or 2
2021	32	29	3
2020	21	18	1 or 2
2019	26	26	5
2018	29	25	5
2017	20	19	1 or 2
2016	21	19	1 or 2
2015	18	16	4
2015 to 2024	241	220	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 35 (1982)2024: 35

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

Table 2.Parker County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	30
2023	23	22
2022	16	16
2021	32	29
2020	21	18
2019	26	26
2018	29	25
2017	20	19
2016	21	19
2015	18	16
2014	15	14
2013	18	16
2012	21	20
2011	21	18
2010	14	13
2009	16	15
2008	21	20
2007	23	21
2006	25	24
2005	17	15
2004	27	26
2003	20	17
2002	25	18
2001	24	22
2000	20	19
1999	13	12
1998	24	19
1997	20	17
1996	24	20
1995	17	16
1994	27	13
1993	13	12
1992	17	16
1991	11	11
1990	9	9
1989	21	17
1988	19	19
1987	16	15
1986	16	13
1985	15	13
1984	20	15
1983	9	6
1982	35	22
1981	17	16
1980	18	16
1979	8	7
1978	16	15
1977	10	9
1976	16	12
1975	16	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.Parker County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Parker County	Texas	United States
2024	19.5	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.1	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. Parker County had 179,674 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Parker County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 220 fatal crashes	35	220 fatal crashes	15.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 220 fatal crashes	87	220 fatal crashes	39.5%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 155 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	155 occupant deathswith restraint use known	29.7%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 241 deaths	26	241 deaths	10.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 241 deaths	1 or 2	241 deaths	0.4%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 241 deaths	45	241 deaths	18.7%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 220 fatal crashes with the condition reported	139	220 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 219 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	219 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.4%	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.Parker 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	6	13	7	37
Monday	1 or 2	6	9	4	20
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	10	10	25
Wednesday	6	8	11	15	40
Thursday	3	4	5	13	25
Friday	6	7	15	11	39
Saturday	7	7	4	16	34
All days	37	40	67	76	220

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.Parker County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	42	19.1%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.4%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	38	17.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	49	22.3%	20.3%
Major collector	62	28.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	6	2.7%	1.7%
Local	20	9.1%	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.Parker County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	107
Dark, not lighted	97
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Parker County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	157
Cloudy	40
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Parker County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Parker	In all of Texas
Interstate 20	Interstate	36	852
Interstate 30	Interstate	3	404
State Route 171	State highway	14	45
State Route 199	State highway	26	62
US Route 180	US highway	19	61
US Route 377	US highway	5	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.Parker 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
Parker County: 16.1

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 Parker County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hood County	Texas	10	96	15.4
Jack County	Texas	6	37	41.7
Johnson County	Texas	21	274	15.1
Palo Pinto County	Texas	9	79	27.3
Tarrant County	Texas	205	1,901	9.0
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 Parker 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 Parker in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 191 deaths in Parker County from 2005 to 2014. It records 241 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Parker in 2024?

The rate of Parker County in 2024 was 19.5 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 Parker had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 220 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 Parker?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 103 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.