Rockwall County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Rockwall County in 2024.

FARS records 80 deaths in 76 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.2 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, Rockwall County was number 102 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Rockwall County rose by 60.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (50) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (80).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 31.9% of the occupants killed in Rockwall County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.1% 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 Rockwall 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.Rockwall County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	1 or 2
2023	12	11	1 or 2
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	10	10	3
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	3	3	1 or 2
2018	8	8	4
2017	13	13	4
2016	12	10	3
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	80	76	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (1984)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Rockwall County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	12	11
2022	6	6
2021	10	10
2020	7	6
2019	3	3
2018	8	8
2017	13	13
2016	12	10
2015	4	4
2014	3	1 or 2
2013	8	8
2012	12	12
2011	5	4
2010	7	7
2009	3	3
2008	1 or 2	1 or 2
2007	1 or 2	1 or 2
2006	4	3
2005	4	4
2004	12	11
2003	4	3
2002	13	12
2001	8	8
2000	3	3
1999	6	5
1998	9	7
1997	12	10
1996	5	5
1995	6	6
1994	4	4
1993	1 or 2	1 or 2
1992	6	6
1991	7	6
1990	3	3
1989	4	4
1988	7	6
1987	1 or 2	1 or 2
1986	8	6
1985	8	7
1984	14	12
1983	6	5
1982	4	4
1981	10	9
1980	4	4
1979	4	4
1978	3	1 or 2
1977	6	5
1976	4	1 or 2
1975	7	5

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.Rockwall County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rockwall County	Texas	United States
2024	3.7	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.2	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. Rockwall County had 136,880 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rockwall County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 76 fatal crashes	25	76 fatal crashes	32.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 76 fatal crashes	19	76 fatal crashes	25.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 47 occupant deaths with restraint use known	15	47 occupant deathswith restraint use known	31.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 80 deaths	12	80 deaths	15.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 80 deaths	0	80 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 80 deaths	15	80 deaths	18.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	27.6%	38.1%
In the darkof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.7%	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.Rockwall 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	9
Monday	0	4	1 or 2	7	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	6	14
Thursday	3	0	3	1 or 2	8
Friday	4	0	0	1 or 2	6
Saturday	4	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	14
All days	17	14	20	25	76

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.Rockwall County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	29	38.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	11	14.5%	29.8%
Minor arterial	15	19.7%	20.3%
Major collector	17	22.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.3%	1.7%
Local	3	3.9%	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.Rockwall County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	27
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rockwall County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	58
Cloudy	8
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Rockwall County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rockwall	In all of Texas
Interstate 30	Interstate	23	404
State Route 66	State highway	5	20
State Route 276	State highway	8	24

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.Rockwall 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
Rockwall County: 7.2

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 Rockwall County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Collin County	Texas	72	576	5.4
Dallas County	Texas	330	3,126	12.0
Hunt County	Texas	23	257	25.3
Kaufman County	Texas	24	273	18.4

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 Rockwall 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. Rockwall County, Texas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tx/rockwall/. 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 Rockwall in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 50 deaths in Rockwall County from 2005 to 2014. It records 80 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rockwall in 2024?

The rate of Rockwall County in 2024 was 3.7 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 Rockwall had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 76 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 Rockwall?

FARS records 23 fatal crashes on Interstate 30 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 66 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 276 in the county from 2015 to 2024.