Tarrant County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 205 deaths in 193 fatal crashes in Tarrant County in 2024.

FARS records 1,901 deaths in 1,778 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.0 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, Tarrant County was number 4 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Tarrant County rose by 32.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (1,440) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,901).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.2% of the fatal crashes in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County by year, 2015 to 2024

157

167

183

170

173

190

229

210

217

205

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.Tarrant County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	205	193	33
2023	217	204	39
2022	210	202	28
2021	229	212	51
2020	190	182	43
2019	173	155	33
2018	170	160	33
2017	183	171	26
2016	167	159	36
2015	157	140	32
2015 to 2024	1,901	1,778	354

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 229 (2021)2024: 205

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

Table 2.Tarrant County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	205	193
2023	217	204
2022	210	202
2021	229	212
2020	190	182
2019	173	155
2018	170	160
2017	183	171
2016	167	159
2015	157	140
2014	145	136
2013	144	129
2012	122	116
2011	150	137
2010	134	123
2009	136	128
2008	140	134
2007	159	147
2006	165	155
2005	145	135
2004	131	126
2003	128	107
2002	153	138
2001	133	120
2000	158	132
1999	119	107
1998	138	125
1997	124	112
1996	129	117
1995	136	126
1994	128	116
1993	115	107
1992	131	118
1991	158	143
1990	156	141
1989	157	151
1988	150	137
1987	187	170
1986	199	179
1985	179	168
1984	202	185
1983	170	149
1982	167	154
1981	184	168
1980	222	202
1979	228	198
1978	158	152
1977	153	137
1976	113	100
1975	123	108

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.Tarrant County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tarrant County	Texas	United States
2024	9.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.0	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. Tarrant County had 2,230,038 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tarrant County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,778 fatal crashes	354	1,778 fatal crashes	19.9%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 1,778 fatal crashes	649	1,778 fatal crashes	36.5%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 856 occupant deaths with restraint use known	393	856 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 1,901 deaths	477	1,901 deaths	25.1%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 1,901 deaths	31	1,901 deaths	1.6%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 1,901 deaths	354	1,901 deaths	18.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 1,771 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	1,771 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 1,772 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1,149	1,772 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.8%	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.Tarrant 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	146	33	50	84	313
Monday	84	40	49	70	243
Tuesday	41	34	49	89	213
Wednesday	42	31	42	82	197
Thursday	50	42	31	93	216
Friday	77	35	55	123	290
Saturday	101	38	56	111	306
All days	541	253	332	652	1,778

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.Tarrant County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	502	28.4%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	222	12.5%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	470	26.6%	29.8%
Minor arterial	252	14.2%	20.3%
Major collector	213	12.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.1%	1.7%
Local	109	6.2%	7.1%
Not reported	8	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.Tarrant County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	591
Dark, not lighted	465
Dark, lighted	670
Dawn	14
Dusk	18
Dark, lighting unknown	14
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Tarrant County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1,387
Cloudy	257
Rain	113
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tarrant County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tarrant	In all of Texas
Interstate 20	Interstate	128	852
Interstate 30	Interstate	101	404
Interstate 35	Interstate	64	915
Interstate 35W	Interstate	41	68
Interstate 635	Interstate	7	178
Interstate 820	Interstate	125	125
State Route 114	State highway	14	89
State Route 121	State highway	39	109
State Route 180	State highway	64	79
State Route 183	State highway	61	107
State Route 199	State highway	27	62
State Route 289	State highway	1 or 2	56
State Route 360	State highway	51	65
US Route 81	US highway	5	67
US Route 287	US highway	59	314
US Route 377	US highway	29	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.Tarrant 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
Tarrant County: 9.0

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 Tarrant County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dallas County	Texas	330	3,126	12.0
Denton County	Texas	50	521	5.7
Ellis County	Texas	41	326	16.8
Johnson County	Texas	21	274	15.1
Parker County	Texas	35	241	16.1
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 Tarrant 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

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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 Tarrant in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 1,440 deaths in Tarrant County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,901 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tarrant in 2024?

The rate of Tarrant County in 2024 was 9.2 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 Tarrant had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 354 of 1,778 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 Tarrant?

16 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 816 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.