Taylor County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Taylor County in 2024.

FARS records 207 deaths in 189 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.6 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, Taylor County was number 38 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Taylor County rose by 4.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (198) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (207).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 46.2% of the fatal crashes in Taylor County with known light were in the dark, against 55.9% 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 Taylor 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.Taylor County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	22	1 or 2
2023	11	11	1 or 2
2022	31	26	3
2021	24	23	3
2020	19	19	3
2019	13	13	4
2018	25	18	3
2017	15	15	1 or 2
2016	17	17	4
2015	28	25	6
2015 to 2024	207	189	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (2022)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Taylor County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	22
2023	11	11
2022	31	26
2021	24	23
2020	19	19
2019	13	13
2018	25	18
2017	15	15
2016	17	17
2015	28	25
2014	26	25
2013	20	18
2012	22	20
2011	17	16
2010	14	14
2009	17	17
2008	24	22
2007	17	15
2006	20	17
2005	21	18
2004	13	12
2003	27	24
2002	19	18
2001	26	24
2000	16	15
1999	21	19
1998	26	20
1997	19	18
1996	20	18
1995	10	10
1994	13	12
1993	10	9
1992	9	8
1991	15	13
1990	13	12
1989	22	19
1988	12	12
1987	16	15
1986	24	23
1985	24	16
1984	29	20
1983	27	22
1982	26	25
1981	27	26
1980	15	15
1979	17	16
1978	22	21
1977	23	20
1976	23	21
1975	19	18

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.Taylor County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Taylor County	Texas	United States
2024	16.2	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.6	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. Taylor County had 148,390 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Taylor County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 189 fatal crashes	31	189 fatal crashes	16.4%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 189 fatal crashes	57	189 fatal crashes	30.2%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 118 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	118 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.5%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 207 deaths	29	207 deaths	14.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 207 deaths	7	207 deaths	3.4%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 207 deaths	38	207 deaths	18.4%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 187 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	187 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 186 fatal crashes with the condition reported	86	186 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.2%	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.Taylor 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	4	4	5	8	21
Monday	4	4	3	7	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	9	4	6	21
Wednesday	5	7	9	7	28
Thursday	6	10	10	7	33
Friday	3	9	8	9	29
Saturday	9	5	8	17	39
All days	33	48	47	61	189

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.Taylor County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	44	23.4%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	17	9.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	57	30.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	37	19.7%	20.3%
Major collector	23	12.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	1.7%
Local	9	4.8%	7.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Taylor County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	97
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	44
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Taylor County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	147
Cloudy	24
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Taylor County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Taylor	In all of Texas
Interstate 20	Interstate	44	852
State Route 36	State highway	3	147
US Route 80	US highway	1 or 2	133
US Route 83	US highway	23	213
US Route 84	US highway	7	254
US Route 277	US highway	9	106

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.Taylor 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
Taylor County: 14.6

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 Taylor County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Callahan County	Texas	12	84	59.9
Coleman County	Texas	5	45	55.7
Jones County	Texas	1 or 2	59	29.4
Nolan County	Texas	6	80	54.4
Runnels County	Texas	3	39	38.7

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 Taylor 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 Taylor in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 198 deaths in Taylor County from 2005 to 2014. It records 207 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Taylor in 2024?

The rate of Taylor County in 2024 was 16.2 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 Taylor had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 189 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 Taylor?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.