Tom Green County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Tom Green County in 2024.

FARS records 143 deaths in 130 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.0 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, Tom Green County was number 55 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Tom Green County rose by 31.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (109) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (143).

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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green 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.Tom Green County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	16	4
2023	17	15	0
2022	15	15	3
2021	24	20	3
2020	16	15	9
2019	7	6	3
2018	12	10	3
2017	11	11	3
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	17	15	3
2015 to 2024	143	130	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1982)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Tom Green County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	16
2023	17	15
2022	15	15
2021	24	20
2020	16	15
2019	7	6
2018	12	10
2017	11	11
2016	7	7
2015	17	15
2014	15	12
2013	15	15
2012	10	9
2011	8	7
2010	10	9
2009	11	10
2008	10	9
2007	11	10
2006	8	7
2005	11	9
2004	8	8
2003	11	8
2002	18	14
2001	8	6
2000	16	14
1999	13	12
1998	15	15
1997	8	8
1996	17	17
1995	12	11
1994	20	17
1993	12	11
1992	10	10
1991	10	8
1990	9	8
1989	11	11
1988	10	10
1987	19	15
1986	28	21
1985	16	13
1984	25	22
1983	24	23
1982	31	28
1981	26	23
1980	18	17
1979	28	23
1978	15	13
1977	18	16
1976	12	8
1975	16	16

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.Tom Green County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tom Green County	Texas	United States
2024	14.1	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.0	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. Tom Green County had 120,207 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tom Green County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 130 fatal crashes	32	130 fatal crashes	24.6%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 130 fatal crashes	52	130 fatal crashes	40.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 95 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	95 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.4%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 143 deaths	14	143 deaths	9.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 143 deaths	4	143 deaths	2.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 143 deaths	16	143 deaths	11.2%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 130 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	130 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 129 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	129 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.7%	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.Tom Green 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	9	1 or 2	4	4	18
Monday	3	1 or 2	5	5	15
Tuesday	5	6	4	3	18
Wednesday	4	8	4	4	20
Thursday	4	4	4	8	20
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	6	15
Saturday	6	1 or 2	6	11	24
All days	33	24	32	41	130

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.Tom Green County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	0	0.0%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	11	8.5%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	52	40.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	31	23.8%	20.3%
Major collector	19	14.6%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	2.3%	1.7%
Local	14	10.8%	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.Tom Green County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	54
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Tom Green County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	114
Cloudy	9
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tom Green County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tom Green	In all of Texas
US Route 67	US highway	21	249
US Route 87	US highway	28	241
US Route 277	US highway	13	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.Tom Green 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
Tom Green County: 12.0

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 Tom Green County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Coke County	Texas	1 or 2	14	42.2
Concho County	Texas	5	25	74.9
Irion County	Texas	0	5	32.5
Reagan County	Texas	0	25	71.5
Runnels County	Texas	3	39	38.7
Schleicher County	Texas	1 or 2	9	33.6
Sterling County	Texas	0	16	118.8

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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 109 deaths in Tom Green County from 2005 to 2014. It records 143 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tom Green in 2024?

The rate of Tom Green County in 2024 was 14.1 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 Tom Green had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 130 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 Tom Green?

FARS records 21 fatal crashes on US Route 67 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 28 fatal crashes on US Route 87 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on US Route 277 in the county from 2015 to 2024.