Travis County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 153 deaths in 137 fatal crashes in Travis County in 2024.

FARS records 1,404 deaths in 1,306 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.0 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, Travis County was number 5 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Travis County rose by 46.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (956) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,404).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 8.7% of the fatal crashes in Travis 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 Travis County by year, 2015 to 2024

145

120

119

123

140

156

169

159

153

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.Travis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	153	137	34
2023	159	148	40
2022	169	160	45
2021	156	146	46
2020	140	126	32
2019	123	120	20
2018	119	113	23
2017	120	109	32
2016	120	115	18
2015	145	132	36
2015 to 2024	1,404	1,306	326

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 169 (2022)2024: 153

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

Table 2.Travis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	153	137
2023	159	148
2022	169	160
2021	156	146
2020	140	126
2019	123	120
2018	119	113
2017	120	109
2016	120	115
2015	145	132
2014	95	87
2013	112	103
2012	105	100
2011	84	73
2010	82	75
2009	95	92
2008	92	88
2007	94	88
2006	103	90
2005	94	86
2004	112	106
2003	94	87
2002	115	97
2001	107	103
2000	115	105
1999	91	87
1998	87	78
1997	105	97
1996	93	82
1995	93	84
1994	70	62
1993	74	67
1992	91	82
1991	55	52
1990	49	44
1989	89	77
1988	58	57
1987	90	81
1986	105	94
1985	138	121
1984	132	115
1983	102	89
1982	89	81
1981	82	74
1980	99	92
1979	98	90
1978	85	73
1977	70	68
1976	56	54
1975	58	52

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.Travis County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Travis County	Texas	United States
2024	11.1	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.0	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. Travis County had 1,374,921 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Travis County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,306 fatal crashes	326	1,306 fatal crashes	25.0%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 1,306 fatal crashes	391	1,306 fatal crashes	29.9%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 617 occupant deaths with restraint use known	230	617 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.3%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 1,404 deaths	404	1,404 deaths	28.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 1,404 deaths	32	1,404 deaths	2.3%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 1,404 deaths	194	1,404 deaths	13.8%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 1,304 fatal crashes with the condition reported	113	1,304 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	8.7%	38.1%
In the darkof 1,301 fatal crashes with the condition reported	844	1,301 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.9%	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.Travis 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	101	29	39	69	238
Monday	45	23	25	39	132
Tuesday	33	29	39	70	171
Wednesday	56	36	30	70	192
Thursday	21	41	28	61	151
Friday	57	36	29	68	190
Saturday	81	24	40	86	231
All days	394	218	230	463	1,305

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.Travis County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	149	11.4%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	173	13.3%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	365	28.0%	29.8%
Minor arterial	269	20.6%	20.3%
Major collector	266	20.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	14	1.1%	1.7%
Local	67	5.1%	7.1%
Not reported	3	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.Travis County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	427
Dark, not lighted	351
Dark, lighted	475
Dawn	17
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	18
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Travis County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1,006
Cloudy	201
Rain	79
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	11
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Travis County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Travis	In all of Texas
Interstate 35	Interstate	134	915
State Route 1	State highway	25	28
State Route 8	State highway	1 or 2	90
State Route 35	State highway	1 or 2	126
State Route 71	State highway	73	199
State Route 95	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route 130	State highway	38	51
State Route 183	State highway	1 or 2	107
State Route 275	State highway	19	24
State Route 360	State highway	14	65
US Route 183	US highway	84	202
US Route 290	US highway	59	252

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.Travis 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
Travis County: 11.0

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 Travis County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bastrop County	Texas	24	287	30.0
Blanco County	Texas	10	61	51.0
Burnet County	Texas	13	113	22.8
Caldwell County	Texas	17	125	27.5
Hays County	Texas	28	302	12.5
Williamson County	Texas	51	465	7.6

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 Travis 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 Travis in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 956 deaths in Travis County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,404 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Travis in 2024?

The rate of Travis County in 2024 was 11.1 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 Travis had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 326 of 1,306 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 Travis?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 451 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.