Upshur County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Upshur County in 2024.

FARS records 113 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.0 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, Upshur County was number 70 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Upshur County fell by 5.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (119) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (113).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.0% of the fatal crashes in Upshur 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 Upshur 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.Upshur County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	15	1 or 2
2023	9	8	0
2022	6	6	0
2021	16	15	1 or 2
2020	22	20	3
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	8	8	0
2017	5	5	0
2016	13	12	3
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	113	107	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1995)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Upshur County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	15
2023	9	8
2022	6	6
2021	16	15
2020	22	20
2019	9	9
2018	8	8
2017	5	5
2016	13	12
2015	9	9
2014	6	6
2013	5	5
2012	6	6
2011	11	11
2010	13	12
2009	11	11
2008	17	15
2007	16	14
2006	15	15
2005	19	16
2004	20	16
2003	19	15
2002	12	12
2001	9	9
2000	14	10
1999	22	18
1998	15	12
1997	14	12
1996	20	17
1995	24	18
1994	16	12
1993	9	9
1992	10	9
1991	4	4
1990	13	7
1989	8	7
1988	17	14
1987	7	6
1986	15	13
1985	14	11
1984	6	6
1983	12	10
1982	14	10
1981	12	11
1980	13	12
1979	16	14
1978	14	11
1977	13	11
1976	8	8
1975	12	9

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.Upshur County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Upshur County	Texas	United States
2024	36.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.0	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. Upshur County had 44,024 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Upshur County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	12	107 fatal crashes	11.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	32	107 fatal crashes	29.9%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 87 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	87 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.8%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 113 deaths	9	113 deaths	8.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 113 deaths	1 or 2	113 deaths	1.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 113 deaths	11	113 deaths	9.7%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.0%	38.1%
In the darkof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.Upshur 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	7	4	1 or 2	3	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	5	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	5	1 or 2	13
Thursday	0	3	3	4	10
Friday	1 or 2	8	7	4	20
Saturday	6	3	6	7	22
All days	19	25	33	30	107

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.Upshur 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	0	0.0%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	44	41.1%	29.8%
Minor arterial	24	22.4%	20.3%
Major collector	28	26.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	1.7%
Local	10	9.3%	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.Upshur County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Upshur County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	20
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Upshur County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Upshur	In all of Texas
State Route 154	State highway	8	31
State Route 155	State highway	11	71
State Route 300	State highway	14	20
US Route 80	US highway	5	133
US Route 259	US highway	4	97
US Route 271	US highway	27	102

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.Upshur 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
Upshur County: 27.0

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 Upshur County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Camp County	Texas	4	31	24.1
Gregg County	Texas	25	262	21.0
Harrison County	Texas	15	212	31.0
Marion County	Texas	1 or 2	46	46.5
Morris County	Texas	10	41	33.6
Smith County	Texas	53	562	23.9
Wood County	Texas	8	110	24.0

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 Upshur 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 Upshur in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 119 deaths in Upshur County from 2005 to 2014. It records 113 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Upshur in 2024?

The rate of Upshur County in 2024 was 36.3 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 Upshur had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 of 107 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 Upshur?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 69 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.