Victoria County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Victoria County in 2024.

FARS records 158 deaths in 136 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 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, Victoria County was number 51 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Victoria County rose by 23.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (128) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (158).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 39.3% of the occupants killed in Victoria County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.1% 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 Victoria 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.Victoria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	1 or 2
2023	17	16	1 or 2
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	14	12	4
2020	21	20	4
2019	25	16	6
2018	17	16	4
2017	15	13	3
2016	13	9	0
2015	17	16	5
2015 to 2024	158	136	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1979)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Victoria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	17	16
2022	6	6
2021	14	12
2020	21	20
2019	25	16
2018	17	16
2017	15	13
2016	13	9
2015	17	16
2014	13	12
2013	13	12
2012	14	14
2011	13	12
2010	10	10
2009	10	9
2008	12	12
2007	12	9
2006	10	9
2005	21	15
2004	17	15
2003	24	21
2002	23	20
2001	23	19
2000	27	21
1999	19	14
1998	11	10
1997	17	14
1996	27	21
1995	17	16
1994	14	13
1993	12	12
1992	17	15
1991	16	13
1990	17	17
1989	18	16
1988	15	13
1987	12	11
1986	15	12
1985	18	15
1984	23	22
1983	15	13
1982	35	29
1981	30	24
1980	28	22
1979	36	26
1978	22	20
1977	19	18
1976	19	15
1975	16	14

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.Victoria County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Victoria County	Texas	United States
2024	14.1	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.2	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. Victoria County had 92,188 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Victoria County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 136 fatal crashes	30	136 fatal crashes	22.1%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 136 fatal crashes	39	136 fatal crashes	28.7%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 107 occupant deaths with restraint use known	42	107 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.3%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 158 deaths	21	158 deaths	13.3%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 158 deaths	3	158 deaths	1.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 158 deaths	15	158 deaths	9.5%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.0%	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.Victoria 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	11	3	7	3	24
Monday	1 or 2	3	8	7	20
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	5	15
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	7	6	17
Thursday	1 or 2	5	4	8	18
Friday	5	4	1 or 2	10	21
Saturday	3	5	1 or 2	11	21
All days	25	27	34	50	136

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.Victoria 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	7	5.1%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	81	59.6%	29.8%
Minor arterial	19	14.0%	20.3%
Major collector	15	11.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	4	2.9%	1.7%
Local	10	7.4%	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.Victoria County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	25
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Victoria County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	101
Cloudy	20
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	9
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Victoria County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Victoria	In all of Texas
US Route 59	US highway	37	432
US Route 77	US highway	21	201
US Route 87	US highway	20	241

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.Victoria 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
Victoria County: 17.2

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 Victoria County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calhoun County	Texas	6	28	13.5
DeWitt County	Texas	1 or 2	46	22.8
Goliad County	Texas	1 or 2	28	38.1
Jackson County	Texas	5	66	44.0
Lavaca County	Texas	3	47	23.2
Refugio County	Texas	1 or 2	35	50.7

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 Victoria 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 Victoria in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 128 deaths in Victoria County from 2005 to 2014. It records 158 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Victoria in 2024?

The rate of Victoria 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 Victoria had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 136 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 Victoria?

FARS records 37 fatal crashes on US Route 59 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 21 fatal crashes on US Route 77 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 20 fatal crashes on US Route 87 in the county from 2015 to 2024.