Waller County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Waller County in 2024.

FARS records 136 deaths in 124 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.9 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, Waller County was number 60 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Waller County rose by 3.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (131) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (136).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.5% of the fatal crashes in Waller 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 Waller 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.Waller County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	3
2023	15	13	3
2022	11	10	1 or 2
2021	22	22	3
2020	18	17	1 or 2
2019	10	9	3
2018	11	11	3
2017	24	19	3
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	7	7	0
2015 to 2024	136	124	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (2017)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Waller County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	15	13
2022	11	10
2021	22	22
2020	18	17
2019	10	9
2018	11	11
2017	24	19
2016	7	7
2015	7	7
2014	11	11
2013	19	17
2012	11	10
2011	9	9
2010	13	13
2009	12	10
2008	19	19
2007	15	12
2006	12	12
2005	10	8
2004	21	17
2003	14	12
2002	10	10
2001	7	7
2000	19	16
1999	6	6
1998	7	7
1997	7	7
1996	15	11
1995	3	3
1994	9	8
1993	10	9
1992	8	7
1991	10	6
1990	13	11
1989	15	11
1988	7	6
1987	15	11
1986	7	7
1985	16	13
1984	13	13
1983	16	13
1982	13	9
1981	17	12
1980	12	11
1979	18	13
1978	11	11
1977	10	10
1976	3	3
1975	6	4

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.Waller County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Waller County	Texas	United States
2024	16.6	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.9	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. Waller County had 66,097 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Waller County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 124 fatal crashes	23	124 fatal crashes	18.5%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 124 fatal crashes	36	124 fatal crashes	29.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.1%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 136 deaths	16	136 deaths	11.8%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 136 deaths	3	136 deaths	2.2%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 136 deaths	13	136 deaths	9.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.5%	38.1%
In the darkof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.8%	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.Waller 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	1 or 2	5	5	19
Monday	5	4	4	4	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	5	15
Wednesday	3	3	7	1 or 2	15
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	11
Friday	7	7	5	1 or 2	21
Saturday	7	4	5	10	26
All days	32	26	33	33	124

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.Waller County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	18	14.5%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	9	7.3%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	16	12.9%	29.8%
Minor arterial	14	11.3%	20.3%
Major collector	49	39.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	4.0%	1.7%
Local	13	10.5%	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.Waller County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	63
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Waller County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	88
Cloudy	26
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Waller County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Waller	In all of Texas
Interstate 10	Interstate	17	994
State Route 6	State highway	11	283
US Route 90	US highway	3	338
US Route 290	US highway	18	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.Waller 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
Waller County: 23.9

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 Waller County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Austin County	Texas	9	64	21.0
Fort Bend County	Texas	41	389	4.7
Grimes County	Texas	15	134	45.2
Harris County	Texas	583	4,851	10.2
Montgomery County	Texas	62	606	9.6
Washington County	Texas	13	94	26.2

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 Waller 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 Waller in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 131 deaths in Waller County from 2005 to 2014. It records 136 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Waller in 2024?

The rate of Waller County in 2024 was 16.6 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 Waller had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 124 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 Waller?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 49 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.