Washington County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 94 deaths in 85 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.2 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, Washington County was number 98 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Washington County rose by 10.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (85) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (94).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.2% of the fatal crashes in Washington 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 Washington County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	3
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	12	11	5
2021	11	10	0
2020	9	6	3
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	13	12	1 or 2
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	94	85	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1999)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	11
2023	6	6
2022	12	11
2021	11	10
2020	9	6
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	8	8
2017	9	9
2016	13	12
2015	11	10
2014	13	12
2013	4	4
2012	5	5
2011	9	6
2010	5	5
2009	12	8
2008	8	7
2007	10	10
2006	10	10
2005	9	9
2004	7	6
2003	10	10
2002	14	13
2001	7	7
2000	18	17
1999	24	20
1998	8	7
1997	12	11
1996	19	14
1995	9	9
1994	5	5
1993	8	8
1992	16	13
1991	6	6
1990	5	5
1989	5	5
1988	10	9
1987	9	9
1986	12	11
1985	12	10
1984	13	9
1983	10	9
1982	19	16
1981	20	16
1980	17	15
1979	18	13
1978	13	7
1977	15	14
1976	11	9
1975	14	8

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.Washington County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	Texas	United States
2024	34.5	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.2	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. Washington County had 37,683 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 85 fatal crashes	18	85 fatal crashes	21.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 85 fatal crashes	30	85 fatal crashes	35.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.3%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 94 deaths	10	94 deaths	10.6%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 94 deaths	0	94 deaths	0.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 94 deaths	10	94 deaths	10.6%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 85 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	85 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.2%	38.1%
In the darkof 85 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	85 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.2%	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.Washington 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	1 or 2	4	5	5	16
Monday	3	1 or 2	4	4	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	4	9
Thursday	0	4	4	4	12
Friday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5	10
Saturday	4	4	6	3	17
All days	12	21	24	28	85

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.Washington 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	52	61.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	10	11.8%	20.3%
Major collector	8	9.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	7	8.2%	1.7%
Local	8	9.4%	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	40
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	57
Cloudy	14
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Texas
State Route 36	State highway	8	147
State Route 105	State highway	15	130
US Route 290	US highway	27	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.Washington 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
Washington County: 26.2

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Austin County	Texas	9	64	21.0
Brazos County	Texas	15	177	7.6
Burleson County	Texas	8	75	40.7
Fayette County	Texas	13	135	53.8
Grimes County	Texas	15	134	45.2
Lee County	Texas	9	68	38.8
Waller County	Texas	11	136	23.9

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 Washington 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Washington County, Texas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tx/washington/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 85 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 94 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 34.5 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 85 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 Washington?

FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 36 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on State Route 105 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 27 fatal crashes on US Route 290 in the county from 2015 to 2024.