Wichita County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Wichita County in 2024.

FARS records 148 deaths in 137 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.3 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, Wichita County was number 53 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Wichita County fell by 2.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (152) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (148).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 29.1% of the deaths in Wichita County and 12.7% 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 Wichita 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.Wichita County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	4
2023	22	21	9
2022	24	23	8
2021	15	13	6
2020	13	12	3
2019	14	13	5
2018	16	15	3
2017	13	12	4
2016	15	13	5
2015	7	6	4
2015 to 2024	148	137	51

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (1984)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Wichita County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	22	21
2022	24	23
2021	15	13
2020	13	12
2019	14	13
2018	16	15
2017	13	12
2016	15	13
2015	7	6
2014	16	15
2013	15	13
2012	12	12
2011	12	9
2010	16	16
2009	9	8
2008	20	18
2007	23	23
2006	13	12
2005	16	15
2004	12	11
2003	14	14
2002	20	19
2001	15	14
2000	15	12
1999	11	11
1998	11	10
1997	20	19
1996	19	17
1995	12	11
1994	9	8
1993	12	12
1992	11	11
1991	21	19
1990	7	7
1989	24	22
1988	18	16
1987	20	19
1986	26	23
1985	22	20
1984	32	30
1983	15	14
1982	27	23
1981	29	27
1980	23	21
1979	28	25
1978	29	23
1977	19	19
1976	28	24
1975	22	19

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.Wichita County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wichita County	Texas	United States
2024	6.9	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.3	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. Wichita County had 129,524 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wichita County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 137 fatal crashes	51	137 fatal crashes	37.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 137 fatal crashes	52	137 fatal crashes	38.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 75 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	75 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.3%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 148 deaths	11	148 deaths	7.4%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 148 deaths	3	148 deaths	2.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 148 deaths	43	148 deaths	29.1%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 137 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	137 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.6%	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.Wichita 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	12	3	5	8	28
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	10	6	22
Thursday	5	4	5	7	21
Friday	5	4	6	10	25
Saturday	9	0	4	5	18
All days	36	17	38	46	137

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.Wichita County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Texas
Interstate	14	10.2%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	27	19.7%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	53	38.7%	29.8%
Minor arterial	21	15.3%	20.3%
Major collector	15	10.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	1.7%
Local	6	4.4%	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.Wichita County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	48
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Wichita County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	117
Cloudy	12
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wichita County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wichita	In all of Texas
State Route 11	State highway	1 or 2	48
US Route 82	US highway	10	200
US Route 277	US highway	1 or 2	106
US Route 281	US highway	5	299
US Route 287	US highway	23	314

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.Wichita 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
Wichita County: 11.3

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 Wichita County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cotton County	Oklahoma	0	21	37.1
Tillman County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	13	18.1
Archer County	Texas	0	31	35.2
Clay County	Texas	5	40	38.3
Wilbarger County	Texas	6	56	44.0

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 Wichita 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 Wichita in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 152 deaths in Wichita County from 2005 to 2014. It records 148 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wichita in 2024?

The rate of Wichita County in 2024 was 6.9 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 Wichita had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 51 of 137 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 Wichita?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 41 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.