Wise County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 26 fatal crashes in Wise County in 2024.

FARS records 200 deaths in 182 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.3 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, Wise County was number 40 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Wise County rose by 9.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (183) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (200).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.3% of the fatal crashes in Wise 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 Wise 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.Wise County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	26	5
2023	22	20	5
2022	23	22	5
2021	18	17	4
2020	11	11	4
2019	14	14	1 or 2
2018	16	14	1 or 2
2017	21	21	6
2016	19	17	8
2015	21	20	3
2015 to 2024	200	182	44

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 35 (2024)2024: 35

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

Table 2.Wise County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	26
2023	22	20
2022	23	22
2021	18	17
2020	11	11
2019	14	14
2018	16	14
2017	21	21
2016	19	17
2015	21	20
2014	14	10
2013	10	10
2012	19	19
2011	16	13
2010	14	12
2009	13	12
2008	21	20
2007	27	21
2006	28	24
2005	21	18
2004	28	25
2003	21	20
2002	29	20
2001	20	19
2000	31	22
1999	24	21
1998	13	11
1997	25	20
1996	20	17
1995	19	14
1994	12	12
1993	14	12
1992	17	14
1991	4	4
1990	14	12
1989	10	9
1988	18	16
1987	16	15
1986	10	10
1985	21	16
1984	13	9
1983	20	17
1982	10	7
1981	17	15
1980	10	8
1979	24	20
1978	7	5
1977	14	10
1976	15	12
1975	14	11

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.Wise County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wise County	Texas	United States
2024	43.1	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.3	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. Wise County had 81,292 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wise County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 182 fatal crashes	44	182 fatal crashes	24.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 182 fatal crashes	60	182 fatal crashes	33.0%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 158 occupant deaths with restraint use known	54	158 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.2%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 200 deaths	8	200 deaths	4.0%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 200 deaths	1 or 2	200 deaths	1.0%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 200 deaths	23	200 deaths	11.5%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 182 fatal crashes with the condition reported	148	182 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.3%	38.1%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.4%	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.Wise 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	10	4	4	5	23
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	4	16
Tuesday	4	1 or 2	9	7	22
Wednesday	4	10	8	5	27
Thursday	4	7	6	12	29
Friday	4	10	6	8	28
Saturday	5	7	9	16	37
All days	33	42	50	57	182

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.Wise 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	4	2.2%	6.3%
Other principal arterial	74	40.7%	29.8%
Minor arterial	26	14.3%	20.3%
Major collector	49	26.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	9	4.9%	1.7%
Local	20	11.0%	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.Wise County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	84
Dark, not lighted	86
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Wise County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	143
Cloudy	15
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wise County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wise	In all of Texas
State Route 71	State highway	1 or 2	199
State Route 114	State highway	17	89
State Route 199	State highway	1 or 2	62
US Route 81	US highway	46	67
US Route 287	US highway	1 or 2	314
US Route 380	US highway	13	127

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.Wise 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
Wise County: 28.3

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 Wise County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cooke County	Texas	23	112	27.0
Denton County	Texas	50	521	5.7
Jack County	Texas	6	37	41.7
Montague County	Texas	8	63	31.1
Parker County	Texas	35	241	16.1
Tarrant County	Texas	205	1,901	9.0

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 Wise 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 Wise in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 183 deaths in Wise County from 2005 to 2014. It records 200 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wise in 2024?

The rate of Wise County in 2024 was 43.1 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 Wise had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 44 of 182 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 Wise?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 81 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.