Wood County, Texas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Wood County in 2024.

FARS records 110 deaths in 99 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Wood County was number 76 of 254 counties of Texas.

Deaths in Wood County rose by 3.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (106) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 88.9% of the fatal crashes in Wood 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 Wood 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.Wood County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	17	15	1 or 2
2022	14	10	1 or 2
2021	12	10	3
2020	12	11	3
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	7	6	1 or 2
2017	10	10	4
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	12	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	110	99	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2002)2024: 8

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

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

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.Wood County beside Texas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wood County	Texas	United States
2024	16.3	13.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Wood County had 49,153 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wood County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Texas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 99 fatal crashes	22	99 fatal crashes	22.2%	25.5%
A speeding-related driverof 99 fatal crashes	33	99 fatal crashes	33.3%	32.1%
No restraint usedof 89 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	89 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.9%	45.1%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	6	110 deaths	5.5%	17.6%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	1 or 2	110 deaths	0.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	11	110 deaths	10.0%	12.7%
On a rural roadof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	88	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.9%	38.1%
In the darkof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	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.Wood 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	3	5	1 or 2	4	14
Monday	1 or 2	4	5	3	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	8	4	13
Wednesday	0	5	1 or 2	7	14
Thursday	0	1 or 2	8	5	15
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	3	13
Saturday	4	1 or 2	7	4	17
All days	10	20	39	30	99

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.Wood 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	24	24.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	24	24.2%	20.3%
Major collector	39	39.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	8	8.1%	1.7%
Local	4	4.0%	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.Wood County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Wood County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	22
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wood County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wood	In all of Texas
State Route 11	State highway	4	48
State Route 37	State highway	11	24
State Route 154	State highway	9	31
US Route 69	US highway	14	271
US Route 80	US highway	11	133

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.Wood 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
Wood County: 24.0

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 Wood County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Camp County	Texas	4	31	24.1
Franklin County	Texas	1 or 2	32	30.0
Hopkins County	Texas	3	102	27.5
Rains County	Texas	4	30	24.5
Smith County	Texas	53	562	23.9
Upshur County	Texas	16	113	27.0
Van Zandt County	Texas	12	174	29.5

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 Wood 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 Wood in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 106 deaths in Wood County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wood in 2024?

The rate of Wood County in 2024 was 16.3 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 Wood had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 99 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 Wood?

5 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.