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Fatal crashes 2015–2024 249Deaths 289Counties 22Latest data year 2024

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024. The route is the trafficway recorded for each crash (FARS TWAY_ID); the same route number in another state has its own page.

US Route 67 in Texas was the trafficway in 249 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 289 people died.

That is 0.7% of the 35,785 fatal crashes in Texas over the same years. The ten-year crash count rose 36% from 183 in 2005–2014 to 249 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Dallas County (36), Johnson County (31) and Erath County (30) and 19 other counties.

16.9% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Texas: 25.5%) and 30.1% had a speeding-related driver (32.1%); pedestrians were 10.0% and motorcyclists 11.1% of those killed.

249fatal crashes, 2015–2024+36% vs 2005–2014
289people killed1.2 per fatal crash
17%with a drinking driverTexas: 26%
30%speeding-relatedTexas: 32%

Fatal crashes per year

018352000200520102015202020242000: 17 crashes2001: 26 crashes2002: 25 crashes2003: 16 crashes2004: 14 crashes2005: 19 crashes2006: 16 crashes2007: 13 crashes2008: 19 crashes2009: 20 crashes2010: 17 crashes2011: 16 crashes2012: 19 crashes2013: 17 crashes2014: 27 crashes2015: 15 crashes2016: 22 crashes2017: 25 crashes2018: 21 crashes2019: 25 crashes2020: 15 crashes2021: 28 crashes2022: 35 crashes2023: 29 crashes2024: 34 crashes
Fatal crashes on US Route 67 (TX) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 34 crashes.

Route identification in FARS is consistent from 2000; earlier years are not shown. Shaded band: the ten-year window used for the shares below.

Compared with all fatal crashes in Texas

MeasureUS Route 67Texas
Fatal crashes, 2015–202424935,785
Deaths, 2015–202428939,616
Deaths per fatal crash1.21.1
Share of state fatal crashes0.7%100%
Change vs previous ten years+36%+19%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking16.9%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver30.1%
Pedestriansshare of people killed10%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed11.1%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes45.8%

tick marks the Texas share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties along the route

#CountyFatal crashes on US-67Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Dallas County3614%2,906
2Johnson County3112%247
3Erath County3012%120
4Tom Green County218%130
5Somervell County198%32
6Bowie County177%143
7Presidio County166%18
8Comanche County104%44
9Ellis County104%293
10Pecos County83%88
11Titus County83%65
12Brewster County73%16
13Morris County73%36
14Brown County62%52
15Coleman County52%38
16Reagan County52%17
17Runnels County52%30
18Upton County31%25
19Irion County21%4
20Cass County10%87
21Franklin County10%25
22Howard County10%96

Hour of day

12am4%
1am4.4%
2am4.4%
3am3.6%
4am4%
5am2.4%
6am4.8%
7am4.8%
8am0.8%
9am3.2%
10am2.4%
11am2.4%
12pm3.6%
1pm4.4%
2pm6.4%
3pm9.2%
4pm4.8%
5pm7.2%
6pm4%
7pm4.4%
8pm5.6%
9pm3.6%
10pm3.2%
11pm2%

Share of fatal crashes on US Route 67 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Texas share for all roads.

Where along the route

Mile marker rangeFatal crashesShare
Mile 0–510843%
Mile 5–105321%
Mile 10–154418%
Mile 15–20166%
Mile 20–2562%
Mile 30–3552%

Five-mile bins by FARS milepoint, the six with the most fatal crashes; 97.2% of crashes on the route have a milepoint. Milepoints are as recorded by the state and can restart at county or district lines.

Other routes in Texas

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Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on US Route 67 in Texas?

249 fatal crashes with 289 deaths over 2015–2024, per NHTSA's FARS. The route is the trafficway recorded for the crash; the same numbered route in another state has its own page.

Which counties along US Route 67 had the most fatal crashes?

Dallas County (36), Johnson County (31), Erath County (30), Tom Green County (21) and Somervell County (19).

What share of crashes on US Route 67 involved alcohol or speeding?

16.9% had a driver reported as drinking and 30.1% a speeding-related driver, against 25.5% and 32.1% for all fatal crashes in Texas.

When do fatal crashes happen on US Route 67?

45.8% of the crashes were between 6pm and 6am. The hour chart on this page shows the full distribution.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, annual national CSV files 2000–2024 (accident, vehicle and person tables), public domain. Route pages are built for signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology and corrections.