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Traffic fatalities in Texas

Traffic fatalities in Texas was 4,160 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is down 3.1% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count4,160 Provisional
Change on 2023-3.1%
Rank1st of 51US states ranked
Series high4,6231981
Series low3,0232010

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Traffic fatalities in Texas, 1975 to 2024

3,0003,5004,0004,5005,00019751983199119992007201520241975: 3,372 count1976: 3,172 count1977: 3,635 count1978: 3,914 count1979: 4,168 count1980: 4,366 count1981: 4,623 count1982: 4,213 count1983: 3,823 count1984: 3,912 count1985: 3,678 count1986: 3,567 count1987: 3,260 count1988: 3,392 count1989: 3,370 count1990: 3,250 count1991: 3,078 count1992: 3,059 count1993: 3,043 count1994: 3,187 count1995: 3,183 count1996: 3,742 count1997: 3,513 count1998: 3,586 count1999: 3,522 count2000: 3,779 count2001: 3,736 count2002: 3,823 count2003: 3,821 count2004: 3,699 count2005: 3,536 count2006: 3,531 count2007: 3,466 count2008: 3,476 count2009: 3,104 count2010: 3,023 count2011: 3,054 count2012: 3,408 count2013: 3,389 count2014: 3,536 count2015: 3,582 count2016: 3,797 count2017: 3,732 count2018: 3,648 count2019: 3,619 count2020: 3,876 count2021: 4,500 count2022: 4,408 count2023: 4,294 count2024: 4,160 count
count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-06-24.
All 50 values
Periodcount
20244,160 Provisional
20234,294
20224,408
20214,500
20203,876
20193,619
20183,648
20173,732
20163,797
20153,582
20143,536
20133,389
20123,408
20113,054
20103,023
20093,104
20083,476
20073,466
20063,531
20053,536
20043,699
20033,821
20023,823
20013,736
20003,779
19993,522
19983,586
19973,513
19963,742
19953,183
19943,187
19933,043
19923,059
19913,078
19903,250
19893,370
19883,392
19873,260
19863,567
19853,678
19843,912
19833,823
19824,213
19814,623
19804,366
19794,168
19783,914
19773,635
19763,172
19753,372

Compared with United States

Place2024
Texas4,160
United States39,254

Rankings

Definition

People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.

A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.

How to cite

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (Traffic fatalities, Texas, 1975 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip

MLA 9

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states, Traffic fatalities, Texas, 1975 to 2024. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/texas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Traffic fatalities, Texas, 1975 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/texas.

Harvard

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states, Traffic fatalities, Texas, 1975 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states: Traffic fatalities, Texas, 1975 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/texas. Publisher attribution: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the traffic fatalities in Texas?

Traffic fatalities in Texas was 4,160 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is down 3.1% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2024.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest traffic fatalities in Texas?

4,623 in 1981, the highest value since 1975 in this series.

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