# Traffic fatalities in Texas

Traffic fatalities in Texas was 4,160 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-48`
- Unit: count
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/texas
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-48

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 4,160 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 4,294 |
| 2022 | 4,408 |
| 2021 | 4,500 |
| 2020 | 3,876 |
| 2019 | 3,619 |
| 2018 | 3,648 |
| 2017 | 3,732 |
| 2016 | 3,797 |
| 2015 | 3,582 |
| 2014 | 3,536 |
| 2013 | 3,389 |
| 2012 | 3,408 |
| 2011 | 3,054 |
| 2010 | 3,023 |
| 2009 | 3,104 |
| 2008 | 3,476 |
| 2007 | 3,466 |
| 2006 | 3,531 |
| 2005 | 3,536 |
| 2004 | 3,699 |
| 2003 | 3,821 |
| 2002 | 3,823 |
| 2001 | 3,736 |
| 2000 | 3,779 |
| 1999 | 3,522 |
| 1998 | 3,586 |
| 1997 | 3,513 |
| 1996 | 3,742 |
| 1995 | 3,183 |
| 1994 | 3,187 |
| 1993 | 3,043 |
| 1992 | 3,059 |
| 1991 | 3,078 |
| 1990 | 3,250 |
| 1989 | 3,370 |
| 1988 | 3,392 |
| 1987 | 3,260 |
| 1986 | 3,567 |
| 1985 | 3,678 |
| 1984 | 3,912 |
| 1983 | 3,823 |
| 1982 | 4,213 |
| 1981 | 4,623 |
| 1980 | 4,366 |
| 1979 | 4,168 |
| 1978 | 3,914 |
| 1977 | 3,635 |
| 1976 | 3,172 |
| 1975 | 3,372 |