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Traffic deaths in Hunt County, Texas

County in Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
23
Fatal crashes
20
Population
119.2K

In 2024, 23 people died in 20 fatal crashes in Hunt County, Texas. That was 34.3% fewer than in 2023 (35) and the fewest since 2022. The death rate was 19.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Hunt County had the 35th most traffic deaths among Texas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 137 people died, an average of 27 a year. Pedestrians accounted for 13% of deaths, and 40% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

19.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 1.7 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

25.1

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 1.8 times the average in Texas: 14.1
  • About double the average in the United States: 12.3

-34%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

35 deaths in 2023, 23 in 2024

  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 26 24
2021 38 34
2022 15 14
2023 35 33
2024 23 20

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 25.9
2021 36.7
2022 13.8
2023 30.8
2024 19.3

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

13%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 70 percent of the share in Texas: 18%
  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 14
Pedestrians 3
Motorcyclists 6
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Hunt County Share in Texas
Pedestrians 3 13% 18%
Motorcyclists 6 26% 14%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 9 39% 40%
Speeding-related crashes 8 35% 36%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

40%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.1 times the share in Texas: 36%
  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in Texas: 25%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Hunt County Texas United States
Speeding-related 25.0% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 40.0% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 75.0% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 50.0% 34.1% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

75%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.3 times the share in Texas: 60%
  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 54%

50%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.5 times the share in Texas: 34%
  • About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 2
1am 4
2am 6
3am 2
4am 3
5am 4
6am 7
7am 1
8am 1
9am 10
10am 6
11am 4
12pm 5
1pm 3
2pm 6
3pm 2
4pm 5
5pm 5
6pm 6
7pm 12
8pm 10
9pm 10
10pm 7
11pm 4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 24
Mon 20
Tue 9
Wed 10
Thu 23
Fri 13
Sat 26

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 10
Feb 9
Mar 6
Apr 11
May 12
Jun 8
Jul 9
Aug 15
Sep 8
Oct 14
Nov 17
Dec 6

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 96
Cloudy 17
Rain 11

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 56
Dark - Not Lighted 54
Dark - Lighted 11
Dawn 3

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-3017
  2. SR-3413
  3. US-6912
  4. SR-2410
  5. SR-2246
  6. SR-2765
  7. SR-664
  8. FM 364
  9. US-69/JOE RAMSEY BLVD3
  10. US-3803

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 72
SUVs 37
Pickup trucks 36
Medium and heavy trucks 24
Motorcycles 17
Other vehicles 6
Vans 6

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado13
  2. Chevrolet Malibu6
  3. Ford F-1505
  4. GMC Sierra5
  5. Dodge Ram4
  6. Ford F-3504
  7. Ford Fusion4
  8. Freightliner Cascadia4
  9. Chevrolet Trailblazer3
  10. Ford F-2503

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Nov 23, 2024 Greenville 3
Nov 14, 2024 — 1
Nov 10, 2024 — 1
Oct 25, 2024 Lone Oak 1
Oct 24, 2024 — 1
Oct 16, 2024 — 1
Oct 12, 2024 — 1
Oct 6, 2024 Greenville 1
Sep 29, 2024 Quinlan 1
Sep 21, 2024 — 1
Sep 7, 2024 Greenville 2
Aug 6, 2024 Quinlan 1
Jul 19, 2024 — 1
Jun 26, 2024 — 1
May 12, 2024 Commerce 1
Apr 25, 2024 Greenville 1
Apr 21, 2024 Greenville 1
Mar 16, 2024 — 1
Mar 5, 2024 Quinlan 1
Jan 15, 2024 — 1
Dec 3, 2023 Greenville 1
Nov 27, 2023 — 1
Nov 2, 2023 — 1
Oct 26, 2023 — 1
Oct 21, 2023 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.