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Traffic deaths in Jasper County, Texas

County in Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
11
Fatal crashes
10
Population
33K

In 2024, 11 people died in 10 fatal crashes in Jasper County, Texas. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 33.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Jasper County had the 80th most traffic deaths among Texas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 55 people died, an average of 11 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 40% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

33.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 3 times the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 3 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

33.6

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

  • About double the average in Texas: 14.1
  • About 3 times the average in the United States: 12.3

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

11 deaths in 2023, 11 in 2024

  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 10 10
2021 15 11
2022 8 7
2023 11 10
2024 11 10

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 30.4
2021 46.1
2022 24.6
2023 33.6
2024 33.4

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Texas: 18%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 10
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Jasper County Share in Texas
Pedestrians 0 0% 18%
Motorcyclists 1 9% 14%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 6 55% 40%
Speeding-related crashes 4 36% 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%

40%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.6 times the share in Texas: 25%
  • About 1.6 times the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Jasper County Texas United States
Speeding-related 40.0% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 40.0% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 50.0% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 30.0% 34.1% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 85 percent of the share in Texas: 60%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

30%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 90 percent of the share in Texas: 34%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 2
1am 1
2am 1
3am 0
4am 0
5am 3
6am 1
7am 1
8am 1
9am 2
10am 1
11am 4
12pm 2
1pm 4
2pm 3
3pm 4
4pm 3
5pm 1
6pm 0
7pm 4
8pm 3
9pm 4
10pm 1
11pm 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 7
Mon 4
Tue 9
Wed 1
Thu 9
Fri 7
Sat 11

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 2
Feb 5
Mar 5
Apr 6
May 6
Jun 2
Jul 2
Aug 6
Sep 4
Oct 2
Nov 3
Dec 5

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 36
Rain 7
Cloudy 5

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 28
Dark - Not Lighted 17
Dark - Lighted 1
Dark - Unknown Lighting 1
Dawn 1

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. US-9617
  2. US-1908
  3. SR-634
  4. FM 2522
  5. SR-622
  6. FM 14082
  7. RE 2551
  8. CHRIS ST1
  9. CR-541
  10. CR-5691

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Pickup trucks 21
Cars 18
SUVs 13
Medium and heavy trucks 10
Other vehicles 3
Motorcycles 3
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Ford F-1507
  2. Chevrolet Tahoe3
  3. GMC Sierra3
  4. Dodge Ram2
  5. Ford F-2502
  6. Nissan Sentra2
  7. Ram 15002
  8. Ram 25002
  9. Buick Century1
  10. Cadillac Deville1

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 26, 2024 — 1
Sep 19, 2024 — 2
Sep 8, 2024 — 1
Aug 27, 2024 — 1
May 9, 2024 — 1
Apr 5, 2024 — 1
Mar 12, 2024 — 1
Mar 10, 2024 — 1
Feb 15, 2024 — 1
Feb 3, 2024 — 1
Dec 16, 2023 — 2
Dec 5, 2023 — 1
Nov 7, 2023 — 1
Oct 14, 2023 Buna 1
Sep 5, 2023 — 1
Jul 15, 2023 — 1
Jun 10, 2023 — 1
Mar 23, 2023 — 1
Mar 5, 2023 Jasper 1
Feb 24, 2023 — 1
May 20, 2022 — 1
May 14, 2022 — 1
Apr 28, 2022 — 1
Apr 28, 2022 — 1
Apr 16, 2022 — 2

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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.