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Traffic deaths in Cleveland, Texas

City in Liberty County · Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
9.8K

In 2024, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Cleveland, Texas. That was 75.0% fewer than in 2023 (4) and the fewest since 2022. The death rate was 10.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 16.3 in Liberty County, 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 14 people died, an average of 2.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

10.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About two-thirds of the rate in Liberty County, Texas: 16.3
  • About three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 90 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

-75%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

4 deaths in 2023, 1 in 2024

  • Liberty County, Texas: -21%
  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 3
2021 4 4
2022 1 1
2023 4 4
2024 1 1

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 53.4
2021 50.1
2022 11.7
2023 43.9
2024 10.2

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 Liberty County, Texas: 21%
  • 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 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Cleveland Share in Liberty County
Pedestrians 0 0% 21%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 11%
Cyclists 0 0% 0%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 42%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 32%

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

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Liberty County, Texas: 33%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Texas: 36%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Liberty County, Texas: 11%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Texas: 25%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Cleveland Liberty County Texas United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 11.1% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 33.3% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 55.6% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 22.2% 34.1% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

0%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 5 percent of the share in Liberty County, Texas: 56%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Texas: 60%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Liberty County, Texas: 22%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Texas: 34%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 0
2am 2
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 1
7am 1
8am 1
9am 0
10am 0
11am 1
12pm 1
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 0
4pm 1
5pm 0
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 2
10pm 0
11pm 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 2
Mon 1
Tue 2
Wed 1
Thu 2
Fri 3
Sat 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 3
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 1
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 3
Nov 1
Dec 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 12
Rain 1

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 5
Dark - Lighted 4
Dark - Not Lighted 4

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-593
  2. I69 FRONTAGE1
  3. MU-CROCKETT ST1
  4. SR-1051
  5. SR-105W1
  6. SR-3211
  7. SR-5731
  8. US-59 FRONTAGE1
  9. US-59 N1
  10. US-59 SVC RD1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 6
Pickup trucks 5
Medium and heavy trucks 4
SUVs 3
Vans 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado3
  2. Chevrolet Suburban2
  3. Chevrolet Malibu1
  4. Dodge Grand Caravan1
  5. Dodge Ram1
  6. Ford F-3501
  7. Freightliner Columbia1
  8. GMC Sierra1
  9. Hyundai Santa Fe1
  10. International 94001

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 Deaths
May 10, 2024 1
Nov 19, 2023 1
Oct 19, 2023 1
Oct 11, 2023 1
May 21, 2023 1
Jan 1, 2022 1
Dec 16, 2021 1
Mar 16, 2021 1
Jan 22, 2021 1
Jan 5, 2021 1
Dec 12, 2020 2
Oct 12, 2020 1
Apr 24, 2020 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.