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Traffic deaths in Limestone County, Texas

County in Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
5
Fatal crashes
5
Population
22.7K

In 2024, 5 people died in 5 fatal crashes in Limestone County, Texas. That was 16.7% fewer than in 2023 (6) and the fewest in any year since 2020. The death rate was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Limestone County had the 140th most traffic deaths among Texas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 34 people died, an average of 6.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 20% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

22.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.7 times the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 1.9 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

30.4

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

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

-17%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

6 deaths in 2023, 5 in 2024

  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 7 7
2021 9 6
2022 7 7
2023 6 5
2024 5 5

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 31.6
2021 40.8
2022 31.3
2023 26.7
2024 22.0

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 4
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Limestone County Share in Texas
Pedestrians 0 0% 18%
Motorcyclists 1 20% 14%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 3 60% 40%
Speeding-related crashes 1 20% 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

20%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 55 percent of the share in Texas: 36%
  • About 70 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

60%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About double the share in Texas: 25%
  • About double the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Limestone County Texas United States
Speeding-related 60.0% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 20.0% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 60.0% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 40.0% 34.1% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

60%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in Texas: 60%
  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 54%

40%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.2 times the share in Texas: 34%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 1
1am 2
2am 2
3am 0
4am 1
5am 1
6am 1
7am 2
8am 0
9am 1
10am 1
11am 1
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 0
4pm 2
5pm 2
6pm 3
7pm 3
8pm 4
9pm 1
10pm 1
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 3
Mon 1
Tue 0
Wed 4
Thu 9
Fri 8
Sat 5

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 2
May 4
Jun 3
Jul 2
Aug 3
Sep 2
Oct 3
Nov 2
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 18
Cloudy 9
Fog, Smog, Smoke 3

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
Dark - Not Lighted 15
Daylight 12
Dusk 2
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-8410
  2. SR-1644
  3. SR-143
  4. FM 393
  5. CR-2561
  6. CR-4601
  7. FM 12451
  8. FM 12461
  9. FM 271
  10. FM 27051

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 13
Pickup trucks 10
SUVs 7
Medium and heavy trucks 5
Motorcycles 4
Other vehicles 1
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado3
  2. Ford Expedition3
  3. Toyota Tacoma2
  4. Buick Century1
  5. Cadillac STS1
  6. Chevrolet Cruze1
  7. Chevrolet GMT-4001
  8. Chevrolet Suburban1
  9. Chrysler 2001
  10. Chrysler Pacifica1

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 1, 2024 — 1
Oct 17, 2024 — 1
Mar 30, 2024 — 1
Feb 22, 2024 — 1
Jan 6, 2024 — 1
Nov 2, 2023 — 1
Aug 20, 2023 — 1
Jul 9, 2023 Groesbeck 1
May 31, 2023 — 1
May 20, 2023 — 2
Sep 2, 2022 — 1
Aug 27, 2022 — 1
Jun 2, 2022 — 1
May 26, 2022 — 1
Apr 1, 2022 — 1
Feb 25, 2022 — 1
Feb 10, 2022 — 1
Dec 3, 2021 — 1
Oct 22, 2021 — 2
Sep 6, 2021 — 1
Aug 22, 2021 — 3
Jul 28, 2021 — 1
May 27, 2021 — 1
Dec 12, 2020 — 1
Oct 22, 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.