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Traffic deaths in Loving County, Texas

County in Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
47

In 2024, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Loving County, Texas. That was 66.7% fewer than in 2023 (3) and the fewest in any year since 2020. The death rate was 2,127.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Loving County had the 199th most traffic deaths among Texas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 19 people died, an average of 3.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

2,127.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 160 times the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 184 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

7,335.9

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

  • About 521 times the average in Texas: 14.1
  • About 599 times the average in the United States: 12.3

-67%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 1 in 2024

  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 2
2021 2 2
2022 9 4
2023 3 3
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 6,349.2
2021 3,508.8
2022 19,565.2
2023 6,521.7
2024 2,127.7

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

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

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

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

0%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • 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 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 0
3am 0
4am 0
5am 1
6am 1
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 1
11am 0
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 2
4pm 2
5pm 0
6pm 3
7pm 0
8pm 1
9pm 0
10pm 1
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 2
Mon 3
Tue 0
Wed 1
Thu 0
Fri 1
Sat 5

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

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

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 7
Dark - Not Lighted 3
Dark - Lighted 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. RM 6524
  2. CR-3004
  3. SR-3023
  4. YARBROUGH DR1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Medium and heavy trucks 16
Pickup trucks 7
SUVs 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Freightliner Cascadia3
  2. Chevrolet Silverado2
  3. Ford F-1502
  4. Kenworth T8 Series2
  5. Chevrolet Suburban1
  6. Ford F-2501
  7. Freightliner Columbia1
  8. International 9400i1
  9. International HX6201
  10. International L92271

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
Dec 2, 2024 — 1
Sep 13, 2023 — 1
Jun 24, 2023 — 1
Mar 31, 2023 — 1
May 30, 2022 — 6
Feb 27, 2022 — 1
Jan 30, 2022 — 1
Jan 29, 2022 — 1
Aug 23, 2021 — 1
May 29, 2021 — 1
Dec 5, 2020 — 1
Dec 5, 2020 — 3

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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.