Fatal crash profile · City

Traffic deaths in Vidor, Texas

City in Orange County · Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
3
Fatal crashes
2
Population
9.6K

In 2024, 3 people died in 2 fatal crashes in Vidor, Texas. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 31.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 17.4 in Orange County, 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 16 people died, an average of 3.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

31.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.8 times the rate in Orange County, Texas: 17.4
  • About double the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 3 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 3 in 2024

  • Orange County, Texas: -17%
  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 7 7
2021 2 2
2022 1 1
2023 3 3
2024 3 2

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 72.0
2021 20.7
2022 10.4
2023 31.0
2024 31.2

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 Orange County, Texas: 20%
  • 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 3
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Vidor Share in Orange County
Pedestrians 0 0% 20%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 7%
Cyclists 0 0% 13%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 40%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 20%

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 Orange County, Texas: 21%
  • 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 Orange County, Texas: 21%
  • 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 Vidor Orange County Texas United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 21.4% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 21.4% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 71.4% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 50.0% 42.9% 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 Orange County, Texas: 71%
  • About 5 percent of the share in Texas: 60%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

50%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.2 times the share in Orange County, Texas: 43%
  • 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 0
1am 0
2am 1
3am 0
4am 0
5am 1
6am 1
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 1
11am 2
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 0
4pm 2
5pm 2
6pm 0
7pm 1
8pm 1
9pm 0
10pm 1
11pm 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 10
Cloudy 4
Fog, Smog, Smoke 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 8
Dark - Not Lighted 6
Dark - Unknown Lighting 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. I-105
  2. FM 1052
  3. I-10 RAMP2
  4. SR-122
  5. FM 11311
  6. I-10 FRONTAGE1
  7. LAKESIDE ST1
  8. OLD HWY 901

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Pickup trucks 11
SUVs 4
Medium and heavy trucks 2
Cars 2
Other vehicles 1
Motorcycles 1
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado3
  2. Dodge Ram2
  3. Ram 15002
  4. Ram 25001
  5. Polaris RZR1
  6. Chevrolet Avalanche1
  7. Chevrolet Express1
  8. Chevrolet Tahoe1
  9. Ford Expedition1
  10. Ford F-1501

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 26, 2024 1
Mar 11, 2024 2
Sep 8, 2023 1
Jul 8, 2023 1
Mar 7, 2023 1
Sep 4, 2022 1
Jul 15, 2021 1
Apr 26, 2021 1
Oct 20, 2020 1
Jul 23, 2020 1
Jun 20, 2020 1
Jun 17, 2020 1
May 9, 2020 1
Feb 25, 2020 1
Jan 6, 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.