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Traffic deaths in Red River County, Texas

County in Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
4
Fatal crashes
4
Population
11.8K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Red River County, Texas. That was 33.3% more than in 2023 (3) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 33.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Red River County had the 156th most traffic deaths among Texas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 31 people died, an average of 6.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

33.8

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

53.2

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

  • About 4 times the average in Texas: 14.1
  • About 4 times the average in the United States: 12.3

+33%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 4
2021 9 7
2022 11 10
2023 3 2
2024 4 4

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 34.6
2021 77.8
2022 94.8
2023 25.6
2024 33.8

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 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Red River County Share in Texas
Pedestrians 0 0% 18%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 14%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 25% 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%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in Texas: 25%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Red River County Texas United States
Speeding-related 25.0% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 25.0% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 25.0% 34.1% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

25%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 40 percent of the share in Texas: 60%
  • About half the share in the United States: 54%

25%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 3
Mon 5
Tue 1
Wed 1
Thu 7
Fri 3
Sat 7

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 1
Mar 2
Apr 1
May 4
Jun 1
Jul 1
Aug 3
Sep 5
Oct 2
Nov 2
Dec 4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 19
Cloudy 6
Rain 1
Snow 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
Dark - Not Lighted 14
Daylight 11
Dark - Lighted 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-828
  2. US-2714
  3. FM 4122
  4. SR-372
  5. FM 9092
  6. FM 9101
  7. FM 441
  8. FM 4101
  9. FM 1951
  10. FM 1141

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Pickup trucks 17
Cars 12
Medium and heavy trucks 9
SUVs 2
Vans 2
Motorcycles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Ford F-1504
  2. Nissan Titan2
  3. Kia Optima2
  4. GMC Sierra2
  5. Ford F-2502
  6. Chevrolet Express2
  7. Honda CR-V1
  8. Honda Accord1
  9. Harley Davidson FXDLI / Dyna Low Rider1
  10. GMC Yukon1

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 9, 2024 Bogata 1
Jun 21, 2024 — 1
May 30, 2024 — 1
May 12, 2024 — 1
Nov 16, 2023 Bogata 1
Feb 11, 2023 — 2
Nov 5, 2022 — 1
Oct 31, 2022 — 1
Oct 10, 2022 — 1
Sep 17, 2022 — 2
Aug 26, 2022 — 1
Aug 1, 2022 — 1
Jul 6, 2022 — 1
May 9, 2022 — 1
Mar 5, 2022 — 1
Jan 15, 2022 — 1
Dec 25, 2021 — 1
Dec 16, 2021 Avery 1
Dec 16, 2021 — 1
Sep 17, 2021 — 1
Sep 5, 2021 — 1
May 27, 2021 — 2
Apr 18, 2021 — 2
Sep 17, 2020 — 1
Sep 10, 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.