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Traffic deaths in Tyler County, Texas

County in Texas · United States

Deaths, 2024
4
Fatal crashes
4
Population
20.5K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Tyler County, Texas. That was 20.0% fewer than in 2023 (5) and the fewest in any year since 2020. The death rate was 19.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.3 in Texas and 11.5 in the United States. Tyler County had the 156th most traffic deaths among Texas's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 36 people died, an average of 7.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 25% of deaths.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

19.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.3
  • About 1.7 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

35.6

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

  • About 3 times the average in Texas: 14.1
  • About 3 times the average in the United States: 12.3

-20%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

5 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

  • Texas: -3%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 7 6
2021 13 9
2022 7 5
2023 5 4
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 35.3
2021 65.3
2022 34.2
2023 24.5
2024 19.5

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

25%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.4 times the share in Texas: 18%
  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 3
Pedestrians 1
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Tyler County Share in Texas
Pedestrians 1 25% 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%

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 Tyler County Texas United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 24.9% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 35.7% 28.1%
At night 50.0% 59.5% 53.6%
At weekends 75.0% 34.1% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 85 percent of the share in Texas: 60%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

75%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 5
Mon 3
Tue 3
Wed 7
Thu 3
Fri 4
Sat 3

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 1
Apr 1
May 3
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 3
Sep 4
Oct 5
Nov 2
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 21
Rain 4
Cloudy 2
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 14
Dark - Not Lighted 10
Dawn 2
Dark - Lighted 1
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. US-698
  2. US-1905
  3. FM 924
  4. US-2873
  5. FM 2562
  6. US-69/2871
  7. US-69/WHEELER AVE1
  8. CR-43501
  9. CR-48901
  10. RE 2551

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Pickup trucks 15
Cars 13
Medium and heavy trucks 8
SUVs 8
Motorcycles 1
Other vehicles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado4
  2. Ram 15003
  3. Nissan Frontier2
  4. Ford F-1502
  5. Dodge Ram2
  6. Chevrolet Tahoe2
  7. Kia Sorento1
  8. Kia Rio1
  9. Kenworth W9 Series1
  10. Kenworth T8801

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
Oct 23, 2024 — 1
May 5, 2024 — 1
Mar 2, 2024 Warren 1
Feb 3, 2024 — 1
Dec 28, 2023 — 1
Oct 16, 2023 — 2
Oct 4, 2023 Woodville 1
Sep 29, 2023 — 1
Oct 2, 2022 — 1
Sep 27, 2022 — 1
Aug 14, 2022 — 1
Feb 11, 2022 — 2
Feb 9, 2022 — 2
Dec 20, 2021 — 3
Dec 16, 2021 — 2
Nov 22, 2021 — 1
Nov 16, 2021 Colmesneil 1
Jun 26, 2021 — 1
May 26, 2021 — 1
Apr 7, 2021 — 1
Jan 12, 2021 — 2
Jan 8, 2021 — 1
Oct 7, 2020 — 2
Sep 18, 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.