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Traffic deaths in Texas in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
4,408
Fatal crashes
3,966
Population
30.1M

In 2022, 4,408 people died in 3,966 fatal crashes in Texas, about 12 a day. That was 2.0% fewer than in 2021 (4,500) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 14.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. Texas had the 2nd most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 20th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 18% of deaths, and 35% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

14.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About 1.1 times the rate in the United States: 12.8

-2%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

4,500 deaths in 2021, 4,408 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

Texas traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

18%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 2,957
Pedestrians 796
Motorcyclists 564
Cyclists 91
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in Texas Share in the US
Pedestrians 796 18% 18%
Motorcyclists 564 13% 15%
Cyclists 91 2% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1,881 43% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 1,525 35% 28%

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

35%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

27%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 26%
Crash factors in 2022
Category Texas United States
Speeding-related 27.3% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 34.7% 27.7%
At night 59.6% 53.9%
At weekends 35.5% 33.3%

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 1.1 times the share in the United States: 54%

35%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 197
1am 198
2am 259
3am 144
4am 112
5am 149
6am 176
7am 142
8am 101
9am 87
10am 107
11am 116
12pm 115
1pm 124
2pm 127
3pm 150
4pm 174
5pm 183
6pm 208
7pm 213
8pm 203
9pm 255
10pm 216
11pm 210

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 718
Mon 487
Tue 477
Wed 509
Thu 533
Fri 553
Sat 689

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 351
Feb 287
Mar 310
Apr 310
May 328
Jun 316
Jul 320
Aug 326
Sep 384
Oct 350
Nov 322
Dec 362

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 3,184
Cloudy 511
Rain 198
Fog, Smog, Smoke 36
Severe Crosswinds 9
Snow 7

All crashes 2022. 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 1,546
Dark - Not Lighted 1,233
Dark - Lighted 1,025
Dusk 57
Dawn 55
Dark - Unknown Lighting 28

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-1092
  2. I-2075
  3. I-3574
  4. I-4559
  5. I-3035
  6. US-9031
  7. US-5930
  8. US-18329
  9. US-28727
  10. SR-627

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 1,990
Pickup trucks 1,367
SUVs 1,252
Medium and heavy trucks 791
Motorcycles 575
Other vehicles 199
Vans 149
Buses 13
Other light trucks 4

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado319
  2. Ford F-150269
  3. Freightliner Cascadia132
  4. GMC Sierra120
  5. Dodge Ram113
  6. Ford F-250107
  7. Honda Accord105
  8. Nissan Altima104
  9. Toyota Camry101
  10. Ram 1500100

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Date Location Deaths
Dec 18, 2022 Denton County 1
Dec 18, 2022 San Patricio County 1
Dec 18, 2022 El Paso, El Paso County 1
Dec 18, 2022 Orange County 2
Dec 18, 2022 Austin, Travis County 1
Dec 18, 2022 Laredo, Webb County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Midland County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Austin, Travis County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Dallas, Dallas County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Georgetown, Williamson County 2
Dec 17, 2022 Dallas, Dallas County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Harris County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Austin, Travis County 2
Dec 17, 2022 Fort Worth, Tarrant County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Dallas, Dallas County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Lufkin, Angelina County 3
Dec 17, 2022 Huntsville, Walker County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Austin, Travis County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Athens, Henderson County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Houston, Harris County 1
Dec 16, 2022 El Paso, El Paso County 1
Dec 16, 2022 The Colony, Denton County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Austin, Travis County 1
Dec 16, 2022 Jacksonville, Cherokee County 1
Dec 16, 2022 San Antonio, Bexar County 2

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Counties in Texas in 2022

Area Deaths, 2022 Per 100,000
Anderson County 20 34.9
Andrews County 19 103.6
Angelina County 19 21.8
Aransas County 6 24.0
Archer County 2 22.6
Armstrong County 12 646.9
Atascosa County 14 27.5
Austin County 9 28.9
Bailey County 0 —
Bandera County 6 27.1
Bastrop County 27 25.3
Baylor County 0 —
Bee County 4 12.9
Bell County 55 14.2
Bexar County 247 12.0
Blanco County 5 40.3
Borden County 0 —
Bosque County 8 42.8
Bowie County 16 17.5
Brazoria County 44 11.3
Brazos County 17 7.0
Brewster County 3 32.0
Briscoe County 1 69.5
Brooks County 5 72.0
Brown County 8 20.8
Burleson County 14 74.9
Burnet County 16 30.4
Caldwell County 19 39.6
Calhoun County 3 15.2
Callahan County 4 28.0
Cameron County 36 8.5
Camp County 2 15.7
Carson County 8 137.4
Cass County 7 24.6
Castro County 4 54.9
Chambers County 13 25.3
Cherokee County 14 27.1
Childress County 2 29.3
Clay County 8 76.3
Cochran County 0 —
Coke County 0 —
Coleman County 9 114.5
Collin County 76 6.5
Collingsworth County 0 —
Colorado County 11 52.6
Comal County 16 8.7
Comanche County 2 14.4
Concho County 2 59.0
Cooke County 12 27.9
Coryell County 15 17.8
Cottle County 0 —
Crane County 5 109.8
Crockett County 1 33.8
Crosby County 4 79.9
Culberson County 3 138.9
Dallam County 6 82.8
Dallas County 354 13.5
Dawson County 4 32.9
DeWitt County 5 25.3
Deaf Smith County 5 27.1
Delta County 1 18.5
Denton County 48 4.9
Dickens County 0 —
Dimmit County 3 35.8
Donley County 2 61.1
Duval County 3 30.9
Eastland County 8 44.7
Ector County 42 25.9
Edwards County 1 70.1
El Paso County 89 10.2
Ellis County 33 15.5
Erath County 18 41.0
Falls County 5 29.5
Fannin County 12 32.2
Fayette County 17 68.1
Fisher County 3 82.4
Floyd County 5 95.3
Fort Bend County 35 3.9
Franklin County 3 28.2
Freestone County 13 65.0
Frio County 11 60.7
Gaines County 7 31.7
Galveston County 50 14.0
Garza County 4 88.8
Gillespie County 13 47.2
Glasscock County 5 437.4
Goliad County 4 56.0
Gonzales County 15 75.6
Gray County 2 9.5
Grayson County 32 22.3
Gregg County 33 26.3
Grimes County 11 35.3
Guadalupe County 22 12.0
Hale County 7 21.9
Hall County 2 71.1
Hamilton County 6 72.2
Hansford County 2 39.1
Hardeman County 0 —
Hardin County 5 8.7
Harris County 558 11.6
Harrison County 13 18.6
Hartley County 10 191.7
Haskell County 0 —
Hays County 39 14.5
Henderson County 14 16.5
Hidalgo County 76 8.6
Hill County 8 21.4
Hockley County 7 33.0
Hood County 10 15.1
Hopkins County 18 47.6
Houston County 6 27.3
Howard County 6 19.5
Hudspeth County 8 235.4
Hunt County 15 13.8
Hutchinson County 8 39.7
Irion County 0 —
Jack County 3 34.3
Jackson County 8 52.8
Jasper County 8 24.6
Jeff Davis County 0 —
Jefferson County 46 18.2
Jim Hogg County 0 —
Jim Wells County 9 23.2
Johnson County 36 18.4
Jones County 4 19.7
Karnes County 9 60.0
Kaufman County 26 15.0
Kendall County 8 16.3
Kenedy County 0 —
Kent County 0 —
Kerr County 13 24.2
Kimble County 7 157.5
King County 1 432.9
Kinney County 9 287.6
Kleberg County 8 26.3
Knox County 2 61.0
La Salle County 8 122.8
Lamar County 12 23.8
Lamb County 7 54.9
Lampasas County 6 26.4
Lavaca County 4 19.4
Lee County 3 16.7
Leon County 17 104.8
Liberty County 34 33.1
Limestone County 7 31.3
Lipscomb County 0 —
Live Oak County 13 112.2
Llano County 5 22.0
Loving County 9 19,565.2
Lubbock County 51 16.0
Lynn County 5 86.9
Madison County 9 66.0
Marion County 3 31.0
Martin County 18 341.8
Mason County 0 —
Matagorda County 6 16.6
Maverick County 9 15.6
McCulloch County 5 66.6
McLennan County 41 15.4
McMullen County 3 522.6
Medina County 16 29.8
Menard County 2 101.0
Midland County 65 37.6
Milam County 13 50.6
Mills County 4 88.9
Mitchell County 3 33.5
Montague County 4 19.0
Montgomery County 66 9.7
Moore County 6 28.4
Morris County 3 24.8
Motley County 2 194.2
Nacogdoches County 17 26.1
Navarro County 10 18.3
Newton County 9 74.5
Nolan County 5 34.6
Nueces County 43 12.2
Ochiltree County 0 —
Oldham County 6 340.3
Orange County 20 23.5
Palo Pinto County 5 17.1
Panola County 10 44.0
Parker County 16 9.6
Parmer County 5 51.9
Pecos County 10 67.8
Polk County 9 17.0
Potter County 19 16.5
Presidio County 2 33.7
Rains County 1 7.8
Randall County 13 8.9
Reagan County 3 95.1
Real County 1 35.5
Red River County 11 94.8
Reeves County 17 144.4
Refugio County 3 45.1
Robertson County 12 70.1
Rockwall County 6 4.9
Runnels County 8 80.9
Rusk County 17 32.3
Sabine County 1 10.0
San Augustine County 0 —
San Jacinto County 12 42.2
San Patricio County 19 27.1
San Saba County 1 17.1
Schleicher County 0 —
Scurry County 3 18.5
Shackelford County 1 31.1
Shelby County 6 24.8
Sherman County 2 72.2
Smith County 54 22.3
Somervell County 3 30.6
Starr County 7 10.7
Stephens County 1 10.7
Sterling County 2 141.7
Stonewall County 0 —
Sutton County 4 123.4
Swisher County 0 —
Tarrant County 210 9.7
Taylor County 31 21.3
Terrell County 5 717.4
Terry County 5 43.7
Throckmorton County 0 —
Titus County 6 19.2
Tom Green County 15 12.6
Travis County 169 12.6
Trinity County 6 42.9
Tyler County 7 34.2
Upshur County 6 14.1
Upton County 1 31.7
Uvalde County 14 56.3
Val Verde County 4 8.4
Van Zandt County 21 33.4
Victoria County 6 6.6
Walker County 15 18.8
Waller County 11 17.7
Ward County 8 73.0
Washington County 12 33.0
Webb County 26 9.7
Wharton County 18 43.0
Wheeler County 2 41.7
Wichita County 24 18.4
Wilbarger County 7 55.8
Willacy County 2 9.9
Williamson County 66 9.8
Wilson County 6 11.4
Winkler County 11 148.8
Wise County 23 30.7
Wood County 14 29.7
Yoakum County 3 40.1
Young County 2 11.1
Zapata County 0 —
Zavala County 7 74.5

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.