{"meta":{"dataset":"fatal-crashes","title":"Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23733739","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23733738","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23733739","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts from NHTSA's public crash census, kept for marketing planning. A county's count says nothing about who was at fault, and the newest year can change when NHTSA issues its final file.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-27","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/fatal-crashes/areas/48.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/fatal-crashes-by-county/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"48","records":[{"id":"fatal-crashes:48","area":"48","areaName":"Texas","areaType":"state","state":"TX","year":2024,"status":"P","text":"Texas: 3,774 fatal crashes killed 4,160 people in 2024, including 763 pedestrians, 79 bicyclists and 582 motorcyclists; 647 of the crashes involved a large truck (NHTSA FARS, annual report file, can change in the final file).","value":3774,"unit":"fatal crashes","fatal_crashes":3774,"fatalities":4160,"large_truck_crashes":647,"large_truck_deaths":720,"motorcycle_crashes":572,"motorcyclist_deaths":582,"pedestrian_crashes":754,"pedestrian_deaths":763,"bicyclist_crashes":80,"bicyclist_deaths":79,"alcohol_impaired_crashes":1503,"alcohol_impaired_deaths":1676,"speeding_crashes":1346,"work_zone_crashes":191,"rural_crashes":1298,"urban_crashes":2471,"population":31318578,"fatal_crashes_per_100k":12.05,"fatalities_per_100k":13.28,"file_status":"annual report file","fatal_crashes_2019":3296,"fatal_crashes_2020":3522,"fatal_crashes_2021":4070,"fatal_crashes_2022":3966,"fatal_crashes_2023":3877,"fatal_crashes_2024":3774,"change_pct_since_2019":14.5,"final_through":2023,"yearFields":["fatal_crashes","fatalities","large_truck_crashes","large_truck_deaths","motorcycle_crashes","motorcyclist_deaths","pedestrian_crashes","pedestrian_deaths","bicyclist_crashes","bicyclist_deaths","alcohol_impaired_crashes","alcohol_impaired_deaths","speeding_crashes","work_zone_crashes","rural_crashes","urban_crashes","population","fatal_crashes_per_100k","fatalities_per_100k"],"years":{"2019":[3296,3619,579,652,410,417,644,649,66,66,1211,1338,996,150,1267,2024,28995881,11.37,12.48],"2020":[3522,3876,569,644,475,484,689,688,80,79,1382,1533,1293,149,1312,2207,29237895,12.05,13.26],"2021":[4070,4500,718,810,522,524,812,817,92,91,1713,1925,1390,215,1511,2554,29572672,13.76,15.22],"2022":[3966,4408,692,811,558,564,792,796,92,91,1686,1881,1375,185,1427,2534,30118002,13.17,14.64],"2023":[3877,4294,643,734,590,598,794,801,104,105,1486,1676,1322,170,1454,2417,30719247,12.62,13.98],"2024":[3774,4160,647,720,572,582,754,763,80,79,1503,1676,1346,191,1298,2471,31318578,12.05,13.28]},"effectiveFrom":"2024-01-01","effectiveTo":"2024-12-31","sources":[{"label":"NHTSA FARS 2024 national CSV (annual report file); 2019-2023 for the trend","url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-27"},{"label":"Census Bureau county population estimates (Vintage 2025, Vintage 2019) and 2020 urban-rural classification","url":"https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/totals/co-est2025-alldata.csv","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-27"}],"source":{"agency":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","file":"FARS2024NationalCSV.zip","table":"accident, vehicle, person, MIDRVACC","release":"FARS 2024 annual report file; 2019-2023 final files","vintage":"FARS 2019-2024","sha256":"5112727a8c0dc91ffee27ca05bddb073934f2d192ce4fae997da767dccdbe04f","url":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars","accessed":"2026-10-27"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"lastChecked":"2026-10-27","note":"The newest year is NHTSA's first release and can change in the final file.","dataset":"fatal-crashes","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"}]}