Car accident statistics for Brazoria County, Texas (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Brazoria County by year

Annual car accident deaths rose from 39 in 2020 to 42 in 2021, then fell to 41 in 2022, 32 in 2023 and 26 in 2024. The highest count was 42 in 2021; the lowest was 26 in 2024. The 2024 count was 13 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 44 in 2020, 48 in 2021, 44 in 2022, 34 in 2023 and 28 in 2024. The car accident share was 88.6%, 87.5%, 93.2%, 94.1% and 92.9%, respectively. Although the car accident death count was highest in 2021, its share of all traffic deaths was highest in 2023, at 94.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Brazoria County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 134 car accident deaths, or 74.4%, during 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 27 deaths, or 15.0%. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 19 deaths, or 10.6%, the smallest category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

These categories describe the people who died in the selected passenger-vehicle-involved crashes. The selection includes deaths across all of these person categories, rather than only deaths of passenger vehicle occupants. Each share uses the 180 car accident deaths as its denominator.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Angle (side impact) accounted for 42 deaths, or 23.3%; Head-on for 29, or 16.1%; Rear-end for 24, or 13.3%; and Sideswipe for 6, or 3.3%. Unknown accounted for 2 deaths, or 1.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport was the largest row, with 77 car accident deaths, or 42.8%. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. This row can include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic; the classification does not test whether another vehicle was physically moving.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 87 car accident deaths, or 48.3%, from 2020 through 2024. Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 93 deaths, or 51.7%. The nighttime count was higher than the daytime count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The urban classification recorded 100 deaths, or 55.6%, while the rural classification recorded 80 deaths, or 44.4%. Separately, crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 26 car accident deaths, or 14.4%. That truck involvement figure counts deaths in the selected crashes, rather than the number of large trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Brazoria County's car accident death rate was 9.2 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 12.1, and the national rate was 10.5. The county rate was lower than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Harris County had a rate of 9.7, Fort Bend County had 4.2, and Galveston County had 9.4.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Brazoria County's rate was lower than Harris County's and Galveston County's, and higher than Fort Bend County's. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The comparison measures average annual deaths relative to population, rather than deaths relative to travel.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Recorded characteristics cover all fatal crashes in Brazoria County, of any vehicle type, rather than only car accident deaths. Shares use all traffic deaths: Speeding-related, 26.3%; Roadway departure, 46.5%; At an intersection, 23.7%; Pedestrian involved, 6.6%; Motorcycle involved, 17.7%; Hit-and-run, 5.6%; Driver distraction reported, 20.7%; and In a work zone, 5.6%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Roadway departure had the largest listed share, with 92 deaths. A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These recorded characteristics are not findings of fault or cause.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow crash location, not residence. Readers searching for a car accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind when interpreting the counts.^[8][6][7]

The 2020 through 2023 records are FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 411,416 is not the rate denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Fort Bend County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Harris County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Texas car accident statistics (2020-2024)