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

Car accident deaths in Fort Bend County by year

Car accident deaths rose from 31 in 2020 to 48 in 2021, then fell to 31 in 2022. The count rose to 40 in 2023 before falling to 38 in 2024. The highest count was 48 in 2021; the lowest count was 31, recorded in both 2020 and 2022. The 2024 count was 7 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths numbered 31 in 2020, 55 in 2021, 35 in 2022, 44 in 2023 and 41 in 2024. Car accident deaths represented 100.0%, 87.3%, 88.6%, 90.9% and 92.7% of those respective annual totals. These percentages describe the share of deaths, not the share of crashes.^{[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 Fort Bend County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 146 deaths, or 77.7% of car accident deaths during 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 8.0%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 27 deaths, or 14.4%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Each category counts deaths in the selected passenger-vehicle-involved crashes. The categories describe the people counted, rather than separate sets of crashes. For readers searching for a car accident lawyer, keep this grouping in mind when interpreting the figures.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Angle (side impact) accounted for 47 deaths (25.0%), Head-on for 26 (13.8%), Rear-end for 20 (10.6%) and Sideswipe for 8 (4.3%). Unknown accounted for 1 death (0.5%). The largest row, Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, recorded 86 deaths (45.7%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. That largest row includes events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover, rather than a collision between motor vehicles in transport. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic; physical movement is not the distinction used for these car accident deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 76 car accident deaths (40.4%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 112 deaths (59.6%). The nighttime count was higher than the daytime count for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The urban classification recorded 132 deaths (70.2%), while the rural classification recorded 56 (29.8%). Crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 27 car accident deaths, or 14.4%. That figure counts deaths in the selected crashes involving a large truck, rather than a separate total of truck crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Fort Bend County's car accident death rate was 4.2 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Texas recorded 12.1 and the United States recorded 10.5 on the same measure. The county rate was lower than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Harris County recorded 9.7 and Brazoria County recorded 9.2; Fort Bend County's rate was lower than each.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates for the reporting years and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The county's separately displayed 2024 population estimate of 951,028 is not the denominator used to calculate its rate.^{[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 Fort Bend County, of any vehicle type, rather than only car accident deaths. Shares use all traffic deaths: Speeding-related recorded 74 deaths (35.9%); Roadway departure, 87 (42.2%); At an intersection, 68 (33.0%); and Pedestrian involved, 26 (12.6%).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Motorcycle involved recorded 19 deaths (9.2%); Hit-and-run, 14 (6.8%); Driver distraction reported, 9 (4.4%); and In a work zone, 23 (11.2%). A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and their shares do not add to 100%. These entries are recorded characteristics, 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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County assignment follows crash location, not where those killed lived.^[8][6][7]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[8][6][7]

See also

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