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

Car accident deaths in Lubbock County by year

Deaths in car accidents rose from 38 in 2020 to 55 in 2021, fell to 48 in 2022, rose to 53 in 2023 and fell to 44 in 2024. The highest count was 55 in 2021, while the lowest was 38 in 2020. The 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 43 in 2020, 63 in 2021, 51 in 2022, 59 in 2023 and 51 in 2024. The car accident share was 88.4%, 87.3%, 94.1%, 89.8% and 86.3%, respectively. That share reached its highest value in 2022 and its lowest value in 2024.^{[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 Lubbock County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 145 deaths, or 60.9% of car accident deaths during 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 32 deaths, or 13.4%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 61 deaths, or 25.6%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Each category describes people killed in the selected passenger-vehicle-involved crashes, rather than a separate set of crashes. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) follows the FARS classification and is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Angle (side impact) accounted for 68 deaths, or 28.6%; Head-on for 26, or 10.9%; Rear-end for 14, or 5.9%; Sideswipe for 1, or 0.4%; and Other for 1, or 0.4%. Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 128 deaths, or 53.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. The latter category 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 test.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Nighttime, defined as 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 160 car accident deaths, or 67.2%, during 2020 through 2024. Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 78 deaths, or 32.8%. The nighttime count was higher than the daytime count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The urban classification recorded 181 deaths, or 76.1%, while the rural classification recorded 57, or 23.9%. In a separate measure of vehicle involvement, crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 20 car accident deaths, or 8.4%. That figure counts deaths in those 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

Lubbock County's car accident death rate was 15.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 12.1, and the United States rate was 10.5. The county rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 238 for Lubbock County, 18,234 for Texas and 176,219 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths across the full period and the sum of annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The county's 2024 population estimate of 325,137 is presented separately; it is not the denominator used for the rate. The rate expresses deaths by crash location relative to population, not a count of residents who died.^{[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 Lubbock County, of any vehicle type. Shares use all traffic deaths, not only car accident deaths. Speeding-related recorded 91 deaths (34.1%); Roadway departure, 98 (36.7%); At an intersection, 89 (33.3%); and Pedestrian involved, 61 (22.8%).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Motorcycle involved recorded 48 deaths (18.0%); Hit-and-run, 14 (5.2%); Driver distraction reported, 3 (1.1%); and In a work zone, 11 (4.1%). A crash can carry several characteristics, so these rows overlap and cannot be added as separate death totals. The characteristics are recorded classifications, 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 records fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when a vehicle occupant or nonoccupant dies 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 geographic grouping in mind when reading these counts.^[8][6][7]

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

See also

• Texas car accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Lubbock County, Texas (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)