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Texas Roadway Departures

Traffic Safety Facts for Texas : 2003-2007
Fatalities in Crashes Involving a Roadway Departure

Discover detailed data on roadway departure fatalities across Texas counties. Our organized statistics offer clear insights into the extent of these incidents. Explore the numbers and understand the scope of the issue.

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County Name

Fatalities

Fatalities Per 100,000 Population

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Anderson County

6

6

17

12

20

10.79

10.79

30.32

21.25

35.24

Andrews County

7

1

4

3

2

54.68

7.83

31.46

23.27

15.22

Angelina County

11

11

11

11

9

13.64

13.59

13.55

13.38

10.87

Aransas County

5

4

3

1

0

21.38

16.84

12.29

4.09

0.00

Archer County

3

1

1

4

6

33.58

11.13

11.16

44.49

66.64

Armstrong County

1

2

1

0

0

48.73

95.56

47.08

0.00

0.00

Atascosa County

5

8

8

5

3

12.10

19.00

18.83

11.62

6.88

Austin County

4

7

6

4

5

15.97

27.41

23.27

15.31

18.79

Bailey County

0

0

1

1

1

0.00

0.00

15.26

15.44

15.73

Bandera County

2

7

2

2

5

10.45

36.22

10.25

10.15

24.76

Bastrop County

17

14

14

22

13

25.68

20.70

20.33

31.25

17.99

Baylor County

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Bee County

4

6

6

4

4

12.17

18.37

18.47

12.31

12.24

Bell County

30

12

21

16

18

11.81

4.69

8.02

6.02

6.50

Bexar County

72

91

74

77

67

4.92

6.10

4.88

4.95

4.20

Blanco County

3

4

1

8

4

34.28

45.06

11.15

88.54

44.12

Borden County

1

3

1

0

0

151.06

449.78

157.98

0.00

0.00

Bosque County

1

6

4

6

4

5.69

33.80

22.44

33.57

22.29

Bowie County

14

12

14

12

16

15.66

13.37

15.55

13.16

17.48

Brazoria County

16

22

21

25

15

6.12

8.20

7.65

8.80

5.10

Brazos County

17

12

13

13

9

10.63

7.42

7.92

7.72

5.26

Brewster County

2

0

0

0

1

21.63

0.00

0.00

0.00

10.82

Briscoe County

0

0

1

0

0

0.00

0.00

62.11

0.00

0.00

Brooks County

2

2

0

7

4

26.15

26.23

0.00

92.00

52.71

Brown County

3

5

6

3

3

7.98

13.17

15.70

7.79

7.78

Burleson County

3

4

6

1

6

17.96

23.91

35.60

6.01

36.15

Burnet County

9

7

8

14

10

23.41

17.55

19.53

33.02

22.89

Caldwell County

2

10

5

2

7

5.67

27.71

13.80

5.51

19.07

Calhoun County

6

0

3

2

2

29.54

0.00

14.79

9.82

9.83

Callahan County

4

8

5

2

5

30.97

60.90

37.76

15.01

37.02

Cameron County

23

22

21

18

22

6.42

6.01

5.63

4.74

5.68

Camp County

2

2

2

2

1

17.05

16.81

16.39

16.27

7.96

Carson County

1

3

2

7

2

15.69

47.27

31.27

109.77

31.46

Cass County

6

3

4

3

4

20.20

10.14

13.57

10.21

13.62

Castro County

1

3

0

3

2

12.85

39.40

0.00

40.94

27.74

Chambers County

14

14

5

12

10

51.40

50.56

17.83

42.34

34.76

Cherokee County

6

17

12

15

14

12.71

35.78

25.14

31.31

29.06

Childress County

2

2

1

0

1

26.41

26.30

13.35

0.00

13.23

Clay County

10

7

5

2

0

88.35

61.76

43.94

17.79

0.00

Cochran County

1

0

1

0

1

29.04

0.00

30.62

0.00

32.38

Coke County

0

5

0

3

3

0.00

138.43

0.00

83.15

84.25

Coleman County

2

2

2

3

4

22.91

23.07

23.38

34.79

46.78

Collin County

23

29

26

16

17

3.86

4.62

3.95

2.30

2.33

Collingsworth County

2

0

1

0

2

65.85

0.00

33.44

0.00

67.29

Colorado County

12

9

11

7

9

58.55

44.05

53.83

34.03

43.55

Comal County

14

5

5

10

12

16.09

5.49

5.28

9.99

11.41

Comanche County

3

3

2

2

4

22.38

22.24

14.77

14.74

29.54

Concho County

1

0

2

2

2

26.39

0.00

53.85

55.42

55.57

Cooke County

6

5

5

3

3

15.90

13.17

13.05

7.82

7.80

Coryell County

7

8

5

0

1

9.51

11.01

6.83

0.00

1.39

Cottle County

0

0

0

2

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

122.62

0.00

Crane County

1

0

1

2

0

26.24

0.00

26.61

53.45

0.00

Crockett County

2

0

3

1

5

51.52

0.00

77.54

26.43

131.96

Crosby County

1

3

2

0

0

14.85

45.17

30.60

0.00

0.00

Culberson County

1

2

2

2

2

36.26

74.93

76.48

78.71

80.52

Dallam County

3

1

2

1

2

49.48

16.41

32.84

16.60

32.65

Dallas County

101

111

77

89

97

4.43

4.85

3.34

3.81

4.10

Dawson County

0

2

4

2

0

0.00

14.25

28.44

14.30

0.00

DeWitt County

8

7

3

3

2

40.08

34.88

14.86

15.07

10.14

Deaf Smith County

3

5

1

3

0

16.50

27.27

5.46

16.36

0.00

Delta County

1

2

1

0

3

18.55

36.28

18.38

0.00

55.81

Denton County

31

22

23

20

33

6.06

4.13

4.13

3.41

5.39

Dickens County

0

0

0

2

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

79.81

0.00

Dimmit County

5

2

2

2

2

49.61

20.09

19.99

20.11

20.31

Donley County

1

0

0

1

1

25.48

0.00

0.00

25.94

25.57

Duval County

6

8

2

3

0

47.60

63.63

16.04

24.30

0.00

Eastland County

7

5

2

8

8

38.48

27.39

10.94

43.79

43.63

Ector County

10

6

16

14

7

8.18

4.86

12.85

11.05

5.40

Edwards County

2

0

5

0

4

100.86

0.00

260.42

0.00

206.40

El Paso County

22

29

23

22

17

3.16

4.11

3.23

3.03

2.31

Ellis County

7

20

12

13

13

5.65

15.69

9.08

9.43

9.06

Erath County

6

9

11

11

9

17.82

26.27

31.85

31.11

25.26

Falls County

2

5

5

7

2

11.26

28.36

28.62

40.26

11.66

Fannin County

8

1

8

8

6

24.94

3.10

24.47

24.34

18.14

Fayette County

6

6

4

8

7

26.92

26.90

17.91

35.74

31.06

Fisher County

3

2

1

0

1

72.53

49.32

24.65

0.00

25.27

Floyd County

1

0

1

0

2

13.56

0.00

14.32

0.00

30.05

Foard County

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Fort Bend County

27

26

17

18

15

6.47

5.93

3.70

3.71

2.94

Franklin County

0

2

2

1

0

0.00

20.26

18.31

9.11

0.00

Freestone County

5

4

9

11

11

27.21

21.60

48.34

58.56

58.52

Frio County

5

7

6

5

0

30.87

43.34

37.20

30.95

0.00

Gaines County

3

2

2

1

1

21.15

14.06

13.92

6.84

6.70

Galveston County

12

13

24

23

20

4.52

4.81

8.72

8.23

7.04

Garza County

3

3

0

2

1

60.74

59.96

0.00

41.35

21.28

Gillespie County

3

4

6

10

3

13.59

17.88

26.41

43.10

12.76

Glasscock County

0

3

2

0

0

0.00

231.66

156.25

0.00

0.00

Goliad County

6

5

2

2

1

84.84

71.47

28.60

28.20

13.98

Gonzales County

16

7

8

4

4

84.21

36.58

41.35

20.77

20.82

Gray County

4

0

1

2

5

18.58

0.00

4.68

9.21

22.68

Grayson County

22

28

13

17

12

19.21

24.33

11.23

14.52

10.11

Gregg County

17

14

10

20

17

15.01

12.29

8.72

17.24

14.52

Grimes County

10

8

12

5

8

40.23

32.01

47.85

19.78

31.25

Guadalupe County

4

9

8

8

14

4.15

9.08

7.81

7.43

12.41

Hale County

3

7

1

2

6

8.48

19.44

2.80

5.58

16.79

Hall County

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Hamilton County

4

2

3

2

1

49.53

25.01

37.39

24.66

12.29

Hansford County

2

0

5

0

0

38.74

0.00

96.97

0.00

0.00

Hardeman County

2

0

0

3

1

44.68

0.00

0.00

70.47

24.25

Hardin County

8

7

4

7

12

16.26

14.04

7.89

13.79

23.26

Harris County

169

169

155

153

161

4.66

4.58

4.13

3.95

4.09

Harrison County

17

8

19

16

18

27.49

12.82

30.40

25.25

28.34

Hartley County

6

2

0

1

5

111.01

37.72

0.00

19.26

96.54

Haskell County

1

0

0

1

2

17.87

0.00

0.00

18.84

38.10

Hays County

4

6

11

10

11

3.44

4.98

8.70

7.51

7.77

Hemphill County

1

2

2

0

4

30.51

60.79

60.17

0.00

119.05

Henderson County

15

14

18

7

8

19.53

17.87

22.90

8.87

10.14

Hidalgo County

47

46

46

28

30

7.46

7.08

6.87

4.06

4.22

Hill County

3

6

9

3

9

8.80

17.40

25.94

8.57

25.46

Hockley County

1

1

3

4

3

4.41

4.43

13.25

17.85

13.50

Hood County

2

5

9

5

6

4.47

10.93

19.21

10.40

12.20

Hopkins County

11

13

4

5

5

33.83

39.51

12.07

14.99

14.81

Houston County

7

4

4

2

10

30.50

17.34

17.51

8.78

43.92

Howard County

3

5

3

4

1

9.20

15.42

9.35

12.51

3.10

Hudspeth County

3

4

7

7

0

92.56

124.88

216.79

214.79

0.00

Hunt County

22

14

18

19

15

27.40

17.25

22.06

23.05

18.08

Hutchinson County

1

1

6

5

0

4.42

4.49

27.37

22.78

0.00

Irion County

0

1

0

2

3

0.00

58.62

0.00

114.03

172.12

Jack County

3

6

2

1

2

34.00

67.83

22.59

11.20

22.64

Jackson County

6

2

7

6

0

42.45

14.16

49.51

42.55

0.00

Jasper County

7

5

3

6

3

19.84

14.25

8.56

17.42

8.68

Jeff Davis County

1

2

1

1

1

44.88

89.81

44.86

44.54

44.17

Jefferson County

22

19

33

24

23

8.89

7.69

13.39

9.94

9.51

Jim Hogg County

2

0

2

2

7

39.60

0.00

39.71

39.99

140.76

Jim Wells County

11

6

5

8

4

27.41

14.82

12.29

19.64

9.73

Johnson County

10

12

18

13

11

7.23

8.48

12.50

8.89

7.34

Jones County

4

6

3

2

6

20.08

30.39

15.34

10.25

31.10

Karnes County

6

3

6

2

8

39.47

19.74

39.81

13.26

53.10

Kaufman County

21

20

13

16

15

25.80

23.69

14.83

17.45

15.56

Kendall County

12

4

3

8

5

45.77

14.76

10.55

26.79

15.95

Kenedy County

1

2

2

1

3

240.96

472.81

460.83

245.70

761.42

Kent County

1

1

1

0

1

129.53

131.58

134.95

0.00

136.05

Kerr County

7

4

6

5

13

15.58

8.77

12.98

10.61

27.16

Kimble County

3

4

2

3

4

66.92

88.48

43.95

66.43

89.67

King County

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Kinney County

3

0

1

3

1

91.07

0.00

30.51

91.30

30.12

Kleberg County

0

3

4

5

1

0.00

9.70

13.02

16.37

3.29

Knox County

0

0

0

2

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

55.39

0.00

La Salle County

0

4

2

6

0

0.00

67.74

33.31

100.59

0.00

Lamar County

6

4

3

7

3

12.22

8.14

6.10

14.25

6.09

Lamb County

5

1

2

4

1

34.50

6.97

14.02

28.58

7.19

Lampasas County

9

3

3

7

3

47.32

14.83

15.33

34.39

14.37

Lavaca County

7

13

1

4

5

37.05

69.17

5.33

21.34

26.66

Lee County

5

3

5

4

1

30.79

18.53

30.80

24.61

6.11

Leon County

10

7

8

13

10

63.16

44.10

49.59

79.41

60.75

Liberty County

19

13

11

28

22

25.75

17.46

14.76

37.45

29.16

Limestone County

6

6

2

3

7

26.76

26.62

8.92

13.33

31.22

Lipscomb County

0

1

0

1

0

0.00

34.01

0.00

33.60

0.00

Live Oak County

5

6

6

1

1

42.73

51.63

52.07

8.76

8.81

Llano County

6

1

5

7

5

33.51

5.59

27.79

38.84

27.18

Loving County

0

0

0

2

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

3448.28

0.00

Lubbock County

23

16

11

10

7

9.13

6.31

4.31

3.87

2.68

Lynn County

2

2

1

4

1

32.45

32.92

16.50

65.78

17.00

Madison County

4

4

9

4

3

30.90

30.56

68.91

30.31

22.42

Marion County

4

1

1

1

2

36.43

9.24

9.29

9.29

18.62

Martin County

3

4

3

1

0

66.20

91.68

68.15

22.69

0.00

Mason County

0

3

1

2

2

0.00

78.25

26.12

51.77

51.41

Matagorda County

8

3

5

7

3

21.13

7.98

13.38

18.86

8.10

Maverick County

5

0

2

4

4

10.17

0.00

3.98

7.83

7.74

McCulloch County

2

0

1

1

0

25.29

0.00

12.60

12.56

0.00

McLennan County

28

19

28

19

12

12.73

8.53

12.47

8.40

5.26

McMullen County

2

0

1

3

0

235.57

0.00

115.74

353.77

0.00

Medina County

3

3

3

7

5

7.28

7.16

7.08

16.20

11.41

Menard County

7

2

3

2

1

305.94

89.61

138.31

92.76

46.86

Midland County

11

3

4

11

8

9.32

2.52

3.32

8.90

6.33

Milam County

6

8

9

5

12

24.19

32.00

36.21

20.07

48.28

Mills County

0

2

0

0

3

0.00

39.98

0.00

0.00

59.63

Mitchell County

4

4

2

6

5

42.79

43.26

21.55

65.10

53.91

Montague County

8

2

5

2

1

41.43

10.34

25.76

10.19

5.09

Montgomery County

48

43

36

41

39

14.02

11.98

9.62

10.43

9.45

Moore County

3

3

1

3

2

15.01

14.94

5.02

14.92

9.96

Morris County

7

7

0

2

1

53.63

54.37

0.00

15.38

7.65

Motley County

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Nacogdoches County

10

12

8

19

9

16.66

19.77

13.06

30.73

14.41

Navarro County

12

8

5

6

11

25.46

16.73

10.35

12.22

22.27

Newton County

6

4

7

12

8

40.89

28.12

49.30

86.21

57.86

Nolan County

4

1

3

2

4

26.63

6.72

20.55

13.72

27.37

Nueces County

19

21

32

23

10

6.06

6.65

10.06

7.18

3.11

Ochiltree County

2

2

0

1

1

22.58

22.26

0.00

10.70

10.43

Oldham County

0

3

3

7

4

0.00

141.58

143.40

333.97

192.77

Orange County

19

12

13

14

13

22.72

14.34

15.55

17.02

15.73

Palo Pinto County

5

5

12

7

7

18.42

18.45

44.01

25.42

25.62

Panola County

7

10

7

7

12

30.61

44.08

30.60

30.31

52.17

Parker County

9

14

8

19

12

9.30

14.14

7.89

18.15

11.04

Parmer County

1

2

1

2

1

10.14

20.48

10.44

21.22

10.61

Pecos County

8

12

7

7

3

50.18

75.67

44.46

44.04

18.79

Polk County

11

8

7

18

16

24.40

17.49

15.22

38.84

34.53

Potter County

8

13

14

17

8

6.80

10.98

11.70

14.08

6.62

Presidio County

3

2

3

2

3

40.06

26.87

39.62

26.63

39.60

Rains County

2

2

2

2

7

19.21

18.87

18.57

18.18

62.44

Randall County

14

6

14

3

10

13.10

5.53

12.75

2.70

8.85

Reagan County

2

0

0

1

0

66.07

0.00

0.00

33.67

0.00

Real County

2

1

0

3

3

68.12

34.32

0.00

102.01

101.18

Red River County

3

3

3

5

5

21.90

22.08

22.29

37.70

38.14

Reeves County

13

18

8

8

15

108.10

155.60

71.06

71.74

134.13

Refugio County

2

1

3

4

3

26.59

13.20

39.84

53.52

40.77

Roberts County

0

0

2

1

1

0.00

0.00

242.72

124.38

120.34

Robertson County

11

10

9

7

16

69.83

63.20

56.48

43.98

101.14

Rockwall County

3

5

4

1

1

5.52

8.65

6.44

1.47

1.35

Runnels County

2

1

1

0

1

18.61

9.36

9.33

0.00

9.65

Rusk County

4

6

11

7

18

8.45

12.62

23.07

14.56

37.06

Sabine County

2

5

3

0

1

19.33

48.54

29.44

0.00

9.86

San Augustine County

2

4

4

3

4

22.62

45.24

45.65

34.30

46.30

San Jacinto County

13

8

6

7

6

54.81

33.00

24.63

28.72

24.18

San Patricio County

2

7

10

8

2

2.98

10.34

14.58

11.67

2.92

San Saba County

3

2

1

5

0

49.91

32.89

16.69

83.71

0.00

Schleicher County

0

2

0

3

3

0.00

72.91

0.00

109.09

106.72

Scurry County

5

2

2

0

1

31.80

12.61

12.67

0.00

6.25

Shackelford County

1

1

3

1

3

30.78

31.70

96.15

31.98

94.91

Shelby County

10

1

6

6

7

38.65

3.87

23.04

22.92

26.40

Sherman County

3

1

2

2

0

96.96

33.13

68.31

69.04

0.00

Smith County

42

41

30

29

26

22.89

21.99

15.76

14.89

13.08

Somervell County

2

0

2

2

1

27.61

0.00

26.90

26.18

12.89

Starr County

8

2

10

10

10

13.90

3.39

16.75

16.47

16.17

Stephens County

3

0

2

2

0

32.00

0.00

21.34

21.20

0.00

Sterling County

1

0

0

0

0

74.96

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Stonewall County

0

1

1

0

0

0.00

71.58

73.86

0.00

0.00

Sutton County

5

2

3

2

0

124.01

48.50

71.39

46.74

0.00

Swisher County

4

0

1

3

0

50.21

0.00

12.89

38.72

0.00

Tarrant County

68

63

80

85

62

4.37

3.97

4.94

5.09

3.61

Taylor County

10

6

13

11

6

7.98

4.77

10.31

8.73

4.74

Terrell County

1

1

1

0

2

98.52

103.84

103.20

0.00

214.13

Terry County

3

2

0

1

1

24.12

16.14

0.00

8.16

8.20

Throckmorton County

1

0

1

0

2

58.89

0.00

59.49

0.00

120.19

Titus County

8

4

5

3

4

28.02

13.82

17.76

10.43

13.61

Tom Green County

8

2

4

4

5

7.64

1.91

3.81

3.78

4.70

Travis County

49

51

42

44

43

5.66

5.78

4.64

4.67

4.41

Trinity County

5

0

4

5

4

35.62

0.00

28.26

35.41

28.23

Tyler County

4

9

7

8

4

19.59

43.89

34.57

39.61

19.60

Upshur County

10

16

8

13

12

27.08

43.09

21.37

34.57

31.64

Upton County

1

0

0

1

1

31.80

0.00

0.00

32.43

32.77

Uvalde County

7

5

4

6

3

26.53

18.95

15.04

22.56

11.29

Val Verde County

4

8

3

1

5

8.63

17.01

6.36

2.11

10.41

Van Zandt County

12

18

9

16

18

23.89

35.10

17.50

30.85

34.58

Victoria County

7

6

11

1

2

8.23

7.04

12.93

1.17

2.32

Walker County

11

8

12

6

9

17.51

12.60

18.63

9.37

14.08

Waller County

9

14

5

9

9

25.87

40.23

14.45

25.65

25.05

Ward County

8

3

2

1

1

78.32

29.55

19.68

9.76

9.74

Washington County

8

2

3

8

9

25.91

6.42

9.54

25.14

28.10

Webb County

11

9

8

6

9

5.22

4.15

3.60

2.64

3.86

Wharton County

9

7

9

4

10

21.95

17.09

21.98

9.76

24.45

Wheeler County

5

0

7

3

1

105.06

0.00

148.43

62.92

20.86

Wichita County

10

8

7

4

11

7.66

6.12

5.40

3.10

8.59

Wilbarger County

1

4

1

2

0

7.09

28.76

7.17

14.31

0.00

Willacy County

1

2

1

1

4

5.03

9.98

4.92

4.88

19.50

Williamson County

15

15

17

22

13

4.96

4.74

5.12

6.27

3.48

Wilson County

4

5

5

2

7

11.42

13.84

13.53

5.26

17.83

Winkler County

0

1

0

1

2

0.00

15.14

0.00

15.50

30.57

Wise County

12

14

8

15

13

22.30

25.61

14.34

26.43

22.57

Wood County

4

4

3

9

9

10.16

9.95

7.39

21.66

21.43

Yoakum County

0

1

2

2

2

0.00

13.74

27.43

27.46

26.86

Young County

3

0

2

6

4

16.90

0.00

11.41

33.74

22.62

Zapata County

2

5

12

4

6

15.76

38.93

91.12

30.20

44.10

Zavala County

2

5

1

6

4

17.45

43.63

8.69

51.52

34.29

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