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Texas Lost 4,150 People to Traffic Crashes in 2024, One Every Two Hours
TxDOT's 2024 crash summary counts 4,150 deaths and 251,977 injuries on Texas roads, with a reportable crash every 57 seconds.
The death toll fell 3.29 percent from 2023, and there was still not one deathless day on Texas roads all year.
This page lays out the numbers that matter, from their official sources, with what they mean for injured people.
All figures come from TxDOT's Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Facts for calendar year 2024, based on crash reports processed as of April 9, 2025.[1]
Behind each row of the tables below are families dealing with a claim, and that part we can help with.
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At-a-Glance: Texas Crash Numbers, 2024
- 4,150 people killed and 251,977 injured on Texas roads in 2024
- One person was killed every 2 hours 7 minutes, one injured every 2 minutes 5 seconds
- There were no deathless days on Texas roadways in 2024
- 1,053 deaths involved an alcohol-impaired driver, about one in four
- 768 pedestrians and 585 motorcyclists were killed
- Rural crashes carried half the deaths; single-vehicle run-off-road crashes killed 1,353
The 2024 Texas Crash Numbers That Set the Scale
| Measure | 2024 Figure | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic deaths | 4,150 | Down 3.29% from 4,291 in 2023 |
| People injured | 251,977 | One injury every 2 minutes 5 seconds |
| Serious injury crashes | 14,905 | 18,218 people seriously injured |
| Fatality rate | 1.35 per 100M vehicle miles | Down 5.25% from 2023 |
| Vehicle miles traveled | 307.49 billion | Up 2.07% over 2023 |
| Deadliest month | October (391 killed) | Deadliest days: May 24 and October 27, 27 deaths each |
Who Died on Texas Roads in 2024, and How
| Category | 2024 Deaths | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol-involved crashes | 1,053 | 25.37% of all deaths; worst hour 2:00 to 2:59 a.m., worst day Sunday |
| Single-vehicle, run-off-road | 1,353 | 32.60% of all traffic deaths |
| Intersection-related | 1,050 | Crashes in or related to intersections |
| Pedestrians | 768 | Down 5.19% from 2023 |
| Head-on crashes | 617 | Concentrated on undivided rural highways |
| Motorcyclists | 585 | 37% of those killed were not wearing helmets |
| Distracted driving | 380 | Down 5.71% from 2023 |
| Bicyclists | 78 | Down 26.42% from 2023 |
Two more facts frame the categories. Rural crashes carried 50.12 percent of the state's deaths, 2,080 people, on roads with a fraction of the traffic. And of people killed in vehicles where restraint use was known, 45.34 percent were unrestrained, a number that matters legally now that Texas juries can hear seat belt evidence in injury cases.
What the 2024 Crash Data Means for a Texas Injury Claim
Statistics set context; individual cases run on evidence. Still, three patterns in the data show up in claims every week.
The alcohol quarter. With 1,053 deaths involving an impaired driver, DWI claims are a fixture of Texas injury law, and they can reach beyond the driver to the bar that overserved, covered on our page for Texas DWI victims.
The serious-injury middle. Deaths make headlines, but the 18,218 serious injuries are where most claims live: fusions, brain injuries, and permanent impairment, valued under rules our Texas car crash practice works daily, with no cap on damages in an ordinary negligence case.
The commercial share. Freight corridors thread the fatal-crash map, and truck cases follow their own rules, from federal carrier regulations to the bifurcated trials Texas adopted in 2021.
Every claim also runs against the same clock: two years to file, months for government-defendant notice, and days before camera footage and vehicle data start disappearing.