TxDOT's 2025 crash facts, based on crash reports processed as of April 7, 2026, show 3,769 people killed on Texas roads in 2025, down 9.38 percent from 4,159 in 2024. Harris County again recorded the most deaths of any county.
Texas recorded 3,769 traffic deaths in 2025, according to TxDOT's Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Facts for calendar year 2025. That is a 9.38 percent decrease from the 4,159 deaths TxDOT now reports for 2024. The figures come from Texas Peace Officer's Crash Reports (CR-3) received and processed by TxDOT as of April 7, 2026.
The drop is real but the toll is still enormous. TxDOT reports that in 2025, one person was killed every 2 hours and 19 minutes, one person was injured every 2 minutes and 9 seconds, and a reportable crash happened every 59 seconds. There were 244,534 people injured, and 17,420 people suffered a serious injury in 14,396 serious injury crashes. There were no deathless days on Texas roads in 2025.
The fatality rate also fell: 1.20 deaths per hundred million vehicle miles traveled, a 10.97 percent decrease from 2024, while Texans drove 314.006 billion miles, up 1.79 percent. TxDOT's long-run comparison table shows 2025 as the lowest death count since 2019.
County by county, Harris County again had the most deaths: 503 people killed in 477 fatal crashes, out of 107,472 total reported crashes. Dallas County recorded 274 deaths, Bexar County 190, Tarrant County 190, and Travis County 143. Around Houston, Fort Bend County recorded 57 deaths, Montgomery County 58, Brazoria County 42, and Galveston County 33.
Some patterns stand out. Rural crashes accounted for 50.12 percent of deaths. Single-vehicle run-off-the-road crashes killed 1,201 people, intersection-related crashes killed 955, and head-on crashes killed 555. Among people killed where seat belt use was known and applicable, 45.94 percent were not restrained. The deadliest day of the year was Friday, July 25, when 25 people were killed, and March was the deadliest month, with 380 deaths.
What does this mean if you were hurt? Statewide statistics do not decide any individual case, but they explain why insurers and juries take certain crash types seriously, and why Texas law gives injured people specific protections. The basics do not change from year to year: a Texas injury lawsuit generally must be filed within two years under Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 16.003, and under proportionate responsibility your recovery is reduced by your share of fault and barred only if your share is more than 50 percent.
The economic cost is enormous as well. TxDOT's comparison table estimates the economic loss from all Texas motor vehicle crashes at $54.2 billion for 2025, using the National Safety Council's 2024 per-death cost figures. Behind that number are medical bills, lost wages, and damaged vehicles that someone has to pay, which is where insurance and injury claims come in.
One caution about comparing years: TxDOT notes that since its 2010 annual reports, the serious injury category counts only incapacitating injuries, so serious injury figures cannot be compared with years before that change. Death counts, by contrast, are directly comparable, which is why the 2025 decline stands out.
If you or someone in your family was hurt in a crash, start with the crash report and medical records, and talk to a lawyer before giving a recorded statement to the other driver's insurer. Owsley Law Firm reviews Texas crash cases free, with two Houston offices and a team that answers 24/7. There is no fee unless we win.
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