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CRASH INTELLIGENCE REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · 2010
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Yearly Traffic Safety Analysis
12,340 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
2010
In 2010, Austin recorded 12,340 traffic crashes, resulting in 50 fatalities and 9,371 injuries. An analysis of collision types reveals that single-vehicle crashes (21.7%) and rear-end collisions (30.9%) were the most frequent incident patterns. These findings highlight the primary circumstances surrounding traffic incidents in the city for the year.
12,340
Total Crash Events
50
Persons Killed
9,371
Persons Injured
48
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (50) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (48) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
In 2010, traffic crashes resulted in 50 fatalities. Motor-vehicle occupants accounted for the largest share with 28 deaths. Vulnerable road users also saw significant fatalities, with 10 pedestrians, 10 motorcyclists, and 2 cyclists killed. The data indicates a total of 9,371 injuries occurred, though the specific breakdown by road user type is not provided in the summary key performance indicators.
10
Pedestrians Killed
2
Cyclists Killed
28
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Cyclists Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
Crash occurrences in Austin during 2010 showed distinct temporal patterns. Fridays were the most frequent day for crashes, with 2,233 incidents recorded. Crashes peaked during the afternoon commute, with the hour from 5:00 PM to 5:59 PM seeing the highest volume at 959 crashes. A secondary, smaller peak occurred during the morning commute hours, particularly between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Of the 12,340 crashes in 2010, 43.2% resulted in no injuries, being classified as property-damage-only. Crashes involving some level of injury—from possible to serious—accounted for 5,914 incidents, or approximately 48% of the total. There were 48 distinct fatal crashes, which resulted in a total of 50 fatalities, as a single crash can involve more than one death.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 48 fatal crash events resulted in 50 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
Crashes occurred most frequently in 35 mph zones, which saw 2,065 incidents, followed by 45 mph zones with 1,659 incidents. Analysis of the fatal crash rate within each speed zone shows that the likelihood of a crash being fatal generally increases with the posted speed limit. For instance, 0.24% of crashes in 35 mph zones were fatal, a rate that rose to 0.54% in 45 mph zones and 0.80% in 65 mph zones.
Fatal crashes by zone: 30 mph: 3 of 1,472 (0.204%) · 35 mph: 5 of 2,065 (0.242%) · 40 mph: 5 of 1,005 (0.498%) · 45 mph: 9 of 1,659 (0.542%) · 50 mph: 4 of 795 (0.503%) · 55 mph: 6 of 1,336 (0.449%) · 60 mph: 3 of 580 (0.517%) · 65 mph: 8 of 1,001 (0.799%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Posted speed limit at crash location
Traffic Fatalities by Road User
An analysis of the 50 traffic fatalities in 2010 shows that motor-vehicle occupants accounted for 28 deaths, or 56% of the total. Vulnerable road users—defined as pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists—represented a significant portion of the remaining fatalities. Combined, these groups accounted for 22 deaths, making up 44% of all traffic-related fatalities for the year.
Serious Injuries by Road User
Among crashes resulting in a suspected serious injury, motor-vehicle occupants comprised the largest group with 308 individuals hurt. Vulnerable road users, including motorcyclists (56), pedestrians (42), and bicyclists (28), collectively accounted for 126 serious injuries. This represents 29% of all individuals who sustained serious injuries in traffic crashes during this period.
Posted Speed Limit
Crashes were most prevalent on roads with posted speed limits between 30 and 35 mph, accounting for 3,537 incidents. A significant number of crashes also occurred on higher-speed roadways. Roads with posted speed limits of 50 mph or more were the site of 3,810 crashes, representing 37.4% of all crashes where the speed limit was recorded.
Posted Speed Limit
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Crash-level records
State Highway vs Local Street
The location of crashes was almost evenly split between roadways managed by different jurisdictions. TxDOT state-system highways, such as IH-35 and US-183, were the location for 6,197 crashes. City and local streets accounted for a nearly identical number, with 6,143 crashes, meaning state-system highways carried a slight majority of the crash burden at 50.2% of the total.
State Highway vs Local Street
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Crash-level records
Units / Modes Involved
The vast majority of crashes involved passenger vehicles. The most common scenario was a collision between a large passenger vehicle and a passenger car, which occurred in 4,550 incidents. Single-vehicle crashes involving either a passenger car (3,867 incidents) or a large passenger vehicle (2,169 incidents) were also highly frequent. Crashes involving vulnerable road users were less common, with the top combination being 'Bicycle & Passenger car' at 129 incidents.
Units / Modes Involved
Showing top 9 of 39 reported. 30 additional (786 total) not shown: Passenger car & Pedestrian, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle, Bicycle & Large passenger vehicle, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Motor vehicle – other, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Motor vehicle – other & Pedestrian, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Bicycle & Motor vehicle – other, Large passenger vehicle & Passenger car & Pedestrian, Motorcycle & Motor vehicle – other, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle & Passenger car, Motorcycle & Other/Unknown, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle & Other/Unknown, Bicycle & Large passenger vehicle & Passenger car, Bicycle & Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown, Motorcycle & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle & Pedestrian, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Pedestrian, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown & Passenger car & Pedestrian, Motor vehicle – other & Passenger car & Pedestrian, Motorcycle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle & Motor vehicle – other & Passenger car, Motorcycle & Pedestrian, Bicycle & Motorcycle.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Crash-level records
Manner of Collision
The most common type of crash was a single-vehicle incident where the vehicle was going straight, accounting for 2,678 crashes or 21.7% of the total. Rear-end collisions were also extremely common, with crashes involving a moving vehicle striking a stopped one (2,199 incidents) or two vehicles moving in the same direction (1,622 incidents) collectively making up 30.9% of all collisions. Angle collisions where both vehicles were going straight was the next most common type, representing 13% of crashes.
Manner of Collision
"Other" combines 29 smaller categories (1,725 records): ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - TURNING LEFT (300), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (249), SAME DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE LEFT TURN (238), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - TURNING RIGHT (193), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - BOTH GOING STRAIGHT (174), SAME DIRECTION - BOTH RIGHT TURN (148), SAME DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (131), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - BACKING (60), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - OTHER (34), SAME DIRECTION - BOTH LEFT TURN (34), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE BACKING (31), ANGLE - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE STOPPED (22), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE BACKING (17), SAME DIRECTION - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE STOPPED (16), ANGLE - ONE LEFT TURN-ONE STOPPED (13), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE STOPPED (12), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE BACKING-ONE STOPPED (12), ANGLE - BOTH LEFT TURN (7), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE LEFT TURN (6), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE STOPPED (6), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - BOTH LEFT TURNS (6), OTHER - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE ENTERING OR LEAVING PARKING SPACE (4), ANGLE - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE LEFT TURN (3), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE LEFT TURN-ONE STOPPED (3), SAME DIRECTION - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE LEFT TURN (2), ANGLE - BOTH RIGHT TURN (1), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (1), OTHER - BOTH BACKING (1), SAME DIRECTION - ONE LEFT TURN-ONE STOPPED (1).
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31 · Crash-level records
Data Sources & Methodology
Primary Data Source
All crash data in this report is sourced from Austin Crash Reports (https://data.austintexas.gov/d/y2wy-tgr5), accessed programmatically via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). This dataset contains official police-reported motor vehicle traffic crash records maintained by the reporting jurisdiction's law enforcement agency. Records are published to the open data portal by the municipality and are subject to the portal's terms of use.
Data Retrieval
- Access method: Socrata Open Data API (SoQL queries)
- Dataset URL: https://data.austintexas.gov/d/y2wy-tgr5
- Data format: Structured JSON via REST API
- Record types queried: Crash events, person records, and vehicle unit records
- Date filter applied: 2010-01-01 through 2010-12-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2010-01-01 through 2010-12-31 (365 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 12,340
Analytical Methodology
- Severity classification: Uses the KABCO injury scale (K=Fatal, A=Incapacitating injury, B=Non-incapacitating injury, C=Possible injury, O=No injury/property damage only), the standard classification in U.S. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). Severity is assigned per crash event based on the most severe injury in that crash. A single fatal crash (K) may involve multiple fatalities; therefore the "Persons Killed" count in the headline KPIs may differ from the "Fatal" crash count in the severity breakdown.
- Contributing factors: Reflect the officer-determined primary contributory cause recorded at the time of the crash report. These are preliminary determinations and may not reflect final investigation findings.
- Hit-and-run classification: Based on the hit-and-run indicator field in the official crash report, as determined by the responding officer at the scene.
- Temporal analysis: Day-of-week and hour-of-day distributions are computed from the crash date/time timestamp in each record.
- Demographics: Age and sex distributions are drawn from person-level records linked to each crash event. A single crash may involve multiple persons.
- Vehicle data: Make information is drawn from vehicle unit records linked to each crash event.
- AI commentary: Narrative sections are generated by Google Gemini (large language model) based on the structured data. Commentary is descriptive, not predictive, and should not be interpreted as expert opinion.
Limitations & Disclaimers
- Only crashes reported to and documented by law enforcement are included. Minor incidents, unreported crashes, and near-misses are not captured in this dataset.
- Data reflects conditions at the time of the initial police report and may be subject to subsequent corrections, reclassifications, or supplements by the reporting agency.
- Open data portal records may experience a publication lag - recently occurring crashes may not yet appear in the dataset at the time of report generation.
- AI-generated commentary is produced by a large language model and is intended to highlight patterns in the data. It does not constitute legal, medical, or professional analysis.
- Percentages are calculated from reported data and are subject to rounding.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
Data License
The underlying crash data is provided under the municipality's Open Data Terms of Use and is made available to the public for unrestricted use. This analysis and report is © 2026 Injuria.ai and may be cited with attribution using the suggested citation below.
Corrections & Feedback
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Austin, TX Crash Intelligence Report: 2010." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31. Data source: Austin Crash Reports, Socrata Open Data. Dataset: https://data.austintexas.gov/d/y2wy-tgr5. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/texas/austin/2010-annual-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
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An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata
Period: 2010-01-01 – 2010-12-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved