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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · APRIL 2026
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
897 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
APRIL 2026
In April 2026, Austin recorded 897 vehicle crashes, a 9.7% decrease from the 993 crashes reported in April 2025. Despite the overall reduction in collisions, the number of fatalities increased from 6 to 8 during the same period. This represents a 33.3% rise in deaths year-over-year, even as total injuries fell by 16.3% from 663 to 555.
897
▼ -9.7%was 993
Total Crash Events
8
▲ 33.3%was 6
Persons Killed
555
▼ -16.3%was 663
Persons Injured
9
▲ 50.0%was 6
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (8) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (9) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall traffic crash volume in Austin showed a downward trend in April 2026 compared to the previous year. Total crashes decreased by 9.7% from 993 to 897, and total injuries saw a corresponding 16.3% decline. However, this trend did not extend to crash outcomes, as fatalities rose by 33.3%, from 6 in April 2025 to 8 in April 2026.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
2
Pedestrians Killed
4
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes saw minor shifts between April 2025 and April 2026. The peak day for crashes moved from Wednesday (172 incidents) to Thursday (170 incidents). The peak hour also shifted one hour earlier, from 5 p.m. in 2025 (68 crashes) to 4 p.m. in 2026 (61 crashes), reflecting a change in the busiest time for collisions.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
While total crashes decreased, the severity of crashes increased in April 2026 compared to the prior year. The proportion of fatal crashes rose from 0.6% to 1.0% of all incidents, with the absolute count of fatal crashes increasing from 6 to 9. Similarly, serious injury crashes increased in both count (from 16 to 22) and as a share of all crashes (from 1.6% to 2.5%).
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 9 fatal crash events resulted in 8 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
The distribution of crashes across different speed zones remained relatively consistent year-over-year, with roads posted at 35 mph, 45 mph, and 65 mph seeing the highest number of incidents in both periods. There was a slight reduction in crashes on roads with speed limits of 55 mph or higher, from 341 in April 2025 to 318 in April 2026. However, the locations of fatal crashes shifted; in April 2026, fatalities were recorded in 25, 35, 45, 50, 55, and 65 mph zones, whereas the prior year's fatalities were in 30, 60, 65, and 70 mph zones.
Fatal crashes by zone: 25 mph: 1 of 26 (3.846%) · 35 mph: 1 of 161 (0.621%) · 45 mph: 2 of 148 (1.351%) · 50 mph: 2 of 37 (5.405%) · 55 mph: 1 of 80 (1.25%) · 65 mph: 2 of 120 (1.667%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30 · Posted speed limit at crash location
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: 2026-04-01 through 2026-04-30
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2026-04-01 through 2026-04-30 (30 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 897
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: April 2026." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2026-04-01 to 2026-04-30. 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/april-2026-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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ThatCarHitMe.com
An Injuria.ai Company
Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata
Period: 2026-04-01 – 2026-04-30
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved