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CRASH INTELLIGENCE REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · AUGUST 2010
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,048 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
AUGUST 2010
In August 2010, Austin recorded 1,048 total traffic crashes, resulting in 4 fatalities and 760 injuries. The data indicates that crashes were most frequent on Mondays, with a daily peak during the 5 p.m. hour. Single-vehicle crashes involving a vehicle going straight were the most common collision type, accounting for 20% of all incidents.
1,048
Total Crash Events
4
Persons Killed
760
Persons Injured
4
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (4) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (4) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
During this period, there were 4 total traffic fatalities, including 2 motorists. The key performance indicators for injuries among specific road user types recorded 0 pedestrians injured and 0 cyclists injured. There were also 0 motorists reported injured in these specific data fields, though the total injury count across all persons was 760.
2
Motorists Killed
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
Analysis of crash timing reveals distinct daily and weekly patterns. Mondays were the most frequent day for crashes with 172 incidents, while the afternoon commute period saw the highest concentration of events. The single hour with the most crashes was from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., which recorded 82 incidents. A secondary, smaller peak occurred late at night, with 54 crashes in the 2 a.m. hour.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Of the 1,048 total crashes, 47.9% resulted in some level of injury, comprising 35 serious injuries, 239 minor injuries, and 228 possible injuries. Crashes with no reported injuries accounted for 43.6% of all incidents. There were 4 fatal crashes during this period, which resulted in a total of 4 fatalities.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
Roadways with a posted speed limit of 35 mph experienced the highest number of crashes, with 181 incidents. Crashes on roads with posted speed limits of 40 mph, 45 mph, and 65 mph all included at least one fatal incident. Specifically, 1.53% of crashes in 45 mph zones were fatal, while 1.21% of crashes in 40 mph zones and 1.01% of crashes in 65 mph zones were fatal.
Fatal crashes by zone: 40 mph: 1 of 83 (1.205%) · 45 mph: 2 of 131 (1.527%) · 65 mph: 1 of 99 (1.01%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Posted speed limit at crash location
Serious Injuries by Road User
Among the 40 individuals who sustained a serious injury, vulnerable road users represented a significant portion. Motorcyclists and pedestrians each accounted for 6 serious injuries, while bicyclists accounted for 2. Combined, these vulnerable road users comprised 35% of all serious injuries, with motor-vehicle occupants making up the remaining 26 cases.
Posted Speed Limit
The distribution of crashes across speed limit zones shows the largest number of incidents, 305, occurred on roads with posted limits of 30–35 mph. A significant portion of crashes happened on higher-speed roadways. Roads with speed limits of 50 mph or more accounted for 324 crashes, representing 37.7% of all crashes where the speed limit was recorded.
Posted Speed Limit
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Crash-level records
State Highway vs Local Street
The distribution of crashes between different roadway systems was nearly even. City and local streets were the location for 527 crashes, while the TxDOT state-system highways (such as IH-35 and US-183) recorded 521 crashes. This places the share of crashes on the state highway system at 49.7% of the total for the month.
State Highway vs Local Street
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Crash-level records
Units / Modes Involved
The most common scenario involved collisions between two vehicles, with 428 crashes occurring between a large passenger vehicle and a passenger car. Single-vehicle crashes were also prevalent, with 287 involving a passenger car and 186 involving a large passenger vehicle. Vulnerable road users were involved in a number of incidents, including 32 crashes involving a motorcyclist, 18 involving a pedestrian, and 17 involving a bicyclist.
Units / Modes Involved
Showing top 9 of 25 reported. 16 additional (67 total) not shown: Bicycle & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Motor vehicle – other, Passenger car & Pedestrian, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Motor vehicle – other & Pedestrian, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Motorcycle & Motor vehicle – other, Bicycle & Motor vehicle – other, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown & Passenger car & Pedestrian.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · Crash-level records
Manner of Collision
The most frequent type of crash was a single-vehicle incident where the vehicle was going straight, which accounted for 210 crashes or 20% of the total. Rear-end type collisions were also very common, with crashes where one vehicle was stopped (171 incidents) and where both were moving (157 incidents) collectively making up 31.3% of all collisions. Angle collisions involving two vehicles going straight represented another 14.7% of incidents.
Manner of Collision
"Other" combines 21 smaller categories (146 records): ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - TURNING LEFT (25), SAME DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE LEFT TURN (20), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (19), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - TURNING RIGHT (18), SAME DIRECTION - BOTH RIGHT TURN (14), SAME DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (12), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - BOTH GOING STRAIGHT (12), SAME DIRECTION - BOTH LEFT TURN (6), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - BACKING (4), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE BACKING (3), ANGLE - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE STOPPED (2), SAME DIRECTION - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE STOPPED (2), ANGLE - BOTH RIGHT TURN (1), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE STOPPED (1), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE BACKING (1), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE BACKING-ONE STOPPED (1), SAME DIRECTION - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE LEFT TURN (1), ANGLE - BOTH LEFT TURN (1), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - BOTH LEFT TURNS (1), ANGLE - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE LEFT TURN (1), OTHER - BOTH BACKING (1).
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31 · 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: 2010-08-01 through 2010-08-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2010-08-01 through 2010-08-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,048
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.
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Austin, TX Crash Intelligence Report: August 2010." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-31. 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/august-2010-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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Crash Data Intelligence
Data: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata
Period: 2010-08-01 – 2010-08-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved