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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · AUGUST 2020
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,019 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
AUGUST 2020
In August 2020, Austin recorded 1,019 vehicle crashes, a 31.9% decrease from the 1,497 crashes documented in August 2019. Despite this substantial reduction in overall collisions, the number of fatalities rose from 8 to 9 year-over-year. Consequently, the fatal crash rate increased significantly, from 0.47% of crashes in the prior period to 0.88% in the current period.
1,019
▼ -31.9%was 1,497
Total Crash Events
9
▲ 12.5%was 8
Persons Killed
739
▼ -24.4%was 978
Persons Injured
9
▲ 28.6%was 7
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (9) 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 · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Year-over-year data for August shows a significant downward trend in the total number of traffic incidents in Austin. Crashes decreased by 31.9%, from 1,497 in August 2019 to 1,019 in August 2020. Similarly, the total number of injuries fell by 24.4% from 978 to 739. However, this trend did not extend to fatalities, which increased from 8 to 9 over the same period.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
3
Pedestrians Killed
3
Cyclists Killed
3
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Cyclists Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between August 2019 and August 2020. The most frequent day for collisions moved from Friday (265 crashes) in the prior period to Saturday (194 crashes) in the current period. Crashes became more concentrated on weekends, with Saturday and Sunday accounting for 34.1% of all incidents in August 2020, up from 25.0% in August 2019. The peak hour for collisions shifted slightly later, from 5 p.m. in 2019 to 6 p.m. in 2020.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
While total crashes declined, the severity of incidents increased year-over-year. The proportion of fatal crashes nearly doubled, rising from 0.5% of all crashes in August 2019 to 0.9% in August 2020. The share of crashes resulting in 'Possible Injury' also increased from 20.6% to 24.3%. Conversely, the proportion of crashes with 'No Injury' decreased from 48.1% to 43.1% over the same period, while the share of 'Serious Injury' crashes held steady at 2.7%.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
Crashes decreased across all speed zones from August 2019 to August 2020, with the majority of collisions in both periods occurring in zones between 30 mph and 60 mph. However, fatal crashes became more concentrated in higher speed zones. In August 2020, six of the nine fatal crashes occurred in zones with 40, 45, or 50 mph limits, compared to four of seven fatal crashes in the same zones in August 2019. The fatal crash rate within the 50 mph zone saw a notable increase, rising from 1.41% in 2019 to 5.56% in 2020.
Fatal crashes by zone: 40 mph: 2 of 70 (2.857%) · 45 mph: 1 of 138 (0.725%) · 50 mph: 3 of 54 (5.556%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31 · 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: 2020-08-01 through 2020-08-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2020-08-01 through 2020-08-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,019
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 2020." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2020-08-01 to 2020-08-31. 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-2020-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: 2020-08-01 – 2020-08-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved