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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · FEBRUARY 2015
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,135 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
FEBRUARY 2015
In February 2015, Austin recorded 1,135 total traffic crashes, a 6.0% increase from the 1,071 crashes reported in February 2014. While the total number of crashes rose, a notable change was the significant decrease in collisions involving bicycles, which fell from 30 in the prior year to 14 in the current period. The total number of fatalities remained stable at five, while reported injuries decreased from 739 to 685.
1,135
▲ 6.0%was 1,071
Total Crash Events
5
Persons Killed
685
▼ -7.3%was 739
Persons Injured
5
▲ 25.0%was 4
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (5) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (5) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Year-over-year data for February shows a 6.0% increase in total crashes in Austin, rising from 1,071 in 2014 to 1,135 in 2015. Despite the rise in collisions, the number of people injured decreased by 7.3% from 739 to 685. The number of fatalities remained unchanged at five for both periods.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
1
Pedestrians Killed
4
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes in February showed some shifts year-over-year. Friday remained the peak day for collisions in both 2014 (204 crashes) and 2015 (195 crashes). However, the peak hour for crashes shifted from the 4 p.m. hour in 2014, which saw 90 crashes, to the 5 p.m. hour in 2015, which saw 81 crashes. Notably, crashes on Wednesdays increased from 132 to 187, making it the second-busiest day in the current period.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The distribution of crash severity changed slightly between February 2014 and February 2015. The number of fatal crashes increased from 4 to 5, raising the fatal crash rate from 0.37% to 0.44% of all collisions. Conversely, the proportion of crashes resulting in any level of injury decreased from 46.6% of all crashes in 2014 to 42.5% in 2015. The share of crashes with no reported injuries increased from 47.2% to 49.2% over the same period.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
Analysis of crashes by posted speed limit indicates a shift toward collisions occurring in higher speed zones. Crashes in zones of 40 mph or greater increased, with notable rises in the 40-45 mph range (from 192 to 253 crashes) and the 50-60 mph range (from 199 to 260 crashes). The location of fatal crashes also changed; in February 2014, one fatal crash was recorded in a 30 mph zone, whereas in February 2015, all fatal crashes with a recorded speed limit occurred in zones of 45 mph or higher.
Fatal crashes by zone: 45 mph: 2 of 150 (1.333%) · 50 mph: 1 of 70 (1.429%) · 60 mph: 1 of 65 (1.538%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28 · 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: 2015-02-01 through 2015-02-28
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2015-02-01 through 2015-02-28 (28 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,135
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: February 2015." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2015-02-01 to 2015-02-28. 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/february-2015-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: 2015-02-01 – 2015-02-28
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved