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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · JANUARY 2012
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,087 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
JANUARY 2012
In January 2012, Austin recorded 1,087 total traffic crashes, a 10.0% increase from the 988 crashes reported in January 2011. This rise in incidents was accompanied by a notable increase in crash severity. The most significant year-over-year shift was the doubling of traffic fatalities, which increased from 3 in the prior period to 6 in the current period.
1,087
▲ 10.0%was 988
Total Crash Events
6
▲ 100.0%was 3
Persons Killed
944
▲ 24.2%was 760
Persons Injured
6
▲ 100.0%was 3
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (6) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (6) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Traffic safety metrics worsened in January 2012 compared to the same month in the previous year. The total number of crashes rose by 10.0%, from 988 to 1,087. Concurrently, total injuries increased by 24.2% from 760 to 944, and total fatalities doubled from 3 to 6.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
3
Pedestrians Killed
1
Cyclists Killed
1
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Cyclists Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes remained largely consistent year-over-year, with Friday being the peak day and 6 PM the peak hour in both periods. However, the number of crashes during the 6 PM peak hour intensified, growing from 73 to 101 incidents. There was also a shift in the daily distribution; crashes on Tuesdays increased from 124 to 189, while Saturday crashes decreased from 179 to 126.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The severity of crashes increased year-over-year, with the fatal crash rate rising from 0.3% to 0.55% of all incidents. The proportion of crashes resulting in minor injuries also grew, from 19.6% to 24.5% of the total. In contrast, the share of crashes with no reported injuries declined from 45.0% to 41.9%, despite a slight increase in their absolute count from 445 to 455.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
Crash distribution across speed zones showed a shift toward higher speeds. While the number of crashes in zones of 35 mph or less remained stable (288 vs. 286), incidents in zones of 60 mph or greater increased from 144 to 163. The location of fatal crashes also changed, with two fatalities occurring in 30 mph zones in January 2012, a category with zero fatalities the prior year. Additionally, a fatal crash was recorded in a 70 mph zone, which had no such incidents in January 2011.
Fatal crashes by zone: 30 mph: 2 of 107 (1.869%) · 40 mph: 1 of 74 (1.351%) · 45 mph: 1 of 109 (0.917%) · 50 mph: 1 of 60 (1.667%) · 70 mph: 1 of 34 (2.941%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31 · 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: 2012-01-01 through 2012-01-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2012-01-01 through 2012-01-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,087
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: January 2012." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-01-31. 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/january-2012-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: 2012-01-01 – 2012-01-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved