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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · JANUARY 2019
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,346 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
JANUARY 2019
In January 2019, Austin recorded 1,346 motor vehicle crashes, a 7.1% increase from the 1,257 crashes documented in January 2018. While total fatalities decreased from 6 to 5, the most notable year-over-year change was a 58.1% increase in the number of crashes resulting in serious injuries, which rose from 31 to 49.
1,346
▲ 7.1%was 1,257
Total Crash Events
5
▼ -16.7%was 6
Persons Killed
747
▲ 5.7%was 707
Persons Injured
5
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 · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Overall crash trends in Austin show an increase in January 2019 compared to the same month in the prior year. The total number of crashes rose by 7.1%, from 1,257 to 1,346. Similarly, the total number of people injured in these incidents increased by 5.7%, from 707 to 747.
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 · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes shifted between the two periods. In January 2019, the peak day for crashes was Thursday with 237 incidents, a change from Tuesday (233 incidents) in the prior year. The busiest hour for crashes also shifted one hour earlier to the 5 PM hour, which saw 107 crashes, compared to the 6 PM peak hour in January 2018 that had 92 crashes.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
The distribution of crash severity showed a notable shift towards more serious outcomes. While the number of fatal crashes remained unchanged at 5, crashes resulting in serious injuries increased substantially, rising from 31 to 49 incidents year-over-year. This represented a proportional increase, with serious injury crashes accounting for 3.6% of all incidents in January 2019, up from 2.5% in the prior year.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
Crash distribution across speed zones shifted towards higher-speed roadways in January 2019 compared to the previous year. The number of crashes in zones posted at 50-60 mph increased from 235 to 258, and incidents in zones 65 mph or higher rose from 156 to 176. In January 2019, two of the five fatal crashes occurred in 60 mph zones, whereas in January 2018, the five fatal crashes were more broadly distributed across zones ranging from 40 mph to 65 mph.
Fatal crashes by zone: 15 mph: 1 of 7 (14.286%) · 45 mph: 1 of 143 (0.699%) · 60 mph: 2 of 69 (2.899%) · 70 mph: 1 of 56 (1.786%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31 · 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: 2019-01-01 through 2019-01-31
- Report generated: July 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2019-01-01 through 2019-01-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,346
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: January 2019." Published July 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-01-31. 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-2019-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: 2019-01-01 – 2019-01-31
Generated: July 5, 2026 · All rights reserved