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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · JULY 2016
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,307 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
JULY 2016
In July 2016, Austin recorded 1,307 total vehicle crashes, a 7.2% increase from the 1,219 crashes documented in July 2015. Despite the rise in overall collisions, the most notable year-over-year change was a significant decrease in traffic fatalities. The number of persons killed in crashes fell from 15 in the prior period to 7 in the current period.
1,307
▲ 7.2%was 1,219
Total Crash Events
7
▼ -53.3%was 15
Persons Killed
874
▲ 2.2%was 855
Persons Injured
8
▼ -42.9%was 14
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (7) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (8) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Crash data for July indicates an upward trend in the total number of collisions, which rose from 1,219 to 1,307 year-over-year. The number of injuries also increased slightly, from 855 to 874. In contrast, traffic fatalities showed a substantial decline, decreasing by 53.3% from 15 deaths in July 2015 to 7 in July 2016.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
2
Pedestrians Killed
1
Cyclists Killed
4
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Cyclists Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · 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 consistent between July 2015 and July 2016. Friday was the day with the highest number of crashes in both periods, with counts increasing from 223 to 243. Similarly, the 5 p.m. hour was the peak time for collisions in both years, rising from 101 crashes in 2015 to 108 in 2016. No significant shifts in the primary daily or hourly crash patterns were observed.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
While total crashes increased, the severity profile shifted year-over-year. The number of fatal crashes decreased from 14 in July 2015 to 8 in July 2016, and their proportion of all crashes fell from 1.1% to 0.6%. Conversely, crashes resulting in serious injuries increased from 29 (2.4% of total) to 36 (2.8% of total). The proportion of crashes with no reported injuries also grew, rising from 45.2% to 46.4% of all incidents.
Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 8 fatal crash events resulted in 7 persons killed.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
The distribution of total crashes across different speed zones was largely stable year-over-year. However, the location of fatal crashes shifted significantly. In July 2015, 10 fatal crashes occurred in zones with speed limits between 30 and 55 mph. In July 2016, only 3 fatal crashes were recorded in these same speed zones, a notable reduction. Additionally, one fatal crash was recorded in a zone with a posted speed limit of 80 mph in July 2016, a category that had zero fatal crashes in the prior year's period.
Fatal crashes by zone: 40 mph: 1 of 85 (1.176%) · 45 mph: 1 of 165 (0.606%) · 55 mph: 1 of 147 (0.68%) · 65 mph: 1 of 78 (1.282%) · 80 mph: 1 of 3 (33.333%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31 · 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: 2016-07-01 through 2016-07-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2016-07-01 through 2016-07-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,307
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: July 2016." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-31. 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/july-2016-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: 2016-07-01 – 2016-07-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved