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CRASH INTELLIGENCE REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · MAY 2010
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,022 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
MAY 2010
In May 2010, Austin recorded 1,022 motor vehicle crashes, resulting in 2 fatalities and 719 injuries. The data indicates that crashes were most likely to occur on Fridays and during the 5 p.m. commute hour. The single most common type of collision was a single vehicle losing control while going straight, which accounted for 22.1% of all reported incidents.
1,022
Total Crash Events
2
Persons Killed
719
Persons Injured
2
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (2) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (2) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
Analysis of killed or seriously injured (KSI) persons shows that both fatalities were motor-vehicle occupants. No pedestrians or cyclists were killed in this period. According to the top-line data, there were 0 pedestrians, cyclists, or motorists reported as injured, despite a total of 719 injuries overall, indicating a lack of granular breakdown for non-fatal injuries in this summary.
2
Motorists Killed
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
Crash patterns in May 2010 show a clear concentration during the work week, peaking on Friday with 183 incidents. The afternoon commute represented the highest-risk time of day, with the 5 p.m. hour seeing the most crashes (94). While incidents were more frequent during daytime hours, a notable late-night peak occurred at 2 a.m., which recorded 49 crashes.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Of the 1,022 total crashes, 45.6% resulted in some level of injury, including 28 serious injury crashes, 221 minor injury crashes, and 217 possible injury crashes. A comparable portion, 44.4% of incidents, resulted in no injuries. There were 2 fatal crashes recorded during this period, which resulted in a total of 2 fatalities.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
The highest number of crashes occurred in 35 mph zones, which saw 175 incidents. The two fatal crashes recorded in this period happened in 35 mph and 55 mph zones. The data shows that the risk of a fatal outcome increases with speed; 0.847% of crashes in the 55 mph zone were fatal, compared to 0.571% of crashes in the 35 mph zone.
Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 175 (0.571%) · 55 mph: 1 of 118 (0.847%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Posted speed limit at crash location
Serious Injuries by Road User
Among the 39 individuals who sustained suspected serious injuries, the majority (33) were motor-vehicle occupants. Vulnerable road users accounted for the remaining cases, including 4 motorcyclists and 2 pedestrians. In total, these non-occupant road users represented 15.4% of all persons with incapacitating injuries.
Posted Speed Limit
The most frequent crashes occurred on roads with posted speed limits between 30–35 mph, accounting for 281 incidents. Crashes on higher-speed roads were also common, with 310 incidents (37.1% of those with known speed limits) occurring in zones posted at 50 mph or higher. Roads with limits of 40-45 mph saw 228 crashes.
Posted Speed Limit
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
State Highway vs Local Street
The distribution of crashes between state and local roadways was nearly even. TxDOT state-system highways, such as IH-35 and US-183, accounted for 520 crashes, or 50.9% of the total. The remaining 502 crashes (49.1%) occurred on city-maintained local streets.
State Highway vs Local Street
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
Units / Modes Involved
The most common crash scenario involved a collision between a large passenger vehicle and a standard passenger car, which occurred in 376 incidents. Single-vehicle crashes involving only a passenger car (327) or only a large passenger vehicle (176) were the next most frequent types. Vulnerable road users were involved in a combined 60 crashes, including 29 involving pedestrians, 18 involving motorcyclists, and 13 involving bicyclists.
Units / Modes Involved
Showing top 9 of 26 reported. 17 additional (54 total) not shown: Bicycle & Passenger car, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Passenger car, Motor vehicle – other, Large passenger vehicle & Motorcycle, Bicycle & Large passenger vehicle, Motorcycle & Passenger car, Other/Unknown & Passenger car, Motor vehicle – other & Pedestrian, Bicycle & Motor vehicle – other, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Motorcycle & Motor vehicle – other, Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown, Motorcycle & Pedestrian, Large passenger vehicle & Passenger car & Pedestrian, Large passenger vehicle & Motor vehicle – other & Other/Unknown & Passenger car.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
Manner of Collision
The most prevalent crash type was a single vehicle losing control while going straight, which accounted for 226 incidents, or 22.1% of the total. This was followed by rear-end collisions where a moving vehicle struck a stopped one (168 crashes, 16.4%). Angle collisions, typically occurring at intersections when two vehicles going straight collide, were the third most common type at 145 crashes (14.2%).
Manner of Collision
"Other" combines 17 smaller categories (140 records): ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - TURNING LEFT (25), SAME DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE LEFT TURN (24), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (19), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - BOTH GOING STRAIGHT (14), SAME DIRECTION - BOTH RIGHT TURN (13), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - TURNING RIGHT (11), SAME DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE RIGHT TURN (10), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - BACKING (5), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE BACKING (4), SAME DIRECTION - ONE RIGHT TURN-ONE STOPPED (3), ONE MOTOR VEHICLE - OTHER (3), ANGLE - ONE LEFT TURN-ONE STOPPED (2), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE BACKING (2), ANGLE - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE STOPPED (2), SAME DIRECTION - BOTH LEFT TURN (1), OTHER - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE ENTERING OR LEAVING PARKING SPACE (1), OPPOSITE DIRECTION - ONE STRAIGHT-ONE STOPPED (1).
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31 · Crash-level records
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: 2010-05-01 through 2010-05-31
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2010-05-01 through 2010-05-31 (31 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,022
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: May 2010." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-31. 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/may-2010-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: 2010-05-01 – 2010-05-31
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved