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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · AUSTIN, TX · NOVEMBER 2024
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
1,062 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
NOVEMBER 2024
In November 2024, Austin recorded 1,062 total crashes, a 1.5% decrease from the 1,078 crashes reported in November 2023. Despite the slight drop in overall collisions, the number of fatalities increased by 50%, rising from 6 in the prior period to 9 in the current period. This increase in traffic deaths, along with a 15.6% rise in total injuries, represents the most significant year-over-year change in the data.
1,062
▼ -1.5%was 1,078
Total Crash Events
9
▲ 50.0%was 6
Persons Killed
779
▲ 15.6%was 674
Persons Injured
9
▲ 50.0%was 6
Fatal Crash Events
Note: "Persons Killed" (9) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (9) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
Year-over-year, total crashes in Austin remained relatively stable, decreasing by 1.5% from 1,078 in November 2023 to 1,062 in November 2024. However, the outcomes of these crashes worsened, with total injuries increasing by 15.6% from 674 to 779. Fatalities also rose from 6 to 9, indicating a trend towards more severe crash outcomes despite a marginal decline in the total number of incidents.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
4
Pedestrians Killed
1
Cyclists Killed
3
Motorists Killed
0
Pedestrians Injured
0
Cyclists Injured
0
Motorists Injured
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns of crashes showed some shifts between November 2023 and November 2024. The peak day for collisions moved from Wednesday, which saw 194 crashes in the prior year, to Friday, with 201 crashes in the current year. The peak hour for crashes remained consistent at the 6 p.m. hour for both periods, although the volume of crashes during that hour decreased from 109 to 95.
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Crash Severity Breakdown
Crash severity increased year-over-year, with the fatal crash rate rising from 0.56 to 0.85 per 100 crashes. The proportion of crashes resulting in a fatality grew from 0.6% in November 2023 to 0.8% in November 2024. Similarly, the share of crashes involving serious injuries increased from 2.1% to 2.3%, and minor injury crashes rose from 20.2% to 21.8% of all incidents.
Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · KABCO injury classification scale
Severity Distribution (Crash Events)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · Most severe injury per crash record
Speed Limit Zones
The distribution of crashes across speed zones shifted towards higher-speed roads in November 2024 compared to the previous year. Crashes in zones posted at 65 mph or higher increased from 193 to 248. The location of fatal crashes also changed; in November 2023, the 65 mph zone accounted for 3 fatalities, but in November 2024, this zone had zero fatalities. Instead, the 45 mph zone recorded the highest number of fatal crashes with 4 deaths.
Fatal crashes by zone: 30 mph: 1 of 65 (1.538%) · 35 mph: 1 of 169 (0.592%) · 40 mph: 1 of 84 (1.19%) · 45 mph: 4 of 151 (2.649%) · 70 mph: 1 of 41 (2.439%)
Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30 · 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: 2024-11-01 through 2024-11-30
- Report generated: July 6, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2024-11-01 through 2024-11-30 (30 days)
- Geographic scope: Austin, TX
- Total crash records analyzed: 1,062
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: November 2024." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-30. 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/november-2024-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: 2024-11-01 – 2024-11-30
Generated: July 6, 2026 · All rights reserved