Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

1,365 CRASHES IN
AUSTIN, TX
OCTOBER 2013

All metrics benchmarked againstOctober 2012

In October 2013, Austin recorded 1,365 total crashes, an 8.8% increase from the 1,255 crashes reported in October 2012. Despite the rise in total collisions, the number of resulting fatalities decreased from 11 to 8 year-over-year. Similarly, the total number of injuries reported fell from 1,037 in the prior period to 927 in the current period, indicating a higher frequency of less severe incidents.

1,365

▲ 8.8%was 1,255

Total Crash Events

8

▼ -27.3%was 11

Persons Killed

927

▼ -10.6%was 1,037

Persons Injured

7

▼ -30.0%was 10

Fatal Crash Events

Note: "Persons Killed" (8) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (7) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

Year-over-year data shows a rising trend in the total number of crashes, with an 8.8% increase from 1,255 in October 2012 to 1,365 in October 2013. However, the severity of these incidents trended downward, as total fatalities dropped from 11 to 8 and total injuries decreased from 1,037 to 927. This suggests a higher frequency of lower-severity collisions in the current period.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

1

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 5↓-80.0%

7

Motorists Killed

Prior: 4↑75.0%

0

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 0→0.0%

0

Motorists Injured

Prior: 0→0.0%

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns of crashes showed some shifts between October 2012 and October 2013. The peak day for crashes moved from Wednesday (208 incidents) in the prior year to Thursday (239 incidents) in the current year. The peak hour for collisions, however, remained stable at the 5 p.m. hour in both periods, with counts of 109 and 110 respectively. Crashes during the 8 a.m. hour saw a notable increase, rising from 50 incidents in 2012 to 92 in 2013.

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The overall severity of crashes decreased from October 2012 to October 2013. The percentage of crashes resulting in a fatality fell from 0.8% to 0.5%, and the share of serious injury crashes declined from 3.2% to 2.7% of the total. Concurrently, the proportion of crashes with no reported injuries increased substantially, rising from 39.7% of all incidents in the prior year to 46.8% in the current year.

Severity is per crash event (most severe injury). 7 fatal crash events resulted in 8 persons killed.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Fatal7fatal crashes0.5%
↓-30.0%prior 10
Serious Injury37serious injury crashes2.7%
↓-7.5%prior 40
Minor Injury316minor injury crashes23.2%
↑1.9%prior 310
Possible Injury291possible injury crashes21.3%
↓-8.5%prior 318
Injury75minor injury crashes5.5%
↓-5.1%prior 79
No Injury639no injury crashes46.8%
↑28.3%prior 498

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Speed Limit Zones

The distribution of crashes across speed zones remained relatively consistent, with the highest volumes occurring in zones posted between 35 mph and 60 mph in both periods. There was a slight increase in crashes recorded in 35 mph zones (from 207 to 223) and 45 mph zones (from 159 to 182). A notable shift occurred in the location of fatal crashes; while the 35 mph zone accounted for 3 fatal crashes in October 2012, it had only one in October 2013. In contrast, zones posted at 65 mph and 70 mph, which had no fatal crashes in the prior period, recorded a combined 3 fatal crashes in the current period.

Fatal crashes by zone: 35 mph: 1 of 223 (0.448%) · 50 mph: 1 of 79 (1.266%) · 55 mph: 1 of 110 (0.909%) · 60 mph: 1 of 90 (1.111%) · 65 mph: 2 of 93 (2.151%) · 70 mph: 1 of 39 (2.564%)

Source: Austin Crash Reports · Socrata Open Data · 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31 · 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: 2013-10-01 through 2013-10-31
  • Report generated: July 6, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2013-10-01 through 2013-10-31 (31 days)
  • Geographic scope: Austin, TX
  • Total crash records analyzed: 1,365

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.

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Data License

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Austin, TX Crash Intelligence Report: October 2013." Published July 6, 2026. Reporting period: 2013-10-01 to 2013-10-31. 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/october-2013-report

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