FREQUENCY

• 1 reportable Accident occurred every 56 seconds
• 1 person was Injured in an Accident every 2 minutes and 3 seconds 
• 1 person was killed every 2 hours and 25 minutes 
• 3,623 people were killed in auto accidents
• Failure to control speed accidents are the highest type of accident with 142,357
• There was not a single day where someone did not die on Texas roads
• 15,855 people sustained a serious injury while in an auto accident 
• 256,797 people were injured in auto accidents
• Annual miles driven by Texas drivers increased 2.15% from 2018

LOCATION

• 51.67 % of fatalities in accidents happened in rural areas
• Houston Police handled the most accidents with 63,234   
• Bexar County had the most distracted driving accidents with 23,553
• Harris County had the most construction zone accidents with 2,775
• Harris County had the most DUI accidents with 3,632
• Houston had the most DUI accidents with 2,445
• Dallas had the most speeding accidents for a city with 2,552
• Harris County, Texas had the most deaths involving an accident by county with 129
• Harris County, Texas had the most accidents by county in Texas with 114,327
• Houston, Texas had the most accidents by city in Texas with 68,932

TIME

• December 20th had more accidents than any other day with 2,523
• December was the deadliest month with 337 people killed in auto accidents
• October had more accidents than any other month with 51,833
• Friday in November had more accidents than any other day with 9,803
• 5PM to 6PM had more accidents than any other hour with 46,176
• Friday from 4PM to 5PM had the most accidents than any other day and time
• Friday had more accidents than any other day with 94,705
• Memorial Day weekend had more deaths involving accidents than any other Holiday with 44
• Majority of accidents happened during the daytime with 383,933
• Majority of accidents happened during clear/cloudy days with 502,765
• Dry conditions had the most accidents with 115,380

DEMOGRAPHICS

• 22 year olds had the most deaths from accidents at 61
• 72.75% of deaths from accidents were male
• 28 year old women had the most deaths in accidents for women with 17
• 22 year old men had the most deaths in accidents for men with 47
• 19 year olds caused the most accidents 28,307
• 21-25 year olds had the most DUI accidents with 183
• 21 year olds had the most deaths during a DUI accident with 44

TYPE OF ACCIDENT

• 1,172 deaths were made up of single vehicle accidents
• 735 people were killed in auto accidents at intersections 
• 597 people were killed in head on collisions
• 42.38% of people who were killed in auto accidents were not restrained
• 413 motorcyclists were killed in auto accidents 
• 45% of people in motorcycle deaths were not wearing helmets 
• 661 pedestrians were killed in auto accidents 
• Pedestrians killed in auto accidents increased by 5.09% from 2018
• 68 people on bicycles died in auto accidents