We live with this threat everyday.
Drive safe. On my way to the Corpus airport the other day I saw a Txdot electronic sign that said 2455 people killed on Texas roads year to date.
Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Highlights
Calendar Year 2013
Information contained in this report represents reportable data collected from Texas Peace Officer's
Crash Reports (CR-3) received and processed by the Department as of May 7, 2014.
The Fatality Rate on Texas roadways for
2013 was 1.40 deaths per hundred million
vehicle miles traveled. This is a 2.78%
decrease from 2012.
Texas experienced a decrease in the number
of motor vehicle traffic fatalities. The 2013
death toll of 3,377 was a decrease of 1.05%
from the 3,413 deaths recorded in 2012.
There were 65,539 serious injury crashes in
Texas in 2013 with 89,270 people sustaining
a serious injury.
The annual vehicle miles traveled in Texas
during 2013 reached 240.447 billion, an
increase of 1.1% over the 237.821 billion
traveled in 2012.
Fatalities in traffic crashes in rural areas of the
state accounted for 55.76% of the state’s
traffic fatalities. There were 1,883 deaths in
rural traffic crashes.
Single vehicle, run-off the road crashes
resulted in 1,333 deaths in 2013. This was
39.47 % of all motor vehicle traffic deaths in
2013.
In 2013 there were 767 people killed in
crashes occurring in intersections or related to
an intersection.
There were 523 people killed in head-on
crashes in 2013.
There were no deathless days on Texas
roadways in 2013.
There was one crash that resulted in 6 or
more fatalities in 2013.
Saturday, March 23nd was the deadliest day
in 2013 with twenty-seven (27) persons killed
in traffic crashes. June was the deadliest
month with 336 persons killed.
Based on reportable crashes in 2013:
1 person was killed every 2 hours
36 minutes
1 person was injured every 2
minutes 16 seconds
1 reportable crash occurred every
71 seconds
Of all persons killed in vehicles where
restraint usage was applicable and usage
was known in 2013, 44.7% were reported as
not restrained when the fatal crash occurred.
232,041 persons were injured in motor
vehicle traffic crashes in 2013.
There were 495 motorcyclists (operators and
passengers) killed in 2013. Fifty-three percent
(53%) of motorcyclists killed were not wearing
helmets at the time of the crash.
Pedestrian fatalities totaled 485 in 2013. This
is a 0.4% decrease from 2012.
Pedalcyclist fatalities totaled 48 in 2013.
This is a 14.3% decrease from 2012.
In 2013, there were 1,089 people killed in
motor vehicle traffic crashes where a driver
was under the influence of alcohol. This is
32.2% of the total number of people killed in
motor vehicle traffic crashes.
During 2013, more DUI - Alcohol crashes
were reported in the hour between 2:00 am
and 2:59 am than any other hour of the day.
Also, more of these crashes occurred on
Saturday than any other day of the week.
In 2013, there were 460 people killed in
crashes involving distracted driving. This is a
2.34% decrease from 2012.
Drive safe. On my way to the Corpus airport the other day I saw a Txdot electronic sign that said 2455 people killed on Texas roads year to date.
Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Highlights
Calendar Year 2013
Information contained in this report represents reportable data collected from Texas Peace Officer's
Crash Reports (CR-3) received and processed by the Department as of May 7, 2014.
The Fatality Rate on Texas roadways for
2013 was 1.40 deaths per hundred million
vehicle miles traveled. This is a 2.78%
decrease from 2012.
Texas experienced a decrease in the number
of motor vehicle traffic fatalities. The 2013
death toll of 3,377 was a decrease of 1.05%
from the 3,413 deaths recorded in 2012.
There were 65,539 serious injury crashes in
Texas in 2013 with 89,270 people sustaining
a serious injury.
The annual vehicle miles traveled in Texas
during 2013 reached 240.447 billion, an
increase of 1.1% over the 237.821 billion
traveled in 2012.
Fatalities in traffic crashes in rural areas of the
state accounted for 55.76% of the state’s
traffic fatalities. There were 1,883 deaths in
rural traffic crashes.
Single vehicle, run-off the road crashes
resulted in 1,333 deaths in 2013. This was
39.47 % of all motor vehicle traffic deaths in
2013.
In 2013 there were 767 people killed in
crashes occurring in intersections or related to
an intersection.
There were 523 people killed in head-on
crashes in 2013.
There were no deathless days on Texas
roadways in 2013.
There was one crash that resulted in 6 or
more fatalities in 2013.
Saturday, March 23nd was the deadliest day
in 2013 with twenty-seven (27) persons killed
in traffic crashes. June was the deadliest
month with 336 persons killed.
Based on reportable crashes in 2013:
1 person was killed every 2 hours
36 minutes
1 person was injured every 2
minutes 16 seconds
1 reportable crash occurred every
71 seconds
Of all persons killed in vehicles where
restraint usage was applicable and usage
was known in 2013, 44.7% were reported as
not restrained when the fatal crash occurred.
232,041 persons were injured in motor
vehicle traffic crashes in 2013.
There were 495 motorcyclists (operators and
passengers) killed in 2013. Fifty-three percent
(53%) of motorcyclists killed were not wearing
helmets at the time of the crash.
Pedestrian fatalities totaled 485 in 2013. This
is a 0.4% decrease from 2012.
Pedalcyclist fatalities totaled 48 in 2013.
This is a 14.3% decrease from 2012.
In 2013, there were 1,089 people killed in
motor vehicle traffic crashes where a driver
was under the influence of alcohol. This is
32.2% of the total number of people killed in
motor vehicle traffic crashes.
During 2013, more DUI - Alcohol crashes
were reported in the hour between 2:00 am
and 2:59 am than any other hour of the day.
Also, more of these crashes occurred on
Saturday than any other day of the week.
In 2013, there were 460 people killed in
crashes involving distracted driving. This is a
2.34% decrease from 2012.
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