Car accidents today in Texas are the motor vehicle crashes that occur on Texas roads on an average day, estimated from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) data. TxDOT recorded 538,860 reportable crashes and 3,769 deaths in 2025, about 1,476 crashes and 10 deaths per day.
Tracking car accidents in Texas matters because driving volume keeps growing: Texas vehicle miles traveled reached 314.006 billion in 2025, up 1.79 percent from 2024, and rural roads carried 1,889 of the 3,769 deaths (50.12 percent) while the rest happened in urban traffic (TxDOT). Crashes involving distracted driving killed 308 people in 2025, down 18.95 percent from 2024.
AccidentReports.com does not publish a live crash feed. Every figure below is the latest published TxDOT or NHTSA annual figure divided across the days or hours of the year, and each source line states the computation. Police officers file a Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report (CR-3) for each reportable crash, and each Accident Report request starts from that record. The Texas car accident reports page and the Car Accident Statistics in Texas page cover the state in more depth.
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Sources
TxDOT CRIS
NHTSA FARS
NHTSA 2025 early estimate
Last updated
3,769Source: TxDOT, Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Facts, Calendar Year 2025 (CR-3 data processed as of April 7, 2026)
People killed in Texas traffic crashes, 2025
538,860Source: TxDOT, Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes by Hour and Day of Week, 2025: 3,476 fatal plus 535,384 non-fatal crashes
Reportable crashes in Texas, 2025
1,476Source: Computed: 538,860 crashes divided by 365 days (TxDOT)
Reportable crashes per day, 2025 average (approximate)
1.20Source: TxDOT, Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Facts, Calendar Year 2025
Deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, Texas 2025
What are the Statistics of Car Accidents Today?
The statistics of car accidents today in Texas are the latest annual crash counts from TxDOT's Crash Records Information System (CRIS), divided across the days and hours of the year. TxDOT builds CRIS from the Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report (CR-3) that law enforcement officers submit. The quick facts below come from TxDOT's calendar year 2025 publications.
Reportable crashes in 2025: 538,860, made up of 3,476 fatal crashes and 535,384 non-fatal crashes.
Pace: TxDOT calculates one reportable crash every 59 seconds, one person injured every 2 minutes 9 seconds and one person killed every 2 hours 19 minutes.
Deaths: 3,769, a decrease of 9.38 percent from 4,159 in 2024.
Fatality rate: 1.20 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, a decrease of 10.97 percent from 2024 and above the 1.10 national rate that NHTSA estimates for 2025.
Injuries: 244,534 people injured, including 17,420 with suspected serious injuries.
Deaths on every day: TxDOT recorded no deathless day on Texas roadways in 2025, and Friday, July 25 recorded the highest daily toll with 25 deaths.
NHTSA's separate early estimate puts Texas at 3,775 deaths for 2025, a 9.3 percent decrease from 4,160 in 2024. The Car Accident Statistics page lists national tables, and the national Car Accidents Today page applies the same method to the whole country.
How Many People are Injured in Car Accidents in Texas Today?
About 670 people are injured in Texas car accidents on an average day, based on TxDOT's count of 244,534 people injured in 2025 (244,534 divided by 365 days), and about 48 of them have suspected serious injuries (17,420 divided by 365 days).
Time of day follows commuting hours. Non-fatal crashes peak between 4:00 p.m. and 5:59 p.m., with 43,586 crashes from 5:00 p.m. to 5:59 p.m. and 43,437 from 4:00 p.m. to 4:59 p.m. in 2025, and Friday carries the most non-fatal crashes of any weekday (87,286). TxDOT publishes these hourly counts for crashes, not for injured people.
How Many People are Killed in Car Accidents in Texas Today?
About 10.3 people are killed in Texas car accidents on an average day, based on TxDOT's count of 3,769 deaths in 2025 (3,769 divided by 365 days). March recorded the most deaths of any month (380).
Fatal crashes concentrate at night and on weekends. The hour from 8:00 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. recorded the most fatal crashes (222), 1,168 of the 3,476 fatal crashes (33.6 percent) happened between 6:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday together recorded 1,230 (35.4 percent).
Causes of Texas Car Accidents Today
Causes of Texas car accidents are the contributing factors that officers record on the CR-3 crash report. The table below lists the Texas count for each cause from TxDOT's 2025 contributing-factor, weather and road-surface tables. A crash can carry several factors, so rows overlap and the counts do not add up to the 538,860 total.
Cause
Crashes, 2025
Fatal crashes
TxDOT contributing factor
Distracted driving
76,918
229
Driver inattention; 11,122 crashes (42 fatal) list distraction in vehicle
Speeding
22,037
420
Unsafe speed; 2,276 crashes (263 fatal) list speeding over the limit and 125,969 (463 fatal) list failure to control speed
Drunk driving
16,508
500
Under the influence of alcohol; 2,009 crashes (224 fatal) list drugs
Reckless or aggressive driving
1,720
6
Road rage
Weather conditions
41,091
238
Rain (35,861), fog (2,624), snow (1,401), sleet or hail (562), blowing sand or snow (337) and severe crosswinds (306), summed
Running red lights or stop signs
19,464
95
Disregard of a stop-and-go signal
Running red lights or stop signs
14,821
104
Disregard of a stop sign or light
Fatigued driving
8,163
98
Fatigued or asleep
Poor road conditions
56,829
306
Crashes on a wet (51,299), icy, snowy, slushy, standing-water or sand, mud and dirt surface, summed
Mechanical failures
3,828
46
Defective or slick tires
Mechanical failures
2,818
6
Defective or no vehicle brakes
Mechanical failures
1,240
7
Defective steering mechanism
Improper lane changes
50,503
72
Changed lane when unsafe
Pedestrian or cyclist collisions
8,296
715
Pedestrian (5,454 crashes, 625 fatal) and pedalcyclist (2,842 crashes, 90 fatal) as first harmful event, summed
Failure to control speed (125,969 crashes) and driver inattention (76,918) are the most frequently recorded factors, and failure to drive in a single lane is tied to the most fatal crashes (744 of 40,927 crashes), ahead of alcohol (500) and unsafe speed (420). TxDOT counts 906 deaths in crashes where a driver was under the influence of alcohol, 24.04 percent of all Texas traffic deaths in 2025.
Types of Texas Car Accidents Today
Types of Texas car accidents are the first harmful events that officers record, meaning the first object or road user the vehicle struck or the first non-collision event such as a rollover. The table below counts every reportable Texas crash in 2025 by first harmful event, so the rows add up to the 538,860 total.
Collisions between two moving vehicles make up 76.1 percent of crashes and 43.4 percent of fatal crashes, while fixed-object crashes and pedestrian crashes carry a larger share of fatal crashes than of all crashes. TxDOT counts 555 deaths in head-on crashes and 1,201 deaths (31.87 percent) in single-vehicle run-off-the-road crashes in 2025. Rear-end, side-impact, sideswipe, parking lot and pile-up crashes have no separate count in the TxDOT tables used for this page.
Where in Texas Do the Most Car Accidents Occur Today?
Most Texas car accidents occur in the state's large urban counties and cities. Harris County recorded 107,472 reportable crashes in 2025, 19.9 percent of the Texas total, followed by Bexar County (46,744), Dallas County (43,946) and Tarrant County (30,433). The list below names the cities, road types and settings where crashes concentrate.
Houston: 60,317 reportable crashes and 293 deaths in 2025, about 165 crashes per day.
San Antonio: 37,299 reportable crashes and 167 deaths in 2025, about 102 crashes per day.
Dallas: 24,677 reportable crashes and 172 deaths in 2025, about 68 crashes per day.
Fort Worth: 15,680 reportable crashes and 112 deaths in 2025, about 43 crashes per day.
El Paso: 14,725 reportable crashes and 54 deaths in 2025, about 40 crashes per day.
Austin: 11,032 reportable crashes and 98 deaths in 2025, about 30 crashes per day.
Rural roads: rural roads carried 147,617 crashes (27.4 percent) but 1,693 of the 3,476 fatal crashes (48.7 percent) in 2025.
Farm-to-Market roads: TxDOT's crash rates per 100 million vehicle miles are highest on Farm-to-Market roads (115.00 rural and 245.79 urban) and lowest on interstates (47.26 rural and 143.95 urban).
Intersections: 955 people died in crashes at or related to an intersection in 2025.
City figures are the reportable crashes TxDOT attributes to each city, and the county figures that follow include crashes in every city and town within the county. The Texas car accident reports page links the city pages that exist on this site.
Which Texas County have the Highest Number of Car Accidents Today?
Harris County has the highest number of car accidents in Texas, averaging 294 reportable crashes per day in 2025 (107,472 divided by 365 days). Bexar County follows with 128 per day, Dallas County with 120 and Tarrant County with 83. The table below ranks the ten counties in the outline, and each county tab after it gives that county's totals. More county detail sits on the Car Accident Statistics in Texas page.
Ten Texas counties by reportable crashes, 2025
The county table lists the ten counties named in the outline with their 2025 reportable crashes, the average per day and the statewide rank among all 254 Texas counties. The per-day average divides each county's annual total by 365 days.
Harris County alone accounts for 19.9 percent of Texas reportable crashes, and the ten counties together account for 59.1 percent. Counts rise with population and traffic, so a high rank shows volume and not a higher risk per driver.
Harris County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Harris County recorded 107,472 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 294 per day (107,472 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 1 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 477 fatal crashes and 503 deaths, about 1.38 deaths per day.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Bexar County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Bexar County recorded 46,744 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 128 per day (46,744 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 2 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 182 fatal crashes and 190 deaths, about 0.52 deaths per day.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Dallas County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Dallas County recorded 43,946 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 120 per day (43,946 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 3 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 258 fatal crashes and 274 deaths, about 0.75 deaths per day.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Tarrant County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Tarrant County recorded 30,433 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 83 per day (30,433 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 4 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 186 fatal crashes and 190 deaths, about 0.52 deaths per day.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
El Paso County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
El Paso County recorded 17,848 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 49 per day (17,848 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 5 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 67 fatal crashes and 70 deaths, about 0.19 deaths per day.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Travis County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Travis County recorded 15,939 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 44 per day (15,939 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 6 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 136 fatal crashes and 143 deaths, about 0.39 deaths per day.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Collin County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Collin County recorded 15,533 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 43 per day (15,533 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 7 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 60 fatal crashes and 65 deaths, about 0.18 deaths per day.
Suspected serious injuries: 356 people.
Share of Texas crashes: 2.9 percent of 538,860.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Hidalgo County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Hidalgo County recorded 15,390 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 42 per day (15,390 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 8 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 48 fatal crashes and 52 deaths, about 0.14 deaths per day.
Suspected serious injuries: 360 people.
Share of Texas crashes: 2.9 percent of 538,860.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Fort Bend County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Fort Bend County recorded 12,801 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 35 per day (12,801 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 9 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 52 fatal crashes and 57 deaths, about 0.16 deaths per day.
Suspected serious injuries: 297 people.
Share of Texas crashes: 2.4 percent of 538,860.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Denton County Car Accidents Today: 2025 Daily Average
Denton County recorded 12,118 reportable crashes in 2025, an average of 33 per day (12,118 divided by 365 days). The list below gives the county's 2025 totals from TxDOT.
Statewide rank: 11 of 254 Texas counties by reportable crashes.
Fatal crashes: 55 fatal crashes and 57 deaths, about 0.16 deaths per day.
Suspected serious injuries: 288 people.
Share of Texas crashes: 2.2 percent of 538,860.
TxDOT processed these CR-3 reports as of April 7, 2026, so later processing can add crashes to the county total.
Records
Recent Fatal Car Crashes in Texas on Record, 2024
The table below lists the 50 most recent Texas fatal crashes in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for 2024, the latest year NHTSA has published. FARS counts 3,774 fatal crashes and 4,160 deaths in Texas that year. FARS records only crashes that kill at least one person within 30 days, and the 2025 file is not yet released, so the rows are historical records and not a list of crashes happening now. Case numbers are FARS case numbers, not police report numbers.
Most Texas car accidents happen on weekday afternoons between 4:00 p.m. and 5:59 p.m., and most fatal Texas crashes happen at night and on weekends. Friday has the highest daily average at 1,689 reportable crashes (87,812 crashes divided by 52 Fridays) and Sunday the lowest at 1,146, while Saturday recorded the most fatal crashes (621) followed by Sunday (609). March recorded the most deaths of any month (380) in 2025.
The busiest single hour for all crashes is 5:00 p.m. to 5:59 p.m. (43,731 crashes), and the busiest hour for fatal crashes is 8:00 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. (222). Day-of-week averages range from 1,146 to 1,689 reportable crashes per day.
Who is Most at Risk of Car Accidents Today in Texas?
Drivers aged 65 and older show the largest gap between fatal and all crashes in Texas: they make up 12.7 percent of known-age drivers in fatal crashes against 9.7 percent of known-age drivers in all crashes in 2025. Vulnerable road users add to the toll, with 695 pedestrians, 559 motorcyclists (31 percent of them not wearing helmets) and 91 pedalcyclists killed. Among people killed where restraint use was applicable and known, 45.94 percent were not restrained (TxDOT).
Driver-age shares use drivers of known age (5,349 in fatal crashes and 926,249 in all crashes), which excludes 176 drivers of unknown age in fatal crashes; 10 fatal-crash drivers recorded under age 15 sit in the denominator but not in the table. A share of fatal crashes above the share of all crashes marks an age band that is over-represented in fatal crashes. The 45-to-54, 55-to-64 and 65-and-older bands exceed their share of all crashes, and the 65-and-older gap is the largest at 3.0 percentage points.
How are Car Accidents Reported Today in Texas?
Car accidents are reported in Texas through the Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report (CR-3), which an investigating officer completes for any crash involving injury, death or damage to one person's property of an apparent $1,000 or more. Law enforcement must submit the report to TxDOT no later than the tenth day after the crash, and TxDOT accepts the forms only from investigating agencies through its CRASH system, submission services or mobile submission (TxDOT).
Modern reporting methods put the finished report online. TxDOT's Crash Report Online Purchase System sells a regular copy for $6 and a certified copy for $8, delivers it by email, and releases it to people directly concerned in the crash under Texas Transportation Code ยง550.065. The find my report page on AccidentReports.com explains the request steps.
How Many Car Accidents have Been Reported Today in Texas?
About 1,476 car accidents are reported on an average day in Texas, based on 538,860 reportable crashes in 2025 (538,860 divided by 365 days). The daily average ranges from about 1,146 on Sundays to about 1,689 on Fridays. Harris County averages 294 reportable crashes per day, Bexar County 128, Dallas County 120 and Tarrant County 83; Houston alone accounts for 165 per day (TxDOT county and city tables).
How Many Car Accidents were Reported to Police Today in Texas?
All 538,860 reportable Texas crashes in 2025 came from police crash reports, so the police-reported total is the same figure of about 1,476 per day. The count for a year keeps growing after the year ends: TxDOT's 2025 figures reflect CR-3 reports received and processed as of April 7, 2026, and the tenth-day submission deadline means a report for a recent crash can take up to 10 days to reach TxDOT. The car accident report explainer covers what the report contains.
Where to Find Reliable Information About Car Accidents Today in Texas?
Reliable information about Texas car accidents comes from TxDOT for state figures, NHTSA for federal figures and the responding police agency for a single crash. The list below names each source and what it provides.
TxDOT annual crash statistics: the calendar year tables used on this page, at txdot.gov.
TxDOT CRIS Query tool: public queries against the Crash Records Information System, at cris.dot.state.tx.us.
TxDOT Crash Report Online Purchase System: copies of individual CR-3 reports, at cris.txdot.gov.
NHTSA FARS: the file of every fatal crash in the United States, including Texas, at nhtsa.gov.
AccidentReports.com: a third-party service, not a government agency, that organizes Texas report request steps on the Texas car accident reports page and the find my report page.
TxDOT publishes calendar year statistics after the year closes, and the Car Accident Statistics in Texas page keeps the latest tables in one place.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Each answer leads with the figure and names the publication it comes from.
About 1,476 reportable car accidents happen on an average day in Texas, computed from TxDOT's 538,860 crashes in 2025 divided by 365 days (TxDOT).
About 10.3 people die on an average day, computed from TxDOT's 3,769 deaths in 2025 divided by 365 days. TxDOT calculates one death every 2 hours 19 minutes (TxDOT).
Harris County has the most, with 107,472 reportable crashes in 2025, or about 294 per day, followed by Bexar County with 46,744 (TxDOT).
The hour from 8:00 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. recorded the most fatal crashes in 2025 with 222, and 33.6 percent of fatal crashes happened between 6:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. (TxDOT).
Friday has the most reportable crashes, averaging 1,689 per Friday in 2025, and Saturday has the most fatal crashes with 621 (TxDOT).
No. AccidentReports.com does not publish a live crash feed. The page presents the latest published TxDOT annual figures and a table of real 2024 Texas fatal crash records from NHTSA FARS, each labeled with its year.
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