185
crashes happen in Houston every single day — that's 67,644 per year
Source: TxDOT 2024 Crash Data
447
fatal crashes in Harris County in 2024 — the highest of any county in Texas
Source: TxDOT Motor Vehicle Crash Facts 2024
38,454
crashes in Harris County involved speeding
Source: TxDOT Crash Records
10,143
crashes were caused by distracted driving in Harris County
Source: TxDOT Crash Records
2,091
drunk driving crashes in Harris County — killing 88 people
Source: TxDOT / NHTSA
301
people died on Houston roads in 2024 — a new all-time record
Source: Houston Public Media / TxDOT
6,113
commercial truck crashes in Harris County
Source: TxDOT Commercial Vehicle Records
1 in 3
Houston traffic deaths are pedestrians — 119 killed in 2024
Source: Houston Chronicle / TxDOT
I-45
Texas's deadliest highway — Gulf Freeway from Houston to Galveston
Source: TxDOT
US-290
Northwest Freeway — a major crash corridor through Cypress, Jersey Village & Tomball
Source: Houston TranStar
I-10
Katy Freeway — the widest freeway in the world and a daily pileup zone
Source: TxDOT / FHWA
FM 2920
Tomball to Waller — a rural corridor with a disproportionately high fatality rate
Source: TxDOT Crash Records