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AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN is keeping track of the number of traffic fatalities in Austin.
As of Sept. 22, 78 traffic fatalities have been reported thus far in 2025.
Last year, 103 fatalities were reported, up from 94 in 2023, but down from a record-high 122 in 2022.
The charts below will be updated as we learn new information. Scroll down for a map of where each crash occurred.
The chart below shows how the number of traffic fatalities reported in recent years changed through the year.
Below is a map showing where traffic fatalities occurred in 2025. The map is interactive, so clicking on or hovering over a dot will reveal information about that incident.
The chart below shows the number of traffic fatalities reported in 2025 by type.
The chart below shows the number of traffic fatalities reported each month in 2025.
January
- Jan. 10: 36-year-old man identified as victim in Austin’s 1st fatal crash of 2025
- Jan. 26: 1 person dead, driver left scene after north Austin crash, police say
- Jan. 27: Police identify man who died after northeast Austin crash
- Jan. 30: Person hit, killed by vehicle in northwest Austin early Thursday
- Jan. 31: APD identifies woman involved in deadly northwest Austin hit-and-run
February
- Feb. 15: APD identifies woman in deadly 2-vehicle crash
- Feb. 18: APD identifies man in fatal vehicle, pedestrian crash
- Feb. 21: Woman dies 4 days after southeast Austin hit-and-run
March
- March 2: APD investigating fatal motorcycle crash, city’s 9th fatal crash
- March 4: 1 dead after crash involving Austin fire truck near airport
- March 5: ATCEMS: Pedestrian killed by vehicle on MoPac, traffic diverted
- March 9: 1 dead, 6 injured after overnight crash
- March 10: Police ID person killed in east Austin crash early Monday morning
- March 10: 4-year-old dies days after crash involving APD vehicle
- March 12: ATCEMS: 1 dead, 1 injured in crash on US 290
- March 13: Arrest made after crash kills at least 5 people, shuts down I-35 in north Austin
- March 16: Motorcyclist killed in north Austin crash Sunday
- March 18: ATCEMS: 1 dead after vehicle, motorcycle crash on Loop 360
- March 20: Man killed in south Austin fatal crash Thursday
- March 22: Woman arrested, charged with DWI after fatal auto-ped crash over the weekend
- March 31: Anderson High School senior dies in Monday morning crash
April
- April 5: Pedestrian dies after I-35 crash near downtown Austin
- April 6: 1 dead, 2 ‘critically’ injured in Sunday Austin crash
- April 15: One dead after crash involving moped, vehicle in east Austin
- April 15: Austin police identify victim in April 15 motorcycle crash
- April 25: Pedestrian dies in crash on S US-183 at Loop 360
- April 26: APD: 1 dead in crash involving 2 motorcycles in south Austin
May
- May 4: Man dies in the weeks following southeast Austin crash
- May 6: Motorcyclist dies following May 6 hit-and-run
- May 11: ‘Highly respected’: City of Killeen mourns fire captain killed in north Austin crash
- May 11: APD: 1 dead after motorcycle crash in north Austin
- May 11: Woman arrested after fatal hit-and-run in downtown Austin
- May 17: APD identifies woman in deadly 2-vehicle crash on FM 969
- May 17: Austin Police identifies victim in East Riverside Drive fatal crash
- May 20: Bicyclist dies after May hit-and-run crash in south Austin
- May 24: Man arrested after fatal pedestrian crash in southeast Austin
- May 25: APD: 55-year-old man dead following motorcycle crash
- May 25: Driver remained on scene after killing pedestrian: APD
June
- June 4: APD: 66-year-old woman dies following 3-vehicle crash in southeast Austin
- June 6: Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle, driver remains at scene
- June 8: Affidavit: Man arrested, accused of intoxication manslaughter in crash that killed 4-year-old
- June 8: APD: Man dies in northeast Austin crash on Sunday morning
- June 12: Man arrested, charged with DWI after fatal crash with motorcyclist: Austin Police
- June 18: 15-year-old dead after south Austin crash
- June 20: APD: Pedestrian dies after crash in southeast Austin
- June 20: Woman dies after being hit by vehicle on Hancock Drive
- June 21: Man killed in single-vehicle crash in east Austin
- June 28: Pickup truck hits sedan, kills 63-year-old pedestrian in north Austin
July
- July 4: Police identify 40-year-old killed in July 4th hit-and-run
- July 5: Man dies after crashing near Austin airport over the weekend
- July 13: APD: Bicyclist dies from injuries after crash in southeast Austin
- July 18: Austin Police names pedestrian hit, killed in July 18 collision
- July 25: Police: 19-year-old dead after vehicle-pedestrian crash in south Austin
- July 25: APD investigating fatal vehicle-pedestrian crash on Wells Branch Parkway
- July 27: APD: Three arrested in connection with deadly pedestrian crash on North Lamar
- July 28: Police: 1 person dead in east Austin crash
- July 31: Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash in northeast Austin
August
- Aug. 2: Man struck by car in east Austin dies days later: APD
- Aug. 2: APD investigating fatal northeast Austin motorcycle crash
- Aug. 7: APD: Man dies days after crash on Guadalupe Street
- Aug. 8: 1 dead after vehicle strikes utility pole
- Aug. 11: APD makes arrest in deadly William Cannon Drive crash
- Aug. 12: Woman dies days later following crash in Del Valle
- Aug. 16: APD: 1 dead after crash involving 18-wheeler on north I-35
- Aug. 16: APD: 90-year-old woman dies days later after 2-vehicle crash in north Austin
- Aug. 18: APD: Man dies after being hit by vehicle while riding scooter
- Aug. 24: APD: 1 dead, 2 injured in motorcycle-vehicle crash
- Aug. 26: All lanes closed on I-35 frontage road in south Austin due to fatal crash
- Aug. 30: Man arrested, charged with DWI after fatal crash on Interstate 35
- Aug. 31: Man dies after crash between vehicle, motorcycle in northwest Austin
September
- Sept. 1: 1 dead in Monday night crash on SH 71: Austin Police
- Sept. 11: Woman who died in southwest Austin crash identified by APD
- Sept. 18: Wrong-way driver on I-35 leads to deadly crash, lanes back open
- Sept. 22: Pedestrian killed in North Lamar hit and run
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