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AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN is keeping track of the number of traffic fatalities in Austin.
As of Oct. 4, 75 traffic fatalities have been reported thus far in 2024.
Last year, 94 traffic fatalities were reported, 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. If the charts or map do not appear, click here.
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 2024. 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 2024 by type.
The chart below shows the number of traffic fatalities reported each month in 2024.
January
- Jan. 1: 1 dead in overnight auto-pedestrian crash on I-35 in north Austin
- Jan. 16: 1 dead, 1 injured after rollover crash in northwest Austin, ATCEMS says
February
- Feb. 1: APD: Man dies in hospital after being struck by vehicle
- Feb. 4: 1 dead after vehicle hit pedestrian in north Austin
- Feb. 5: Austin police investigating after fatal crash on SH 45
- Feb. 12: APD: 1 child dead after 183 Toll crash
- Feb. 13: Police identify woman killed after vehicle crashed into north Austin ER
- Feb. 14: 1 dead in crash on US Highway 290, man charged with intoxication manslaughter
- Feb. 15: APD: Pedestrian dies 3 days after crash in southeast Austin
- Feb. 16: Police identify motorcyclist killed in east Austin crash
- Feb. 25: APD investigating crash that left 19-year-old dead
March
- March 2: Police identify person hit, killed in early March crash on North Lamar
- March 12: One killed in auto-pedestrian crash in downtown Austin overnight
- March 12: APD identifies woman killed following US 290 crash
- March 14: 1 dead after vehicle-pedestrian crash on N. MoPac Expressway
- March 15: 1 dead, 1 hurt after crash on Hwy 290
- March 15: APD: Man dies 15 days after northeast Austin crash
- March 17: APD identifies 88-year-old in fatal crash
- March 22: 1 dead, 1 seriously injured after 2-vehicle crash in northwest Austin
- March 23: 1 dead following crash involving pedestrian, roadway reopened
April
- April 6: Austin Police working to identify person killed in single-vehicle crash late Saturday
- April 10: 1 killed after vehicle-pedestrian crash on South Lamar
- April 10: 91-year-old woman killed in single-car crash in northeast Austin
- April 12: One dead after being hit by vehicle on East Riverside
May
- May 10: ATCEMS: 1 dead after vehicle-bicycle crash on US 183 Toll
- May 10: Motorcyclist in deadly crash identified by APD
- May 17: 15-year-old driver dies following crash in east Austin
- May 21: 71-year-old dies after crash in the intersection of South Lamar, Barton Skyway
- May 23: Pedestrian dies at hospital after being hit by a vehicle on Ed Bluestein service road
- May 25: Person crossing Hwy 290 service road dies after being hit by two vehicles
- May 25: GoFundMe started after mother and daughter die in south Austin crash
- May 27: APD identifies victim in deadly north Austin 2-vehicle crash
June
- June 4: Police: Pedestrian killed in Highway 183 crash Tuesday
- June 8: APD identifies 27-year-old motorcyclist killed in southeast Austin crash
- June 24: Person dies after being hit by vehicle in northeast Austin
- June 26: Pedestrian dies in crash on South Congress near William Cannon
- June 28: 79-year-old dies after single-vehicle crash
- June 29: Police release information on Saturday’s motorcycle fatality
July
- July 4: Man arrested after deadly northwest Austin crash on July 4
- July 4: 2 dead in north Austin single-vehicle crash, APD says
- July 7: Victim identified in northwest Austin deadly crash
- July 9: Police identify motorcycle crash victim killed in central Austin
- July 14: Police identify one of the drivers killed in crash on MoPac Sunday
- July 23: ATCEMS: One dead after vehicle-pedestrian crash
- July 28: Motorcyclist dies after Sunday morning crash on MoPac
- July 28: Police identify teen killed in July Old Manor Road crash
- July 30: One killed in south Austin pedestrian crash Tuesday morning, APD says
- July 31: Pedestrian dies after July crash in northwest Austin
August
- Aug. 4: Pedestrian dies after being hit by a car on North Lamar Blvd. over the weekend
- Aug. 7: Austin Police identify teen killed in early August crash
- Aug. 8: Police identify pedestrian killed in Tarrytown crash
- Aug. 9: APD identifies man killed in south Austin train crash
- Aug. 10: 62-year-old identified as motorcyclist who died in Hwy. 71 crash
- Aug. 11: 22-year-old identified as victim of weekend auto-ped near downtown Austin
- Aug. 11: 2 dead after fiery I-35 crash in south Austin
- Aug. 15: APD: Man dies 2 days after I-35 crash
- Aug. 24: Man arrested, charged with DWI after auto-ped where 2 people died
- Aug. 27: Police investigating deadly hit-and-run crash in south Austin
- Aug. 29: APD identifies man killed in deadly north I-35 crash
September
- Sept. 3: APD investigating deadly downtown I-35 vehicle-pedestrian crash
- Sept. 4: One dead in crash between bicycle, vehicle in south Austin
- Sept. 5: ATCEMS: Pedestrian struck by vehicle on South Congress
- Sept. 10: APD: One dead after crash between vehicle, pedestrian on SH 71
- Sept. 17: Person dies after early Tuesday hit-and-run in east Austin
- Sept. 20: APD: Bicyclist dies after southeast Austin crash, man charged with DWI
- Sept. 24: One dead after Cap Metro bus, motorcycle collision in north Austin
- Sept. 25: APD identifies pedestrian hit by 2 vehicles in deadly east Austin crash
- Sept. 28: Northwest Austin crash kills 90-year-old passenger
- Sept. 29: Man facing DWI charge after fatal crash on Burnet Road Sunday
