2026 Texas DWI Crash Data Report
Statewide alcohol-involved crash totals, county rankings, and dangerous days and hours.
Open resourceAustin public-safety resource · September 10, 2026
Hook ’em Horns Weekend: Austin DWI Crash Data, Game-Day Traffic & Safe-Driving Resources
A major college-football weekend brings substantial activity to Austin. This page uses that timely occasion to share Austin and Texas impaired-driving data and neutral safe-driving resources. It is a public-safety and data resource — not a sports-news article and not a prediction of crashes, arrests, or traffic.
This page does not suggest that the Texas–Ohio State game or college football causes impaired-driving crashes. Major event weekends simply provide a timely opportunity to share Austin and Texas impaired-driving data and safe-driving resources.
Prepared by Texas Settlement Calculator Editorial TeamPublished: September 10, 2026
Game weekend context
Texas–Ohio State weekend in Austin
On Saturday, September 12, 2026, the No. 4 Texas Longhorns host the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central. The game is sold out, and ESPN College GameDay is scheduled to be in Austin for the matchup.
A sold-out, nationally featured game naturally produces heavy game-day activity in and around the stadium district and across Austin. This page does not estimate attendance, predict traffic volumes, project impaired-driving incidents, or forecast crashes. It simply uses the weekend as a timely reason to share existing Austin and Texas impaired-driving data and safe-driving reminders.
Austin and Travis County
Austin and Travis County impaired-driving context
The figures below are transcribed from TxDOT’s 2025 DUI (Alcohol) city and county tables. City totals overlap their corresponding county totals and must not be added together. These are raw reported crash counts — they do not measure individual risk, establish causation, or predict any weekend’s experience.
1,140
Travis County alcohol-involved crashes
TxDOT DUI (Alcohol), 2025
879
Austin city alcohol-involved crashes
TxDOT DUI (Alcohol), 2025
34
Travis County fatalities
TxDOT DUI (Alcohol), 2025
38
Travis County suspected serious injuries
TxDOT DUI (Alcohol), 2025
For year-over-year context, Travis County DUI (Alcohol) crashes declined from 1,182 in 2024 to 1,140 in 2025 — a decrease of 42 crashes, or about 3.6%. TxDOT’s tables show Travis County suspected serious injuries falling from 83 in 2024 to 38 in 2025; the tables do not establish why that change occurred. See the Austin-area crash data brief for that comparison.
Texas statewide DWI crash context
A few findings from the full 2026 Texas DWI Crash Data Report:
22,194
Texas alcohol-involved crashes
TxDOT DUI (Alcohol), 2025
906
people killed
in 809 fatal crashes, 2025
2,133
suspected serious injuries
in 1,547 serious-injury crashes, 2025
5,390
Saturday crashes
highest day-of-week total, 2025
- Saturday (5,390 crashes) and Sunday (5,242) together accounted for nearly half of the statewide total in 2025.
- The 2:00–2:59 a.m. hour produced 2,441 crashes and 108 fatal crashes — the highest totals of any hour.
- 2025’s 906 alcohol-involved fatalities were about 14% fewer than the 1,053 reported for 2024.
These are statewide 2025 figures. They describe reported crashes and people, not any individual weekend or event, and do not establish civil liability or claim value. Read the full report and methodology.
Prevention
Austin impaired-driving prevention
Austin’s Vision Zero program treats impaired driving as a roadway-safety issue and works with the Austin Police Department on No Refusal and impaired-driving initiatives. This page does not state that a special Texas–Ohio State enforcement operation will occur; confirm any specific enforcement plans through official City of Austin or APD communications.
Vision Zero is a data-driven approach to eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries. Treating impaired driving as a core safety risk — rather than only a criminal-enforcement matter — is consistent with how Austin frames roadway-safety work year-round, not only on event weekends.
Before kickoff
Plan the ride before kickoff
A few neutral safe-driving reminders. This page does not promote any particular commercial transportation company.
- Choose a designated driver before anyone in your group drinks.
- Arrange a rideshare, taxi, or transit ride in advance where available.
- Decide where you are going and how you are getting home before the day begins.
- Never get behind the wheel after drinking — and never ride with an impaired driver.
- Leave extra time for game-day traffic and pedestrian activity around the stadium district.
- Watch for pedestrians and event traffic at night, especially in unfamiliar areas.
After a crash
What to do after an impaired-driving crash
- STEP 1
Prioritize emergency care and safety
Call 911 for urgent medical or safety needs. Move to a safe location only if it is safe to do so.
- STEP 2
Make sure the collision is reported
Record the investigating agency, report number, and any citation or arrest information you are given.
- STEP 3
Preserve available crash information
Save photographs, witness contacts, vehicle information, and contemporaneous notes when it is safe to do so.
- STEP 4
Obtain the crash report when appropriate
TxDOT is the custodian of Texas crash records; start with its official crash-records information.
- STEP 5
Understand that DWI crashes can involve more
Texas DWI collisions can raise evidence, insurance, dram-shop, and exemplary-damages issues beyond an ordinary collision.
For a complete, step-by-step resource, see the Texas DWI Victim Resource Center. Official crash-records starting point: TxDOT crash reports and records.
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Open resourceMethodology and independence
All statistics were transcribed from TxDOT’s 2025 DUI (Alcohol) city, county, and hour/day tables, processed April 7, 2026, and already presented in this site’s 2026 Texas DWI Crash Data Report and Austin-area crash data brief. City totals overlap their corresponding county totals and must not be added together. Figures are raw reported crash counts; they do not measure individual risk, establish causation, predict any weekend’s experience, or determine claim value.
The September 12, 2026 game details (matchup, kickoff time, venue, sold-out status, and ESPN College GameDay) are stated as verified event facts only. This page makes no attendance estimate, traffic projection, DWI-arrest projection, crash prediction, or enforcement-operation claim. Any specific enforcement plans should be confirmed through official City of Austin or APD communications.
Independent-publication disclosure: This resource is not affiliated with, sponsored by, approved by, or endorsed by The University of Texas at Austin, Ohio State University, ESPN, the City of Austin, the Austin Police Department, TxDOT, or any other governmental or athletic entity. Names and links identify public information sources only.
Sources
- TxDOT crash data and crash records (CRIS)
State crash data and the crash-report / records request process relied on by these pages.
- Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.003 — limitations periods
Texas statute setting the two-year deadline that generally applies to personal-injury claims.
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