News & opinion How Many Auto Accidents Occur Per Day in Houston?

How Many Auto Accidents Occur Per Day in Houston?

H

ve you eve

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iven p

st

b

d

eck in the 610 loop

nd

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ed ho

m

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uto

ccidents occu

pe

d

y in Houston?

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epo

ts th

t Houston

o

ds s

68,682 c

shes in 2019

lone. Th

t’s f

mo

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n

ny othe

Tex

s city in the study. (

unne

s up

e

e S

n

ntonio

ith 42,786 c

ccidents

nd D

ll

s

ith 36,862.) If

e do the m

th, th

t me

ns 188 c

ccidents h

ppen in Houston pe

d

y.

e c

n fu

the

b

e

k do

n the ye

’s tot

l numbe

of c

shes into the follo

ing c

tego

ies:
  • -level=”1″>240 f

    t

    l c

    shes,

    esulting in 253 de

    ths

  • i

    -level="1">1,200 suspected se

    ious c

    shes

    ith 1,392 suspected se

    ious inju

    ies<

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  • i

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    p

    cit

    ting c

    shes

  • i

    -level="1">15,329 possible inju

    y c

    shes

  • i

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    y c

    shes

  • i

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    n seve

    ity<

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In ou

line of

o

k,

e unde

st

nd th

t even

hen c

shes

e cl

ssified

s “non-inju

ious,” they c

n still se

iously dis

upt

victim’s life.

h

t e some of the c

uses of these

ccidents,

nd

h

t c

n you do if you find you

self involved in one?

e

d on to discove

the

ns

e

s eve

y Houston d

ive

needs to kno

.

Ho

m

ny c

s d

ive in Houston eve

y d

y? Is Houston tffic b

d?

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u

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t counted nely <

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ll kno

Houston tffic is no joke. The city’s sp

ling size combined

ith its limited public tnspo

t

tion options e ecipe fo

dis

ste

. Plus, ove

the l

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ted city in Tex

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ns tons of

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e on the

o

ds fo

hou

s e

ch d

y, sometimes in bumpe

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t

ffic.

Most D

nge

ous

o

ds in Houston

Busy city st

eets me

n mo

e ch

nces fo

ccidents.

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st ye

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oughout Tex

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ll

ccidents occu

ed in u

b

n

e

s

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bout

dozen de

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ppened on F

id

y mo

nings bet

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M

nd noon.

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the

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t

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lso kno

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m Houston F

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ous

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ct, d

t

f

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section of S

m Houston F

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y

nd Bissonnet St

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m’s

y eve

y d

y in Houston.

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Belo

e some othe

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uses of c

ccidents

e’ve encounte

ed he

e in Houston

s

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vig

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