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A new study found that 14 fatal accidents occurred on I-35 in North Austin between 2017 and 2019. (Employee of the Community Impact newspaper)
A recent Texas Fatal Car Accident Review found that a four-mile stretch of I-35 in North Austin is the fourth deadliest street in Texas.
Financial analyst MoneyGeek released its Texas Fatal Accident Study in late June, which the company created by studying more than 10,000 fatal accidents across the state between 2017 and 2019.
According to the report, there have been 14 fatal accidents on I-35 from the interchange at US 290 and the Yager Lane exit, representing 3.1 fatal accidents per mile.
That made this stretch of I-35 through North Austin the fourth-deadliest street in Texas and the only street in Austin among the state’s 10 deadliest streets, the report said.
Travis County had the fifth highest fatal traffic accidents of any counties in Texas in 2017-19, with 337 accidents and 357 deaths, the report said. During that time, 36 fatal accidents occurred on I-35, making it the deadliest street in Austin.
Drunk driving accidents accounted for more than a fifth of Travis County’s death tolls. According to MoneyGeek, about 25% of the 10,137 fatal accidents nationwide in 2017-19 were due to drunk driving.
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