Summary of All Reported Accidents in Rural Areas of Texas for Calendar Year 1984 Page: BACK COVER
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LOCATION. PUPAL
4A AGE NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED
OF CASUALTY TOTAL KILLED PEDESTRIANS PEDALCYCLISTS
(YEARS) TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE
0 to 4 49 26 3 10 4 1 1 0
5 to 9 57 3 19 20 15 5 4 2 2
10 to 14 63 31 32 14 7 8 6 2
15 to 19 271 199 72 18 15 3 4 4 0
20 to 24 384 297 87 29 21 9 2 1 1
25 to 34 493 380 1 13 36 28 P 3 3 0
35 to 44 235 182 53 15 1 a 1 1 0
45 to 54 157 114 43 17 1 3 1 0 1
55 to 64 174 129 46 24 17 7 1 1 0
65 to 74 133 81 52 8 8 0 1 1 0
75 & OLDER 113 73 40 8 3 0 0 0
NOT STATED 11 4 4 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 214( 13 584 203 15 53 26 20 6
BA. TWO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS TOTAL FATAL INJURY NON-INJURY
ENTERING AT ANGLE 13020 156 4375 8489
E FROM SAME DIRECTION BOTH GOING STRAIGHT 1756 7 525 12241
P SAME - ONE TURN, ONE STRAIGHT 2955 11 761 2183
w SAME - ONE STOPPED 4065 10 1417 2638
W SAME - ALL OTHERS 30 0 26 278
FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION-BOTH GOING STRAIGHT 331 10 152 169
SAME-ONE LEFT TURN.ONE STRAIGHT 3013 28 1243 1742
SAME - ALL OTHERS 638 1 55 58
TOTALS 26082 223 8554 17305
5B. TWO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS TOTAL FATAL INJURY NON-INJURY
GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION - HEAD ON 4632 333 189 2405
z GOING SAME DIRECTION - REAR END 4694 40 1849 2P05
0 SAME-SIDESWIPE 2699 21 530 2148
0 ONE CAR PARKED IMPROPER LOCATION 303 11 120 172
ONE CAR STOPPED IN TRAFFIC 3649 11 1209 2429
Z ONE CAR FORWARD FROM PARKING 236 0 38 198
ONE CAR BACKWARD FROM PARKING 35C 0 13 346
ONE CAR ENTERING DRIVEWAY 4365 32 1367 2966
O ONE CAR LEAVING DRIVEWAY 3997 15 964 3018
ALL OTHERS 1836 20 543 1?73
TOTALS 26770 483 8527 17760TYPE SUMMARY. ALL REPORTEI2
4B: AGE OF NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED
CASUALTY TOTAL INJURED PEDESTRIANS PEDALCYCLISTS
(YEARS) TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL MALE FEMALE
0 to 4 1721 940 780 64 44 20 8 4 4
5 to 9 1838 980 858 126 82 44 108 96 12
10 to 14 2290 1157 1122 85 50 35 136 109 27
15 to 19 9427 5437 3974 112 67 45 66 56 10
20 to 24 10035 6565 3456 117 98 19 27 25 2
25 to 34 12770 8014 4736 142 99 43 18 15 3
35 to 44 6722 3841 2869 62 47 15 9 9 0
45 to 54 3774 2112 1654 33 21 12 3 2 1
55 to 64 2702 1475 1221 31 20 11 4 3 1
65 to 74 1858 947 911 29 16 13 1 0 1
75 & OLDER 1062 547 513 17 8 8 1 1 0
NOT STATED 915 416 356 51 39 11 12 9 3
TOTALS 55104 32431 22450 869 591 276 3Q3 329 64
5C. PEDESTRIAN TOTAL PED FATAL INJURY
ACCIDENTS ACCIDENTS TOTAL INTER NON-INT TOTAL INTERSECT NON-INT
MOTOR VEHICLE GOING STRAIGHT 811 185 5 180 626 70 556
MOTOR VEHICLE TURNING RIGHT 20 2 2 0 18 9 9
MOTOR VEHICLE TURNING LEFT 15 1 0 1 14 11 3
MOTOR VEHICLE BACKING 34 3 0 3 31 0 31
ALL OTHERS 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 881 191 7 184 690 90 600
SD. ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS TOTAL FATAL INJURY NON-INJURY
COLLISION WITH OTHER ROAD VEHICLE OR TRAIN 125 1 120 4
o COLLISION WITH FIXED OBJECT 3006 27 1173 1806
COLLISION WITH OTHER OBJECT 52 0 16 36
W OVERTURNED 879 12 509 358
B OTHER NON-COLLISION 158 2 57 99
COLLISION WITH OTHER ROAD VEHICLE OR TRAIN 577 65 363 149
0 COLLISION WITH FIXED OBJECT 16990 455 7792 8743
I COLLISION WITH OTHER OBJECT 540 12 163 365
OVERTURNED 8341 311 4792 3238
B OTHER NON-COLLISION 1192 26 302 8 64
COLLISION WITH ANIMAL 4172 12 673 3497
NOT STATED 3655 29 716 2910
TOTALS 39687 952 16676 220597. AGE OF DRIVER TOTAL FATAL INJURY
15 & YOUNGER 833 21 43
16 2785 43 1083
17 4876 52 1754
18 to 19 11268 154 421
20 to 24 26184 487 10090
25 to 34 38729 729 14402
35 to 44 22228 411 7951
45 to 54 12520 244 4476
55 to 64 912 102 3053
65 to 74 5989 124 1961
75 & OLDER 3367 101 1080
UNKNOWN 9112 56 171
TOTAL DRIVERS 14701 2614 5221
8. SEX OF DRIVER TOTAL FATAL INJURYEYESIGHT DEFECTIVE 90 2 32
HEARING DEFECTIVE 1 0 0
LIMBS MISSING 2 0 0
OTHER PHYSICAL DEFECT 36 5 18
ILL 352 10 225
FATIGUED OR ASLEEP 2537 87 1428
OTHER HANDICAP 19 0 10
TOTAL DRIVERS 147019 2614 52216
10. RESIDENCE & LICENSE TOTAL FATAL INJURY
TEXAS RESIDENT. LICENSED 124302 2 192 4494
TEXAS RESIDENT. NOT LICENSED 531 131 2433
TEXAS RESIDENT, LICENSE UNK. 4008 22 758
NON-RESIDENT. LICENSED 8905 213 3102
NON-RESIDENT, NOT LICENSED 30 2 9
NON-RESIDENT, LICENSE UNK. 102 2 20
NOT STATED 4457 52 R59
TOTAL DRIVERS 147019 2614 52216DAYLIGHT 57872 828 19711
FEMALE 419661 5031 155701 AN62 2 7
NOT ~DAWN 682 22 27
NOT STATED 5 5 151 DARKNESS- No Street Lt. 31227 938 13053
DARKNESS-Street Lt. 2250 36 860
DUSK 1389 25 553
. CONDITION OF DRIVER TOTAL FATAL INJURY UNKNOWN 0 0 0
NORMAL 143982 2510 50503 TOTAL ACCIDENTS 93420 1849 3444713. WEATHER CONDITION TOTAL FATAL INJURY
CLEAR 81181 1674 30112
RAIN 10052 1281 3
SNOW 239 0 69
FOG 1680 42 5 0
OTHER & UNKNOWN 268
TOTAL ACCIDENTS 93420 1849 34447
14 ROAD SURFACE TOTAL FATAL INJURY
DRY I77560T 1639 28800
WET I147961 208 5314
MUDDY 160f 1 49
SNOWY OR ICY 9041 1 294
UNKNOWN 0 0
TOTAL ACCIDENTS 93420, 1849, 3444715. TYPE OF VEHICLE TOTAL FATAL INJURY
PASSENGER CAR 84329 1235 29712
PASSENGER CAR & TRAILER 294 3 60
PASSENGER CAR & HOUSE TRAILER 1 0 0
TRUCK 48377 863 16613
TRUCK & TRAILER 1511 28 407
TRUCK-TRACTOR & SEMI TRAILER 7498 290 2562
TRUCK & HOUSE TRAILER 68 4 13
OTHER TRUCK COMBINATIONS 303 7 85
FARM TRACTOR 165 8 55
ROAD MACHINERY 13 1 2
BUS 93 5 25
SCHOOL BUS 369 3 102
MOTORCYCLE 2654 134 2278
MOTOR SCOOTER OR MOTOR BIKE 72 1 66
MOPED 32 1 2Q
OTHER & UNKNOWN 1240 31 207
TOTAL VEHICLES 747n] 26A14 S
16. VIOLATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO ACCIDENT TOTAL FATAL INJURYSPEEDING OVER LIMIT
SPEED-UNDER LIMIT-UNSAFE
PAIL TO YIELD ROW TO VEHICLE
DISREGARD STOF SIGN OR LIGHT
DISREGARD STOP AND GO SIGNAL
DISREGARD FLASHING YELLOW SIGNAL
IMPROPER TURN-WIDE RIGHT
IMPROPER TURN-CUT CORNER ON LEFT
IMPROPER TURN-WRONG LANE
WRONG SIDE-NOT PASSING
WRONG WAY ONE WAY ROAD
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY
OVERTAKE & PASS-INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE
PASS IN ND PASSING ZONE
OTHER ILLEGAL PASSING
NO SIGNAL OR WRONG SIGNAL OF INTENTION
IMPROPER START FROM PARKED POSITION
FAIL TO YEILD ROW TO PEDESTRIAN
IMPROPER PARKING
DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE (liquor or drugs)
OTHER VIOLATIONS
TOTAL VIOLATIONS7111
25934
185 85
1636
1273
14
6 59
367
973
3604
1 50
4130
404
432
2585
745
1022
59
379
11019
6990
66 An n4721
286
176
70
-14
0
1
0
3
220
21
8
13
7
7
4
0
4
11
607
72
19963715
111 49
61 53
702
507
5
99
68
2?1
1470
63
1256
130
127
640I
162
134
1503~6. PEDESTRIAN ACTIONS BY AGE TOTAL AGES OF PEDESTRIANS KILLED AGES OF PEDESTRIANS INJURED
PEDES. TOTAL 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45-64 .5550 USE TOTAL 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-44 45-64 U5 & OV UNK
CROSSING AT INTERSECTION OR CROSSWALK 68 3 00 0 0 0 1 2 0 65 5 16 14 6 1 7 6 8 2
CROSSING NOT AT INTERSECTION OR CROSSWALK 367 86 5 14 9 1 9 17 20 10 1 281 34 76 38 25 20 37 13 22 16
GETTING ON OR OFF OTHER VEHICLE 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 6 1 4 4 4 4 0 3
WALKING IN ROADWAY WITH TRAFFIC 145 37 1 1 1 4 9 11 6 2 2 108 2 4 12 12 27 35 7 3 6
WALKING IN ROADWAY AGAINST TRAFFIC 42 12 0 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 30 0 3 5 2 7 9 1 1 2
STANDING IN ROADWAY 65 1 0 0 2 2 7 3 0 0 51 1 3 4 10 10 16 5 1 1
PUSHING OR WORKING ON VEHICLE 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 51 0 0 2 10 10 20 6 1 2
OTHER WORKING IN ROADWAY 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 4 3 5 2 0 1
PLAYING IN ROADWAY 33 - 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 12 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 4
OTHER IN ROADWAY 61 16 1 1 1 4 3 5 1 0 0 45 3 1 1 6 7 19 4 1 3
NOT IN ROADWAY 169 26 1 0 2 4 3 10 5 0 1 143 3 5 5 28 25 46 13 9 9
NOT STATED 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 3 1 2 3 6 3 0 0
TOTALS 1072 20 10 20 14 18 29 51 41 16 4 869 64 126 85 112 117 204 64 46 5111. VEHICLE CONDITION TOTAL FATAL INJURY
NO DEFECTS REPORTED 142 890 2 546 50806
DEFECTIVE BRAKES 947 11 333
DEFECTIVE STEERING 177 0 84
DEF OR IMPROPER LIGHT 364 15 150
DEFECTIVE TIRES 1050 26 454
DEF TRAILER EQUIP 250 2 30
DEF STOP OR TURN SIGNAL 217 2 56
WHEEL CAME OFF VEHICLE 284 1 55
OTHER DEFECTS 840 11 248
TOTAL VEHICLES 147019 2614 52216[12. LIGHT CONDITION TOTAL FATAL INJURY
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Texas. Department of Public Safety. Statistical Services. Summary of All Reported Accidents in Rural Areas of Texas for Calendar Year 1984, report, February 28, 1985; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1587299/m1/2/?q=%221984~%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.