Pflugerville, TX

History of Accidents in Pflugerville

The accident rate in Pflugerville rose significantly from 2014 to 2018. After declining by 5.68 percent from 563 in 2014 to 531 in 2015, the number of accidents rose by 44.07 percent to 765 in 2016. In 2017, accidents in Pflugerville decreased by 5.75 percent to 721. But the decline was not sustained, and it rose again to 782 in 2018. There was an increase of 8.46 percent from 2017 to 2018.

The trend observed in the history of accidents in Pflugerville is similar to the trend in the crash data provided by the Texas State DOT. The only major difference is that the number of crashes reported in the whole state increased from one crash per 66 seconds in 2014 to one crash per 60 seconds in 2015. In 2016, the total number of crashes in the state rose to one every 57 seconds and then reduced to one every 59 seconds in 2017.

The significant increase in motor vehicle accidents in Pflugerville from 2015 to 2016 corresponds to the general rise in the number of accidents reported in Texas in 2016. The prices of gasoline dropped suddenly, and more people decided to spend more time on the road. They bought new cars and the traffic increased.

Consequently, this led to the increase in road accidents in most municipalities in Texas including Pflugerville. As gas prices rose gradually in 2017, car traffic reduced. This could be the reason for the drop in accidents in 2017. However, the city of Pflugerville recorded an increase in accidents in 2018. At the moment, the reason for this increase is not clearly known.

History of Fatalities in Pflugerville

The trend in the history of fatalities from 2014 through 2018 aligns with the trend in the number of accidents. As the number of accidents dropped from 563 in 2014 to 531 in 2015, the number of fatalities also reduced from three to two. Similarly, as the number of accidents rose from 531 in 2015 to 765 in 2016, the fatalities also increased from two to three.

As the accidents reduced in 2017 to 721, fatalities reduced to one in the same year. 2018 had the highest number of fatalities which is a natural consequence of the increase in the number of accidents. Overall, 2017 was the safest year while 2018 was the most fatal for motorists in Pflugerville.

Pflugerville has a relatively low number of fatalities. With an average of 2.6 fatalities over the five years from 2014 to 2018. While the trend in the rate of fatal accidents follows the trend for the cumulative number of fatalities in the entire state of Texas, the fatalities occurring in Pflugerville is about 0.1 percent of all the fatalities occurring in the state.

The rise in fatal accidents from 2017 to 2018 may be because of the influx of more young people who want to enjoy the relatively good economic prospects in the city. According to statistics published on the official Pflugerville website, the city has a median age of 37 and a median household income of $82,145.