Waco Crash Guide.
McLennan County
Reported crash counts, locations and trends in Waco.
Guide figures: Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. Based on records available through Sep 30, 2026. The map uses a separate calendar year.
Compared with Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025
Compared with Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025
Reported crashes rose 8.3%.
Compared with Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025. Counts alone do not tell us how risky a trip is.
Explore the data →Getting around Waco
Waco is a city in McLennan County, Texas. Include the place and county when looking up local road notices, especially where another Texas community shares the same name. [1]
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Waco’s crash picture
From Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026, the available records include 3,647 reported crashes in Waco. That is 278 more than the 3,369 recorded for the corresponding dates a year earlier—a 8.3% increase in reported crashes.
West Waco Drive appears repeatedly in the reports, with 205 crashes listed under that road name. The 5 p.m. hour had the highest reported count among crashes with a recorded time, accounting for 329 of the 3,647 crashes in this guide.
Based on the public TxDOT records included in this guide. Counts describe reported crashes, not risk per trip or why a crash happened. Source, coverage and limitations →
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This map uses a calendar year, not the guide’s reporting period. The figures above cover Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 (3,647 crashes). The count below follows the selected map year and filters.
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Map area data & how locations are grouped
Numbers on markers are crash counts. Areas use a 0.002° grid (roughly 180–220 metres across in Texas), not verified intersections. Names use the most common recorded street or intersection-pair label in each area across the loaded history; they are not verified neighborhood boundaries. Several areas may share a road name. Missing-coordinate records remain in the totals.
| Reported road / area | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|
Reported crashes rose 8.3%.
Compared with Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025. Counts alone do not tell us how risky a trip is.
Reported crashes by year
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| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,947 | 11 | 12 | 100 |
| 2023 | 3,350 | 13 | 14 | 98 |
| 2024 | 3,377 | 4 | 4 | 91 |
| 2025 | 3,449 | 13 | 13 | 84 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2,662 | 3 | 3 | 61 |
* Partial year. Full and partial years are not directly comparable.
The same month, year over year
Compare seasonal patterns across 2022–2026. Each line is one year. Hollow points and dashed segments mark partial months; gaps are not treated as zero. Historical context stays visible when you change the guide’s reporting period.
View year-over-year monthly data
| Month | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 296 | 295 | 252 | 248 | 257 |
| Feb | 329 | 272 | 261 | 238 | 273 |
| Mar | 394 | 292 | 312 | 253 | 298 |
| Apr | 359 | 278 | 287 | 268 | 275 |
| May | 353 | 279 | 329 | 274 | 334 |
| Jun | 307 | 234 | 249 | 267 | 271 |
| Jul | 293 | 223 | 234 | 291 | 312 |
| Aug | 309 | 271 | 260 | 316 | 330 |
| Sep | 368 | 295 | 288 | 309 | 312 |
| Oct | 359 | 313 | 325 | 348 | — |
| Nov | 307 | 319 | 285 | 334 | — |
| Dec | 273 | 279 | 295 | 303 | — |
Same-period year-to-date comparison
From January 1 through 2026-09-30, Waco recorded 2,662 crashes, compared with 2,464 over the matching dates a year earlier. That is 8.0% more reported crashes.
Reported crashes peak at 5 PM.
Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Known hours only.
Time of day
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| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 AM | 73 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 AM | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 AM | 50 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 AM | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 AM | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 AM | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 AM | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 AM | 156 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 AM | 156 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 AM | 112 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 AM | 163 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 AM | 215 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 PM | 261 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 PM | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 PM | 262 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 PM | 295 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 PM | 314 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 PM | 329 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 PM | 222 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 PM | 173 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 PM | 129 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 PM | 135 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 PM | 91 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 PM | 60 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Day of the week
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| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 427 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mon | 532 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Tue | 511 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Wed | 499 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Thu | 525 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Fri | 670 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Sat | 483 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
Month by month
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| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 348 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 2025-11 | 334 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025-12 | 303 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026-01 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-03 | 298 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 334 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | 271 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2026-07 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Selected period; * partial month. Outlined bars mean missing coverage, not zero crashes.
Crashes by road-user involvement.
Crash counts, not people. Categories overlap—a crash can appear in more than one group.
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People killed or injured are totals for the whole crash, not necessarily people in the named travel mode.
| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truck / truck-tractor involved | 263 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Commercial vehicle involved | 225 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Motorcycle involved | 49 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Pedestrian involved | 44 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Bicycle involved | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Roads with the most reports.
- West Waco Drive205 crashes
- Franklin Avenue158 crashes
- South Jack Kultgen Expy123 crashes
- Bosque Boulevard98 crashes
- North Valley Mills Drive98 crashes
Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. Counts, not the chance of a crash on a trip. Street-name variants may split the same corridor. Short road labels are expanded for readability; the tables and CSV preserve recorded labels.
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| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W WACO DR | 205 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| FRANKLIN AVE | 158 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| S JACK KULTGEN EXPY | 123 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BOSQUE BLVD | 98 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| N VALLEY MILLS DR | 98 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BAGBY AVE | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HEWITT DR | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S NEW RD | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S VALLEY MILLS DR | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IH 35 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| E WACO DR | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LA SALLE AVE | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| S 18TH ST | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S 17TH ST | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N 18TH ST | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N 25TH ST | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N 19TH ST | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N NEW RD | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SANGER AVE | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LAKE AIR DR | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Reported intersection pairs
Only records flagged as intersections with both street names. These are reported labels—not verified geographic intersections.
| Group | Crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People seriously injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S JACK KULTGEN EXPY & S VALLEY MILLS DR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N NEW RD & W WACO DR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DUTTON AVE & S 17TH ST | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S JACK KULTGEN EXPY & S UNIVERSITY PARKS DR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CIRCLE RD & LA SALLE AVE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E WACO DR & N JACK KULTGEN EXPY | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOMAN AVE & N 26TH ST | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEWITT DR & OLD MCGREGOR RD | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LA SALLE AVE & S 18TH ST | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CLIFTON ST & E WACO DR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FRANKLIN AVE & S VALLEY MILLS DR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N VALLEY MILLS DR & W WACO DR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S 18TH ST & S JACK KULTGEN EXPY | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHINA SPRING RD & SADDLE CREEK RD | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S 17TH ST & S JACK KULTGEN EXPY | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOSQUE BLVD & LAKE AIR DR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOSQUE BLVD & N 5TH ST | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CIRCLE RD & LASALLE AVE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DUTTON AVE & S 18TH ST | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FRANKLIN AVE & N VALLEY MILLS DR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cite this guide.
Using these figures? Keep the reporting period and source with them.
CrashDNA. Waco Crash Guide. Waco — McLennan County, Texas. All reported crashes; selected reporting period 2025-10-01–2026-09-30. Analysis of available public Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crash records. Snapshot prepared 2026-10-17. https://crashdna.com/texas/waco/
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Methods, definitions and limitations
Waco city · McLennan County. Reported city code 442; county codes 161. Current Census place identifier 4876000 (2026 reference). These identifiers reconcile the reported source labels, not independently geocoded historical boundaries.
Source: public Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) crash records loaded for this publication. Guide focus: All reported crashes. All displayed totals, historical comparisons, maps, rankings and CSV rows use this cohort. Selected reporting period: exact recorded city label WACO, Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. Each crash is counted once using its selected current record revision. This is not a metropolitan-area or police-agency-only filter.
Fatal crashes count events; deaths and serious injuries count people. Fatal and serious-injury crash groups use recorded severity codes 4 and 1. A crash can involve multiple vehicle or road-user types. Counts do not control for traffic or pedestrian activity, do not establish fault, and are not crash rates.
In the selected reporting period, 335 records lack usable Texas-range coordinates for Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 (the guide period, not the separate map year); 0 lack a usable hour; 17 lack a usable road label. 1,904 records are not assigned a usable intersection pair (including non-intersection crashes). Unknown categories remain in totals but not narrative rankings. Coordinates are not independently verified.
Latest 12 months means the latest available calendar month plus the preceding 11 months, clipped to loaded coverage; an unfinished final month is partial. Year to date means January 1 through the latest loaded date in that year, not through today. Historical charts and the map use the wider loaded history (Jan 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2026); the monthly year-over-year chart shows up to five recent years. Map year, crash-type and outcome filters apply only to the map and its linked area table. Every matching record with coordinates contributes; there is no top-100 cap. Map locations are approximate grid centres, not exact crash sites. Area names use reported road labels, not verified neighborhoods. CSV contains aggregate tables, not individual crash records.
Loaded extraction intervals span the selected period. Source intervals do not guarantee complete reporting. New reports and amendments can change earlier months. Prepared 2026-10-17T22:35:36.896Z. Approved snapshots change only after an editor publishes an update.
Source extraction intervals
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