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Texas Red-Light Fatality Tracker
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Documented fatalities, Jan. 1, 2021–Aug. 22, 2026
At least92
across 65 source-verified incidents in Texas
Last updated: August 22, 2026
Why this petition
Evidence supports safer, accountable enforcement
Peer-reviewed studies and federal evaluations suggest that properly designed red-light-camera programs can reduce dangerous violations and severe right-angle crashes. This petition asks Texas to let cities use transparent, civil, owner-notified enforcement with meaningful safeguards and appeal rights.
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Incidents
At least 92 fatalities · 65 incidents shown
Houston
Preliminary: Houston police said a woman in her 20s drove through two red lights at high speed before colliding with another vehicle at Telephone Road and Reveille Street. She died at the scene.
Fort Worth
Preliminary: Fort Worth police said a northbound driver on the Interstate 35W service road may have been speeding when the driver ran a red light near East Felix Street and struck a vehicle that had a green light. A passenger in the struck vehicle later died.
Amarillo
Amarillo police said a passenger car failed to stop for a red light at Southwest 15th Avenue, struck other vehicles and a passenger died.
Harris County
A Toyota allegedly ran a red light at T.C. Jester Boulevard and Sablechase Drive and struck an SUV.
Edinburg
Preliminary: Edinburg police said an allegedly intoxicated westbound truck driver ran a red light at Salinas Street and West Monte Cristo Road and struck another vehicle. The other driver, Martha Luna Miranda, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cypress
A driver fled after a deputy reportedly observed the vehicle run a red light; the pursuit ended in a fiery crash.
Laredo
A U.S. Department of Justice plea announcement said the driver of a suspected human-smuggling vehicle accelerated, ran multiple red lights and crashed into a utility pole. Two rear-seat occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.
El Paso
Court records said a driver ran a red light at Gateway North and Sean Hagerty, causing a fatal T-bone crash.
Odessa
Police said a Mazda ran a red light at Andrews Highway and 42nd Street and collided with a Mustang.
Midland
City officials said a motorcyclist entered North A Street and West Texas Avenue against a red light and died after striking a pickup.
Houston
Investigators said an Amazon semitruck ran a red light at Beltway 8 and Highway 288 and struck a sedan.
Farmers Branch
Police said a speeding Tahoe ran a red light at Marsh Lane and Wooded Creek Drive and struck an SUV.
Houston
Police said a suspected impaired driver ran a red light and caused a five-vehicle crash.
Houston
Two people died after an alleged impaired driver ran a red light and struck their vehicle.
Longview
Longview police said a motorcyclist ran a red light on West Loop 281 and later died from the crash.
Austin
Police said a fleeing driver ran a red light at East Ben White Boulevard and East Riverside Drive; the other driver later died.
Prosper
Police said an intoxicated driver ran a red light and struck an SUV, killing a school nurse.
Odessa
Odessa police said a motorcyclist ran a red light at Andrews Highway and Yukon Road and died at the scene.
Grand Prairie
Police believed a driver ran a red light on a service road before a crash that killed two people.
University Park
Police said a pickup ran a red light and caused a five-vehicle collision.
Fort Worth
Police said a speeding Jeep ran a red light and struck another vehicle, killing a 13-year-old passenger.
Fort Worth
A witness reported that a speeding driver ran a red light on Jacksboro Highway before a fatal hit-and-run.
Arlington
Police said a suspected impaired driver ran a red light and struck a motorcyclist.
China Grove
Authorities said a fleeing motorcyclist ran a red light on Loop 1604 and struck another vehicle.
Amarillo
Police said a driver ran a red light at Soncy Road and Southwest 45th Avenue, killing two people.
El Paso
Court documents said a driver ran a red light at North Mesa and Castellano; one person later died from crash injuries.
Houston
Police said a vehicle ran a red light at Airline Drive and Canino Road and caused a chain-reaction crash.
Houston
Police said a stolen vehicle ran a red light during a pursuit and struck a motorcyclist.
Houston
Police said a speeding sedan ran a red light at Fannin and Pierce and struck an SUV.
Dallas
Police said a speeding driver ran a red light at Lake June Road and caused a fatal crash.
San Antonio
Police said a vehicle ran a red light on Culebra Road, redirecting another car into oncoming traffic.
Dallas
Police said a suspected impaired driver ran a red light near SMU and struck another car.
Pasadena
Reports said a driver sped through a red light at Beltway 8 Frontage Road and Crenshaw, killing two people.
Fort Worth
A Fort Worth police officer pursuing a suspected stolen vehicle ran a red light at Evans Street and Rosedale Street and struck an uninvolved driver, Andre Craig, 57, who died at the scene.
Brownsville
Officials said an SUV ran a red light, lost control and struck people waiting at a bus stop.
San Antonio
Police said a speeding pickup ran a red light and struck another vehicle.
Amarillo
Police said an intoxicated driver ran a red light at SE 3rd Avenue and Buchanan Street; the driver of the struck sedan died.
San Antonio
Police said a driver ran a red light on the Loop 1604 access road near I-10.
Houston
Deputies said a hit-and-run driver fled, ran another red light and struck a pickup.
Houston
Houston police said a driver ran a red light at Beechnut Street and the West Sam Houston Parkway service road; the Toyota driver later died.
Houston
Police said a motorcyclist ran a red light and struck a pickup.
Galveston
A Texas House bill analysis states that an intoxicated driver sped through a red light at Avenue O and 41st Street and struck a Jeep. Mason Nelson, 14, died at the scene; Samuel Mixon, 14, died at a hospital two weeks later.
Arlington
Arlington police said a motorcyclist ran a red light at NW Green Oaks Boulevard and West Randol Mill Road and later died.
Houston
Houston police said witnesses reported a pickup ran a red light at Clay Road and War Memorial Drive; the other driver died.
Houston
Houston police said a motorcyclist ran a red light at Fondren Road and Harwin Drive and died at the scene.
Fort Worth
Police said a fleeing vehicle ran a red light at Trinity Boulevard and Euless South Main Street.
Houston
Police said an intoxicated driver ran a red light on the Katy Freeway feeder and struck a minivan.
Houston
Police said a fleeing driver ran a red light during a pursuit and struck another car.
Houston
Witnesses said a speeding, erratic driver ran a red light on Eldridge Parkway before striking a tree; the driver died.
Houston
Police said a speeding pickup ran a red light on the U.S. 290 feeder near Hollister.
Houston
Houston police said a fleeing driver ran a red light at Wilcrest and Meadowglen Lane, killing the driver of the other vehicle.
Katy
Authorities said an alleged impaired driver ran a red light at Franz Road and Westgreen Boulevard.
Houston
Police said a driver ran a red light on the North Freeway feeder at Greens Road.
San Antonio
Police said a driver ran a red light and struck a motorcyclist who had the right of way.
Lake Worth
Investigators said an intoxicated driver ran a red light and broadsided another vehicle.
Houston
Police charged a driver they said ran a red light and caused a fatal crash.
San Antonio
San Antonio police said an SUV ran a red light on South Zarzamora Street near Highway 16, killing two people.
San Antonio
Police said a teenage driver ran a red light at Zarzamora Street and Southcross Boulevard.
Dallas
Police said a fleeing stolen vehicle ran a red light and struck another car.
Fort Worth
Police said one pickup ran a red light and collided with another pickup.
Houston
Houston police said a driver possibly ran a red light at Homestead Road and Ley Road; a Mazda passenger died.
Houston
Houston police said a fleeing driver ran a red light at Clay Road; both drivers died.
Dallas
Police said a Tahoe ran a red light at Ferguson Road and Joaquin Drive and struck a pickup.
Dallas
Police said a fleeing stolen vehicle ran a red light at Peak Street and Ross Avenue.
Dallas
Police said a driver ran a red light and struck another vehicle, killing two occupants.
Research & safeguards
What the evidence says
These studies evaluate a complete enforcement system—camera detection, review, owner notice, civil penalties, signage, and public awareness. They do not isolate owner responsibility from the rest of the program.
Systematic review
Across 38 controlled evaluations, cameras were associated with fewer injury and right-angle injury crashes, while rear-end crashes increased.
Campbell Collaboration review ↗Federal Highway Administration
At 132 sites in seven U.S. jurisdictions, right-angle crashes fell while rear-end crashes rose; FHWA found a modest aggregate safety benefit.
FHWA executive summary ↗Large U.S. cities
Camera-enforcement programs in 14 large cities were associated with a 24% lower per-capita rate of fatal red-light-running crashes.
U.S. DOT study summary ↗Turning programs off
In 14 U.S. cities that ended their programs, fatal red-light-running crashes were reported higher than expected.
Hu & Cicchino study ↗Oxnard, California
A controlled evaluation reported fewer injury crashes and fewer injury-related right-angle crashes after camera enforcement began.
Peer-reviewed full text ↗Arlington County, Virginia
A violation study found substantial reductions after ticketing began, especially for drivers entering well after the light turned red.
Arlington County study ↗Methodology
What this counter means
This is a curated documented-minimum count of fatalities in Texas incidents where a linked local-news report or official government release attributes the crash to a driver or rider entering against a red traffic signal. It includes occupants, pedestrians and the person reported to have run the light.
It is not an official or exhaustive statewide total. Daily review searches statewide and local news, municipal, police, sheriff, DPS and federal releases, and crash-information sources using several red-light-running terms. Each candidate is manually deduplicated, preliminary wording is preserved, and later reporting is used to correct earlier fatality counts. A definitive statewide total requires a TxDOT CRIS query, not a news search.