Dallas is still far from achieving the goals outlined in Vision Zero, the 2019 pledge to reduce injuries from car crashes and eliminate traffic-related fatalities citywide by 2030. However, for the first time since the plan was passed, 2025 saw significant progress made toward that objective.
According to city data that tracks fatalities and serious injuries in accidents involving cars, pedestrians, motorcycles, bicycles and other forms of transportation, incidents resulting in death fell by nearly half this year compared to 2024. Dallas’ streets saw 107 accidents resulting in fatalities this year, down from 208 in 2024.
While there are still a few weeks left in 2025, and although some experts warn that traffic accidents become more frequent around the holidays, this year will likely be the least-deadly on Dallas’ roads since at least 2015. Accidents resulting in serious injury have also fallen drastically. Across all types of accidents, 595 resulted in serious injury in 2025 compared to 935 in 2024. Between midnight and 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings are the most deadly times of the week for accidents to occur…