Ranking
Houston's most dangerous intersections: what the published rankings show
The published rankings of Houston's most dangerous intersections, what each one counts, the locations that repeat, and what TxDOT, the City and H-GAC data say.
Road SafetyIntersections, pedestrians and traffic deaths in Houston
Harris County recorded 503 traffic deaths and 2,630 serious injuries in 2025. In the City of Houston, pedestrians were 36% of traffic deaths in 2022.
This section covers who dies and is hurt on Houston streets and highways, where those crashes concentrate, and what the records say about why they happen.
Severe crashes cluster on a small part of the road network. The City of Houston and Harris County found that about 6% of streets accounted for about 60% of deaths and serious injuries in 2014 to 2018, a measure that leaves out freeways and toll roads.1,2 Across H-GAC’s eight-county region, 89% of crashes that killed or seriously injured someone in 2018 to 2024 happened on less than 14% of road miles.3
People outside vehicles bear a large share of the toll. Pedestrians were 36% of Houston’s traffic deaths in 2022, according to the City’s last Vision Zero annual report.4 For the full yearly counts, see Harris County crash statistics and City of Houston crash statistics.
Sources
Figures were read from the documents below and checked by Texas Mobility Outlook. Links go to the original publisher. Accessed October 2026 unless noted.
- City of Houston, Vision Zero update, Transportation, Technology and Infrastructure Committee, October 6, 2022.
- Harris County Office of the County Engineer, Harris County Vision Zero Action Plan, September 12, 2022.
- H-GAC, Regional Safety Action Plan, combined public meeting boards.
- City of Houston Planning and Development, Vision Zero Houston Annual Report 2022, August 2023.