TxDOT recorded 3,299 reported crashes in Pasadena in 2025, down from 3,512 in 2024 and 3,482 in 2023. Fatal crashes dropped from 12 in 2024 to 4 in 2025. Crashes with suspected serious injuries fell from 75 to 65. Every severity level declined, but alcohol-involved crashes rose from 86 to 99.
These numbers describe the city, not any one claim. If a crash hurt you, a Pasadena car accident lawyer can explain how fault, insurance, and treatment affect your claim. We offer free consultations, and you pay no attorney fees unless we recover compensation.
Pasadena Crash Statistics for 2023, 2024, and 2025
The table below uses TxDOT’s 2025 crash table for cities and towns and the matching 2023 and 2024 tables. TxDOT builds each table from crash reports that peace officers file. Rows about crashes count crashes. Rows about people count individuals. Every year covers January 1 through December 31.
| Measure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change, 2024 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total reported crashes | 3,482 | 3,512 | 3,299 | Down 6.1% |
| Fatal crashes | 7 | 12 | 4 | Down 8 crashes |
| People killed | 8 | 13 | 4 | Down 9 people |
| Suspected serious injury crashes | 69 | 75 | 65 | Down 13.3% |
| People with suspected serious injuries | 77 | 86 | 72 | Down 16.3% |
| Suspected minor injury crashes | 369 | 439 | 429 | Down 2.3% |
| Possible injury crashes | 484 | 442 | 403 | Down 8.8% |
| Non-injury crashes | 2,493 | 2,468 | 2,348 | Down 4.9% |
| Crashes with unknown severity | 60 | 76 | 50 | Down 34.2% |
In 2025, Pasadena averaged about nine reported crashes a day. We count injury crashes as suspected serious, suspected minor, and possible injury crashes combined. Those totaled 897 in 2025, which is 27.2 percent of all crashes. The share was 26.5 percent in 2023 and 27.2 percent in 2024.
That steady share suggests the 2025 decline came mostly from fewer crashes overall, not from crashes becoming less severe. Roughly 70 to 72 percent of Pasadena crashes caused no injury in each year.
What Changed From 2024 to 2025
Fewer Fatal and Serious Injury Crashes
Fatal crashes fell from 12 to 4, and deaths fell from 13 to 4. Both numbers sit below 2023, when Pasadena recorded 7 fatal crashes and 8 deaths. Crashes with suspected serious injuries dropped 13.3 percent, from 75 to 65. People with suspected serious injuries dropped 16.3 percent, from 86 to 72.
Small counts swing widely from year to year. Twelve fatal crashes made 2024 the high year. Four in 2025 shows the range, not a trend. One year of data does not prove a pattern.
Minor and Possible Injury Crashes Moved in Opposite Directions
Suspected minor injury crashes rose from 369 in 2023 to 429 in 2025. Possible injury crashes fell from 484 to 403 over the same years. Because the two categories moved in opposite directions, the combined injury total gives a steadier picture. That total ran 922 in 2023, 956 in 2024, and 897 in 2025.
How Pasadena Compares With Harris County and Texas
Pasadena’s 6.1 percent drop in total crashes from 2024 to 2025 landed close to Harris County’s 6.7 percent drop. Both fell faster than the statewide total, which declined 2.8 percent.
| Area | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change, 2024 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 559,616 | 554,146 | 538,860 | Down 2.8% |
| Harris County | 116,603 | 115,173 | 107,472 | Down 6.7% |
| Pasadena | 3,482 | 3,512 | 3,299 | Down 6.1% |
Pasadena accounted for about 3 percent of Harris County crashes in each of the three years. Its share did not shift in any meaningful way.
| Area | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change, 2024 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,874 | 3,762 | 3,476 | Down 7.6% |
| Harris County | 504 | 546 | 477 | Down 12.6% |
| Pasadena | 7 | 12 | 4 | Down 8 crashes |
Fatal crashes fell in all three areas from 2024 to 2025. Pasadena’s change looks larger only because its counts are small. A shift of a few crashes moves the percentage sharply. TxDOT’s 2025 crash facts report counts 3,769 deaths statewide, down 9.38 percent from 4,159 in 2024.
Alcohol-Involved Crashes in Pasadena Did Not Follow the Overall Decline
TxDOT also publishes DUI (alcohol) crash counts for each city. Pasadena’s count rose from 84 in 2023 to 86 in 2024 and 99 in 2025. That is a 15.1 percent increase from 2024, in a year when total crashes fell.
| Year | DUI (alcohol) crashes | Fatal DUI crashes | Suspected serious injury DUI crashes | Share of all Pasadena crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 2.4% |
| 2025 | 99 | 0 | 6 | 3.0% |
None of the 2025 alcohol-involved crashes was fatal, but six caused suspected serious injuries. That compares with four in 2024 and two in 2023. The counts are small, and TxDOT builds them from what each crash report records. Treat the increase as a signal to watch, not a finding.
Alcohol involvement can change the evidence in drunk driving accident claims. Test results, officer observations, and where the driver spent the evening can all matter.
Pasadena Roads With Historically High Crash Counts
This ranking uses TxDOT Crash Records Information System (CRIS) data for Pasadena from January 1, 2023 through September 24, 2024. State Highway 225 had the most crashes with 729. Spencer Highway followed with 605, and Red Bluff Road had 524.
| Rank | Road | Crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Highway 225 (SH 225) | 729 |
| 2 | Spencer Highway | 605 |
| 3 | Red Bluff Road | 524 |
| 4 | Fairmont Parkway | 495 |
| 5 | State Loop 8 (Beltway 8), listed in CRIS as SL0008 | 465 |
| 6 | East Sam Houston Parkway South | 364 |
| 7 | Shaver Street | 342 |
| 8 | Burke Road | 211 |
| 9 | Preston Avenue | 206 |
| 10 | Southmore Avenue | 187 |
CRIS lists Beltway 8 under two labels. TxDOT’s State Loop 8 designation file identifies the loop as Sam Houston Parkway, also called Beltway 8, in Harris County. If both labels describe the same highway, its combined count of 829 would top SH 225.
These roads carry different traffic. SH 225 is a freeway that links Pasadena with Houston, Deer Park, La Porte, and Ship Channel industrial areas. Spencer Highway and Fairmont Parkway are multilane arterials that mix residential, retail, and medical traffic. Riders on SH 225 and Beltway 8 share higher-speed lanes with passenger vehicles and freight traffic. That mix can shape Pasadena motorcycle accident claims.
A high count does not make a road more dangerous per driver. Busy roads produce more crashes because more vehicles use them. This ranking also covers a window of almost 21 months, not a calendar year. It comes from a separate CRIS extract, so do not compare it with the city totals above. The two use different definitions.
What the Pasadena Numbers Do Not Show
The city tables count reportable crashes. Under Texas law, an officer who investigates a collision must write a report if it injures or kills someone. That duty also applies when apparent property damage to any one person reaches $1,000. Smaller crashes, and crashes that no officer investigated, may not appear in the totals.
The tables also leave out roads, intersections, times of day, causes, and vehicle types for Pasadena. Those details sit in individual crash reports. TxDOT’s published city tables do not break them out.
The totals, for example, do not separate trucks from passenger vehicles. Pasadena sits beside Houston Ship Channel industry and hosts the Bayport Container Terminal. Freight traffic shares the road with commuters. Pasadena truck accident claims can involve a trucking company’s records and insurance coverage, not only the driver.
Totals also change after publication. TxDOT processed its 2025 tables as of April 7, 2026. It processed the 2023 and 2024 tables as of April 9, 2025. The 2023 table covers a year that had more time to collect late reports. Small differences between 2023 and later years deserve caution. TxDOT’s 2025 crash facts report lists 2024 statewide deaths at 4,159, while the earlier 2024 county table listed 4,150.
Other sources can report different Pasadena totals. Counts change with the geography, the dates, and whether a source counts crashes by city or by investigating agency. This page uses TxDOT’s city tables for full calendar years so the three years match.
How to Get the Crash Report for a Pasadena Accident
Every figure above starts with a Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report, known as a CR-3. You can buy a copy through TxDOT’s Crash Report Online Purchase System. TxDOT lists $6 for a regular copy and $8 for a certified copy. Card payments can add processing fees.
Texas law requires you to purchase crash records. TxDOT releases full reports only to people involved in the crash or others with a proper interest in it. Searching by a driver’s first and last name works, and adding the county, city, or crash date narrows the results.
What the Numbers Mean for Someone Hurt in a Pasadena Crash
Even in a lower year, Pasadena recorded 897 injury crashes in 2025, or about two to three a day. Behind each one are people who may face medical bills, missed work, and an insurance claim.
Crash statistics do not decide a claim. Fault, the injuries, medical records, and the available insurance coverage do. Joe Zaid spent nearly a decade working inside the insurance industry. That gives our team insight into how insurers evaluate and dispute claims.
Texas generally gives injured people two years after the crash to file a lawsuit, though exceptions can change that deadline. In fatal car accident claims, the two years run from the date of death. Waiting can also make evidence harder to collect.
Our Pasadena office at 4701 Preston Ave is open 24 hours a day. You can reach our attorneys at (346) 756-9243.
Data Sources and Method
All figures come from TxDOT crash data built from Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Reports. Percent changes use the figures shown on this page. This page covers 2023 through 2025 because those are the full calendar years with published city tables.
