New Braunfels recorded 1,659 crashes within the city limits in 2025, an increase from 1,609 the previous year, according to a newly posted Vision Zero report. The Transportation and Traffic Advisory Board is scheduled to receive the report at its Aug. 13 meeting.
The most severe outcomes moved in the opposite direction. The report counts 35 crashes resulting in a fatality or serious injury during 2025, down from a combined 48 in 2024. Those 35 crashes represented 2.1% of the city’s total for the year.
The 2025 total included five fatal crashes and 30 serious-injury crashes. Another 238 crashes were classified as injury crashes, 257 as minor-injury crashes, 1,109 as no-injury crashes and 20 as unknown.
FM 306 and I-35 lead the hotspot analysis
The city’s high-injury analysis identifies hotspots at FM 306 and Interstate 35 and on northbound Loop 337 between the Ridge Hill Drive on-ramp and Paladora Drive. The report says the FM 306 and I-35 intersection had both the most incidents and the most severe outcomes on the network during 2025.
The report ranks the northbound Loop 337 segment from the Ridge Hill Drive on-ramp to Paladora Drive at the top of its high-injury network. It also identifies a northbound I-35 access-road segment near FM 306 and the eastbound I-35 ramp to Elliot Knox Boulevard among the highest-scoring segments.
Speed and inattention remain the leading factors
Failure to control speed was listed as a contributing factor in 410 crashes, or 24.7% of the total. Driver inattention followed with 242 crashes, or 14.6%. Other leading factors were failure to yield while turning left, unsafe lane changes and failure to yield at a stop sign.
The city report says six of the 12 priority projects in its Street Safety Action Plan have been completed. The remaining six are funded and in design. The plan, adopted by the City Council in March 2024, supports the city’s stated goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2040.
The report covers crashes from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2025, using records from the Texas Department of Transportation’s Crash Records Information System. It notes that crash severity is assigned by reporting officers and is considered suspected rather than a medical assessment.