Analysis of Texas Road Rage Incidents in 2022 by Sex and Race

In 2022, there were 2,510 road rage incidents in the state of Texas, according to crash data records from the Texas Department of Transportation. In 1,887 of these incidents, the accident report included information on the drivers sex and race. The table below shows the totals for every road rage accident where both sex and race are known.

As the data above shows, the race involved in most road rage incidents is Whites, with a total of 925 incidents (722 male and 203 female drivers). The second highest group is Hispanics, with a total of 586 incidents (447 male and 139 female drivers), followed by Black people, with a total of 333 incidents (192 male and 141 female drivers). Asian drivers were involved in 31 total incidents, while American Indian/Alaskan Native drivers were involved in 12 incidents.

However, we cannot simply take total numbers since naturally, the ethnic groups with the largest population sizes will be involved in the most incidents. So, we look at rates per 100,000 people in that groups population. Ideally we would have data that shows the total number of drivers licenses issued by race in the state who were actively driving in 2022, but since we don’t have that data, we use population metrics to figure out road rage accident rates.

The table above shows the number of road rage incidents reported in Texas, broken down by ethnicity, gender, and population. The data appears to be from a single point in time and is not broken down by location or specific type of incident.

To determine which race and sex has the highest rates of road rage incidents, we can calculate the incident rate for each ethnicity. This can be done by dividing the number of incidents by the population for that group, and then multiplying by 100,000 to get the incident rate per 100,000 people. The results are as follows:

• White males: 7.35 incidents per 100,000 people
• Hispanic males: 7.28 incidents per 100,000 people
• Black males: 10.75 incidents per 100,000 people
• White females: 2.03 incidents per 100,000 people
• Hispanic females: 2.30 incidents per 100,000 people
• Black females: 7.34 incidents per 100,000 people
• Asian males: 3.91 incidents per 100,000 people
• American Indian/Alaskan Native males: 8.99 incidents per 100,000 people
• American Indian/Alaskan Native females: 1.94 incidents per 100,000 people
• Asian females: 0.12 incidents per 100,000 people

As the data shows, black males in Texas have the highest incident rate of road rage incidents, followed by American Indian/Alaskan Native males and white males. Asian females had the lowest rate of rage rage accidents, with only 1 reported case.

It’s important to keep in mind that this data only reflects reported road rage incidents that resulted in accidents. The data does not account for unreported incidents or road rage incidents that did not involve traffic accidents.

Are Males or Females Involved in More Road Rage Incidents in Texas?

If we looked at this data and included the rows where gender was known but the ethnicity was not always known, we can see that there are a number of instances gender was identified but race was not. The data from the TX DOT had value of UNKNOWN, NULL and OTHER, as shown below. We can still count these for determining the percentage of incidents involving males vs females.

The data clearly shows that male drivers are involved in a significantly higher percentage of road rage incidents then female drivers: 1445 (74.3%) vs 500 (25.7%), roughly 3 to 1.