MPD REPORTS FEWEST CRASHES IN YEARS IN JULY
(Aug. 22, 2024)
MIDLAND, TEXAS -- The number of crashes in July 2024 was the fewest in Midland during a month going back to January 2021.
Midland Police have reported that the decrease in crashes is part a trend that includes:
- The two lowest two-month total since March 2021,
- A 20% decrease compared to July 2023,
- A pace this calendar year that 11% lower than through 2023,
- A pace that is the lowest since 2021.
MPD reports 183 crashes in July. That total was the first under 200 in a month, going back to January 2022 (198). Only the 180 in January 2021 was lower than this past month.
Fewest crashes in a month
(since start of 2021)
January 2021: 180
July 2024: 183
June 2021: 193
July crashes
2024: 183
2023: 229
2022: 211
2021: 217
Through July
2024: 1,538 (down 11.2% compared to 2023)
2023: 1,732
2022: 1,638
2021: 1,429