AI-assisted research summary: The department must analyze collision reports, publish collision statistics at least annually, and give the Department of Public Safety electronic access to the collision-report system.
Sec. 201.806. COLLISION REPORTS. (a) The department shall: (1) tabulate and analyze the vehicle collision reports it receives; and (2) annually or more frequently publish on the department's Internet website statistical information derived from the collision reports as to the number, cause, and location of highway collisions, including information regarding the number of: (A) collisions involving injury to, death of, or property damage to a bicyclist or pedestrian; (B) fatalities caused by a bridge collapse, as defined by Section 550.081; and (C) collisions involving a trailer, including the number of fatalities in those collisions. (b) The department shall provide electronic access to the system containing the collision reports so that the Department of Public Safety can perform its duties, including the duty to make timely entries on driver records. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1407 (S.B. 766), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Renumbered from Transportation Code, Section 201.805 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(90), eff. September 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 522 (S.B. 1218), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 91, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1001 (H.B. 1199), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 20.001, eff. September 1, 2025.