Pflugerville injury claim factors
If you were hurt in Pflugerville, the city may be where you live or where the crash happened, but a lot of the process still runs through Travis County. This page focuses on that county setup, the local reporting agencies, and the common commuter situation where the claim belongs to the place of the crash, not your home address.
159
People killed, 2023
50%
Fault bars recovery above
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Agencies that respond to crashes in Pflugerville
Pflugerville Police Department
City police
Travis County Sheriff's Department - Central Area Command
County sheriff
Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Rangers
State patrol
How to get your Pflugerville crash report
- Where to request it
- https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/app/home
Courts that hear Travis County civil cases
Travis County District Courts
General civil claims
Travis County Court at Law
Smaller civil claims
County systems matter more here than city limits
In Pflugerville, the first response may come from the Pflugerville Police Department, but county infrastructure often controls what happens next. The claims data for this page lists the Travis County Sheriff's Department - Central Area Command and the Travis County District Courts and Travis County Court at Law, which is a practical reminder that smaller-city claims often move through county agencies and county courts rather than a stand-alone city system.
The commute issue is important here. Many Pflugerville residents drive into other parts of Travis County, and your case usually follows the place of the crash, not the place you live. If a wreck happened outside the city, the responding agency may not be the Pflugerville Police Department at all, and the crash report is typically obtained through the Texas CRIS portal at the TxDOT public purchase site listed in this page's data.
Scale matters too. Pflugerville has a population of 66,819 across 25.825 square miles, while the countywide fatal-crash picture is much larger: NHTSA's 2023 FARS national file reports 148 fatal crashes and 159 fatalities in Travis County, including 49 pedestrian fatalities and 5 bicyclist fatalities. Those county figures do not tell you what happened on your street, but they do show why county-level roads, agencies, and courts are often the more relevant frame for a local injury claim.
How fault is allocated in Texas
Texas follows modified comparative negligence with a 50% bar. Below that line your recovery is reduced in proportion to your fault. Above it, you recover nothing at all, which makes the fault allocation the central dispute in most contested claims.
As an example, a $100,000 claim in which you are found 20% responsible would yield $80,000. The same claim with 51% responsibility attributed to you would yield nothing, because Texas bars recovery above 50%.
Texas filing deadlines
2 years
Personal injury
2 years
Wrongful death
6 months
Claim against a government agency
Reviewed 2026-07-29. Not yet reviewed by a licensed attorney. This is general information, not legal advice.
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Pflugerville questions
Sources and review dates
- U.S. Census Bureau — Pflugerville place GEOID 4857176, population 66,819 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 25.825 sq mi (2023 Gazetteer).
- NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 national file · reviewed 2026-07-30
- HIFLD Local Law Enforcement Locations, derived from the BJS Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (2008), imagery-validated to 2018 · reviewed 2026-07-30
- Texas Judicial Branch — Court Structure of Texas · reviewed 2026-07-30
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003 — Two-year limitations period · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ch. 33 — Proportionate responsibility · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.101 — Tort Claims Act notice · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.072 — Minimum financial responsibility amounts · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Texas Department of Insurance — Auto insurance guide · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.301 — Limitation on noneconomic damages · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008 — Limitation on amount of recovery · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.023 — Limitation on amount of liability · reviewed 2026-07-29
About this page
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