The Texas Department of Transportation has compiled and ranked the leading cause’s auto collisions in the state of Texas.

According to the agency, the number one cause of car accidents in Texas is failure to control speed. Speeding caused more than 108,000 accidents.

The next most common cause of car accidents in Texas is driver inattention. The number of accidents caused by distracted driving has skyrocketed with the boom in the use of smart phones and other mobile devices. Distracted driving also refers to eating, grooming, reading, and anything that pulls the driver’s attention away from the road, causing them to lose precious seconds of reaction time. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,000 people died in auto accidents caused by distracted drivers in 2013 and another 424,000 were injured.

The remaining 10 common causes of Texas car accidents include:

• Failure to drive in a single lane
• Failure to yield
• Unsafe lane changes
• Following too close
• Overcorrection or improper evasive action
• Failure to yield to another driver at stop sign
• Under the limit speeding
• Failure to obey stop sign or light
• Failure to yield in private drive
• Drunk driving

Source: McDonald Worley