diff --git a/.changeset/six-ways-carry.md b/.changeset/six-ways-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f965a1e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-ways-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-router": patch
+---
+
+Preserve `statusText` on the `ErrorResponse` instance when throwing `data()` from a route handler
diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index 821d13e030..992ac57d28 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -456,3 +456,4 @@
 - zeromask1337
 - zheng-chuang
 - zxTomw
+- keshavjoshi-ca
diff --git a/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/instrumentation-test.ts b/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/instrumentation-test.ts
index 27374f6875..54518a8562 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/instrumentation-test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/instrumentation-test.ts
@@ -1283,7 +1283,9 @@ describe("instrumentation", () => {
       let A = await t.navigate("/page");
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "outer-start");
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "inner-start");
-      await A.loaders.page.reject(data({ message: "hello" }, { status: 418 }));
+      await A.loaders.page.reject(
+        data({ message: "hello" }, { status: 418, statusText: "I'm a teapot" }),
+      );
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, "inner-end");
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(4, "outer-end");
       expect(t.router.state).toMatchObject({
@@ -1291,7 +1293,9 @@ describe("instrumentation", () => {
         location: { pathname: "/page" },
         loaderData: {},
         errors: {
-          page: new ErrorResponseImpl(418, "", { message: "hello" }),
+          page: new ErrorResponseImpl(418, "I'm a teapot", {
+            message: "hello",
+          }),
         },
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/router-test.ts b/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/router-test.ts
index df63df71b3..b598f7cadd 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/router-test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/__tests__/router/router-test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
   AgnosticDataRouteObject,
   AgnosticRouteObject,
 } from "../../lib/router/utils";
-import { ErrorResponseImpl } from "../../lib/router/utils";
+import { data, ErrorResponseImpl } from "../../lib/router/utils";
 
 import { urlMatch } from "./utils/custom-matchers";
 import {
@@ -1915,6 +1915,33 @@ describe("a router", () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it("handles thrown data() values as ErrorResponse's", async () => {
+      let t = setup({
+        routes: TASK_ROUTES,
+        initialEntries: ["/"],
+        hydrationData: {
+          loaderData: {
+            root: "ROOT_DATA",
+            index: "INDEX_DATA",
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      let nav = await t.navigate("/tasks");
+      await nav.loaders.tasks.reject(
+        data("broken", { status: 400, statusText: "Bad Request" }),
+      );
+      expect(t.router.state).toMatchObject({
+        navigation: IDLE_NAVIGATION,
+        loaderData: {
+          root: "ROOT_DATA",
+        },
+        errors: {
+          tasks: new ErrorResponseImpl(400, "Bad Request", "broken"),
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
     it("sends proper arguments to actions", async () => {
       let t = setup({
         routes: TASK_ROUTES,
diff --git a/packages/react-router/lib/router/router.ts b/packages/react-router/lib/router/router.ts
index 23155b7582..0cee95df0a 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/lib/router/router.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/lib/router/router.ts
@@ -6212,11 +6212,7 @@ async function convertDataStrategyResultToDataResult(
       // Convert thrown data() to ErrorResponse instances
       return {
         type: ResultType.error,
-        error: new ErrorResponseImpl(
-          result.init?.status || 500,
-          undefined,
-          result.data,
-        ),
+        error: dataWithResponseInitToErrorResponse(result),
         statusCode: isRouteErrorResponse(result) ? result.status : undefined,
         headers: result.init?.headers
           ? new Headers(result.init.headers)