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  • Safetynet 5.2: COVID-19 Uncertainty Leads to Opportunity:  Record Attendance at the 2020 Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum
  • Safetynet 5.2: Road Safety Study during the Pandemic Shows Risk of Death or Injury Is Greater When Roads Are More Clear
  • Safetynet 5.2: Safety Starts with You:  Increasing Awareness Between Bicyclists, Pedestrians and Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) Before a Crash Occurs
  • Safetynet 5.2: Survey Measures Public Awareness of Child Vehicular Heatstroke Dangers in Texas
  • Safetynet 5.2: A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Safety Innovation at the 2020 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference
  • Safetynet 5.2: Safer by Design: New TTI Tool Prioritizes Roadway Safety from the Get-Go
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Featured Stories

The Year of Driving Less—but More Dangerously

CTS Director and TTI Senior Research Engineer Robert Wunderlich is featured in a story in WIRED highlighting the downturn in traffic volume and the overall number of crashes during COVID-19 quarantine while pointing out the lack of a commensurate reduction in fatal crashes.

I-Team: Despite Less Traffic, There Have Been More Deadly Crashes In North Texas During Pandemic

CTS Director Robert Wunderlich talks to CBS affiliate KTVT in Dallas-Fort Worth regarding the phenomenon of more deadly crashes despite few overall crashes on Texas roadways during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020.

Holiday Traffic Might Decrease in San Antonio and across Texas, but Auto Deaths, Not So Much

Center Director Robert Wunderlich is interviewed regarding traffic trends during the height of stay-at-home orders in April 2020, where crashes decreased but fatal crashes didn’t decrease commensurately. The article also discusses safety interventions aimed at reducing fatal crashes.

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The Center for Transportation Safety is committed to reducing the frequency and severity of roadway crashes through a program of innovative and multi-disciplinary research, education and outreach.

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Featured Research

New Report: Texas Statewide Traffic Safety Awareness Survey: 2020 Results

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) contracted with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to conduct a 2010 baseline survey and follow-up surveys in subsequent years to track driver attitudes and awareness of traffic safety programs in Texas. This report presents the findings of the 2020 survey in context of new survey methodology and conducting ... Read More

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