What We Do
Analyze and Advance
Analyze and Advance
We analyze data and information using a broad spectrum of methodologies and innovative approaches. Outputs serve to advance safety science and knowledge to improve the safety and well-being of transportation system users.
Sponsored Projects
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Linking Crash and EMS/Trauma Data Through a Universal Unique Identifier
Project Overview: In 2021, someone was seriously injured approximately every two minutes, and someone died approximately every two hours in a crash in Texas. Most of these individuals, along with…
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Data Innovations to Reduce High-Risk Driving for CMVs on Rural Roadways in Texas
Project Overview: The objective of Data Innovations to Reduce High-Risk Driving for CMVs on Rural Roadways in Texas is to prevent crashes and reduce crash severity for events involving large…
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Selection of Horizontal Curve Locations for Implementing Countermeasures to Improve CMV Safety
Project Overview: The mission of the Selection of Horizontal Curve Locations for Implementing Countermeasures to Improve CMV Safety is to prevent crashes and reduce crash severity for collisions involving large…
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Understanding Rear-End Crashes Involving Large Trucks on Rural Versus Urban Roads in Texas
Project Overview To address the issue of rear-end collisions involving heavy trucks (HT) in Texas, this project conducted a detailed analysis of two-vehicle rear-end crashes involving a HT. The findings…
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Texas Traffic Records Coordinating Committee
Members of the Crash Analytics team and Center for Alcohol and Drugs Education Studies provide Technical Assistance to the Texas Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC) including help plan and conduct…
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List of Safety Tools
This page includes a list of safety analytical tools designed to help the user identify roadway locations with the best opportunities to improve safety performance and to evaluate design alternatives…
News
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Despite Fewer Drivers, More People Died On Austin Roads In 2020 Than In The Past Five Years
CTS Director Robert Wunderlich discusses safety trends during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, including the phenomenon of fewer traffic crashes not yielding a commensurate reduction in traffic fatalities.
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New Texas A&M Study Highlights COVID-19 Impact On Motor Vehicle Crash/Injury Rate
CTS Director Robert Wunderlich and his research regarding traffic safety patterns during April 2020, at the height of COVID-19 quarantine, was recently featured in the AASHTO Journal. Wunderlich’s research comports…
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A Team Effort: Toyota Project Brings Together Multiple Institutions to Create Crash Countermeasures
In 2013, Robert Wunderlich, director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Transportation Safety, gathered a team of researchers to work on a project funded by the Toyota…