RESOURCES
When the Workplace Is Behind the Wheel: Improving occupational safety for truckers (and the rest of us).
Thinking Transportation | June 7, 2022
Close to half of all workplace deaths result from transportation incidents, including crashes that involve large trucks. Drivers of those trucks are at higher risk than workers in other jobs. And to the degree that we share road space with truckers, the risk extends to the rest of us, too. Evolving policies resulting from new research could help to change that.
Employer-Based Driver Safety Programs (BTSCRP WebResource 1)
Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program | November 18, 2022
This website provides information for planning, implementing, and evaluating employer-based driver safety programs. To aid in program development and implementation, the WebResource incorporates theory, previous research, lessons learned from practice, and various planning aids such as an introduction to behavioral change theory, an overview of academic studies, an overview of measures of program effectiveness, and a logic model.
Developing Employer-Based Behavioral Traffic Safety Programs for Drivers in the Workplace (BTSCRP Web-Only Document 3)
Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program | November 18, 2022
This document reports on a study that reviewed the research literature on employer-based behavioral traffic safety programs, gathered information on existing employer-based behavioral traffic safety programs, identified the relevant behavioral change theories and critical components of existing safety programs, and summarized and analyzed measures of safety program effectiveness.
Interactive Rural Roadway Truck Tractor and Heavy Truck/Pick-Up Crash Risk Map
Texas A&M Transportation Institute | 2022
This tool identifies rural roadways that are more prone to crashes involving trucks. Using a systemic analysis approach, we looked at all truck crashes and determined what roadway characteristics are associated with those crashes. The analysis then focuses on finding locations with concentrations of those characteristics. This allow us to identify locations where safety efforts are most likely to reduce crashes. Access the User Guide here. For all products related to this project, refer to the project webpage
Large Truck and Heavy Truck/Pick-Up Crash Dashboard
Texas A&M Transportation Institute | 2022
This web-based dashboard provides access to the TxDOT reportable 2014 to 2018 Crash Records Information System (CRIS) crash data, focusing on large trucks and identified rural large truck crash profiles. It provides fleet operators with information on rural road crash risks for them to use to become more pro-active with their safety through insight into the crash risk on rural roads with respect to both roadway characteristics and driver behavior. Access the User Guide here. For all products related to this project, refer to the project webpage
Fatal Agricultural and Logging Crashes in the Southwest Region Dashboard
Texas A&M Transportation Institute | 2021
This dashboard displays data about fatal crashes involving Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishing workers that occur in the Southwest region of the United States, which consists of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. For all products related to this project, refer to the project webpage