What We Do
Evaluate and Analyze
Evaluate and Analyze
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 Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) for 2022-2027
Project Overview: The mission of the Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) is to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on state and local roadways. The SHSP is intended to be…
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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…
News
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Voice-to-text apps offer no driving safety benefit; as with manual texting, reaction times double
For release: April 23, 2013 Texting drivers may believe they’re being more careful when they use the voice-to-text method, but new research findings suggest that those applications offer no real…
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2018 Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum
Held on July 12 at the Norris Conference Center in Austin, Texas, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute hosted the Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum. The forum was sponsored by TxDOT and…
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How a More Forgiving Roadside Could Impact Severity of Crashes
Side roads, main roads and highways have seemingly transformed into race tracks or obstacle courses during the last couple of years. Drivers slowing down, wearing seatbelts and not being under…
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The Federal Government Plan to Reduce Roadway Deaths—With Smarter Road Design
Robert Wunderlich, CTS director, is featured in a WIRED story discussing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s desire to shift the focus from the actions of individual drivers to the role…
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Infrastructure Overhaul Should Focus More on Safety
Robert Wunderlich, CTS director, is featured in a Stateline story discussing a “safe system” approach to road planning. The idea is to anticipate human errors by road users, then engineer…
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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.