The Crash Analytics and Road User Safety teams at Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Center for Transportation Safety has been involved in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) funded projects that address commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety through a variety of efforts, including improving CMV crash reporting and training of law enforcement officers, identifying the most important factors associated with severe CMV crashes, examining the safety of curves, and creating risk map profiles for Texas. The pages below provide available project reports, resources, and educational materials.
Current Projects
- Improving CMV and Agricultural Worker Safety on Rural Texas Roadways (end date: September 2026)
- Better Understanding Large Truck Crashes Using a Crash Chain Analysis and Contributing Factor Classification System (end date: September 2026)
Previous Projects
- Improving Crash Reporting and Logging Truck Safety on Rural Roadways in the ARK-LA-TEX Region (end date: September 2024)
- Developing Experiential and Evidence-Based Truck Driver Training on Work Zone Safety in Texas (end date: September 2024)
- Driver training: Presentation and Simulator Scenarios
- Data Innovations to Reduce High-Risk Driving for CMVs on Rural Roadways in Texas (end date: September 2023)
- Improving Crash Records through Identifying Barriers and Training Law Enforcement Officers (end date: September 2023). This webpage features all of the crash reporting resources created by the Crash Analytics team at TTI. Look for “New” after the product title identify the newly released resources that are part of this FMCSA project.
- Systemic Selection of Horizontal Curve Locations for Implementing Countermeasures to Improve CMV Safety (end date: September 2023)
- Understanding Rear-End Crashes Involving Large Trucks on Rural Versus Urban Roads in Texas (end date: September 2023)
- Improving the Collection and Reporting of CMV Crash Data in CRIS
- Identifying the Most Important Factors Associated With Severe CMV Crashes
- Improving Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Near Large Trucks and Buses (end date: September 2022)
- Improving CMV Safety on Rural Roads in Texas: From Data to Information for Law Enforcement and Large Truck Drivers (end date: September 2022)
2023 Safety Resource Showcases
Virtual Safety Resource Showcases for Texas Fleet Operators and Law Enforcement Officers were held on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. The presentation with embedded links to the materials are provided below: