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After a Suspected 157 MPH Crash in Fort Worth, TxDOT Reminds Drivers to Slow Down

April 7, 2022

Center for Transportation Safety Director Robert Wunderlich is quoted in a KERA News article after a suspect was arrested for crashing into an SUV while driving 157 MPH in Forth Worth — killing one person and injuring two others. The article links to a 2021 interview with KERA News where Wunderlich mentions speed as the number one determinant of the severity of a crash. … [Read more...] about After a Suspected 157 MPH Crash in Fort Worth, TxDOT Reminds Drivers to Slow Down

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: car crashes, CTS, fatal crash, Fort Worth, Safety, Severity, speed, Texas, traffic safety, TTI, TxDOT

What’s to Blame for the Increase in Texas Traffic-Related Deaths?

February 23, 2022

CTS Director Robert Wunderlich joins Texas Public Radio on "The Source" to talk traffic safety, and address concerns over the rise in Texas roadway deaths during the pandemic. … [Read more...] about What’s to Blame for the Increase in Texas Traffic-Related Deaths?

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: bicyclists, COVID-19, crashes, CTS, pandemic, Pedestrians, Roadways, Texas, traffic, Traffic Deaths, traffic safety, transportation, TTI

The Year of Driving Less—but More Dangerously

January 4, 2021

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. … [Read more...] about The Year of Driving Less—but More Dangerously

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, crashes, fatal, traffic safety

New Texas A&M Study Highlights COVID-19 Impact On Motor Vehicle Crash/Injury Rate

October 26, 2020

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 with recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration fatality-rate findings issued for the second quarter of 2020. … [Read more...] about New Texas A&M Study Highlights COVID-19 Impact On Motor Vehicle Crash/Injury Rate

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: AASHTO, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, COVID-19, crashes, fatalities, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, speed, traffic safety

A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Safety Innovation at the 2020 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference

June 22, 2020

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI's) Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) hosted the first ever virtual Traffic Safety Conference June 10–12, 2020. The conference, supported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), focused on traffic safety issues and forward-looking research aligned with TxDOT’s goal to end all traffic fatalities on Texas roadways by 2050. For more information on the zero deaths goal, read TxDOT’s press … [Read more...] about A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Safety Innovation at the 2020 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference

Filed Under: Featured Story, News Releases Tagged With: #EndTheStreakTX, 2020 Traffic Safety Conference, impaired driving, Jennifer Homendy, Laura Ryan, NTSB, online, Safe System, Texas Traffic Safety, Texas Transportation Commission, traffic safety, virtual

The Safe System Approach with Robert Wunderlich, P.E.

May 27, 2020

Robert Wunderlich, P.E., ITE Fellow and Director of the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, discusses the Safe System approach to reducing serious injuries and fatalities on roadways. He highlights the various aspects of the Safe System, including roadway design that reduces user error and lowers impact forces, and explains what transportation professionals can do to help implement a Safe System … [Read more...] about The Safe System Approach with Robert Wunderlich, P.E.

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: Center for Transportation Safety, CTS, fatalities, impact force, injuries, roadway design, Safe System, Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, traffic safety, TTI

Distance Learning Is the New Normal: What TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety Program Is Doing for Young Drivers

May 5, 2020

During the school year, the TTI Center for Transportation Safety's Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) program is active in schools and communities across the country, supporting peer-led road safety education and outreach. However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and subsequent school closures for the rest of the academic year, the YTS program staff has adapted their in-school programs to accommodate distance learning. Much like teachers across … [Read more...] about Distance Learning Is the New Normal: What TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety Program Is Doing for Young Drivers

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Distance Learning, IGTV, Instagram, Kahoot!, State Farm, tds, TDS Talks, teen driving, teens in the driver seat, Texas Department of Transportation, traffic safety, Twitter, TxDOT, Union Pacific, Youth Transportation Safety Program, YouTube, YTS

It’s Global Road Safety Week 2019!

May 6, 2019

May 6 marks the start of the Fifth United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week. The week is recognized biannually and emphasizes themes around road safety. This year's theme is Leadership and has the goal of inspiring both the general public and stakeholders in leadership positions to take action in promoting road safety initiatives. The World Health Organization estimates that 1.35 million road traffic deaths occur each year, with more than … [Read more...] about It’s Global Road Safety Week 2019!

Filed Under: Featured Story, News Releases Tagged With: 2019, Bicyclist, Cyclist, Global, Global Road Safety Week, Injury Prevention, Motorcycle, Motorcyclist, Pedestrian, Safety, traffic safety, United Nations

Worldwide effort to make roads safer now underway

May 11, 2011

The Decade of Action for Road Safety — the United Nations plan to reduce the number of road traffic fatalities around the world by 2020 — begins May 11, 2011. Each day, 3,500 people are killed by traffic fatalities worldwide, amounting to 1.3 million deaths each year. According to the World Health Organization’s website, “The objectives [of the launch] are to: • draw attention to the Decade and more generally to the impact of the global … [Read more...] about Worldwide effort to make roads safer now underway

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: 2020, decade of action for road safety, traffic safety, UN

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