US State: Texas

Leveraging Data in Risk and Performance Management for Better Employee Safety Outcomes

Texas
Through its TPM program, TxDOT discovered a higher injury rate among new employees, leading to targeted enhancements in safety training and mentorship programs.

Safer By Design Safety Scoring Tools

Texas
TxDOT's Safety Scoring Tools help designers understand the safety impacts of design elements and optimize safety in projects.

Traffic Safety Data Portal

Texas
TxDOT uses a crash data portal to improve safety and educate the public. Public service announcements and further information for each emphasis area is embedded alongside the data.

Video Sharing Enhances Safety Across Texas

Texas
TxDOT's video sharing platform streams real-time video from 3,000 traffic cameras to department staff, first responders, and other partners, allowing them to respond to emergency events while minimizing congestion and secondary crashes.

Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Increases Safety for First Responders in Texas

Texas
TxDOT’s Traffic Incident Management (TIM) program trains first responders to quickly and safely clear traffic incidents, with the goal of ensuring "Everybody Goes Home.”

Safety in Project Development

Texas
TxDOT is incorporating safety into project development through various policies, programs, strategies, methods, and guidelines. For example, the TSAP manual and Safer By Design tools are newer resources to help TxDOT employees incorporate safety into all they do.

Connection SATX Downtown Feasibility Study: Historical Safety Analysis

Texas
A historical safety analysis from the Connection SATX Downtown Feasibility Study helped develop short-term improvements for the study area by analyzing vehicular and vulnerable road user crashes to identify specific safety concerns. The safety analysis provided great insights on vehicular, pedestrian, and cyclist crash patterns in the study area.

You’re in Texas: Now Drive Like a Texan

Texas
The "Drive like a Texan" campaign was a mass media initiative designed to reduce and end fatalities on Texas roads by appealing to drivers’ shared identity and community as Texans. 79% of people have a positive association with “Drive like a Texan.” Common associations include: safe, patient, responsible, and mindful.

MASH Test Level 3 Compliant Guardrail System on 1H to 1V Slope

Texas
Under some conditions, achieving the recommended 2-ft offset from guardrail posts to the slope break is challenging. Texas A&M Transportation Institute found a thrie-beam option would work in these conditions and pass MASH TL-3 tests.

Access Management Study – FM 1488

Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) studied access management to improve safety on a four-lane roadway in a growing area