In 2017 1,617,597 people were involved in vehicle crashes in the Texas transportation system, killing almost 3,800 of them and severely injuring 17,956 of them. About 1,700 times a day people are involved in a crash somewhere in Texas – on average every 51 seconds. An average day in the Texas transportation system takes ten lives and leaves 50 people …
Author: Scott White
Families Ask President Biden to Lead on Traffic Safety
Yesterday, on President Joe Biden’s first day in office, Farm&City and Central Texas Families for Safe Streets joined a nationwide coalition of leading traffic safety organizations and individuals calling on the President to commit to Vision Zero in order to end traffic deaths as a top priority of his first term. In his confirmation hearing on Thursday to become Secretary …