Public Safety
Texas Road Fatalities and the State's Most Dangerous Corridors
Texas has not had a death-free day on its roads since 2000, and the crash record shows the deadliest miles are rarely the most crowded ones.
Public Safety
Public safety on the road is the part of Texas life measured most closely and understood least. This desk follows what the crash record actually shows: where fatalities cluster, which corridors carry the heaviest risk, how the state inspects and enforces its way toward fewer deaths, and how emergency response reaches a wreck on a rural two-lane. The aim is not advice but evidence, drawn from the public agencies that count the numbers and publish the results for anyone to check.
Public Safety
Commercial Vehicle Safety on Texas Highways
A single loaded truck can outweigh the car beside it many times over, and a joint federal and state safety system exists to keep that mismatch from turning fatal.