TEXAS HIGHWAY SAFETY ANNUAL REPORT FY 2013 Developed and Prepared by the Staff of the Traffic Safety Section TxDOT Traffic Operations Division 125 E. 11th Street Austin, Texas 78701-2483 http://www.txdot.gov/about_us/administration/divisions/trf.htm (512) 416-3200 12/31/2013 Governor Rick Perry Phil Wilson Governor’s Highway Safety Representative Executive Director Texas Department of Transportation Carol Rawson, P.E. Director, Traffic Operations Division Texas Department of Transportation Terry A. Pence Traffic Safety Director Texas Department of Transportation TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Texas Traffic Safety Program........................................................................................................................................... 3 Crash Data .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Crash Data .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Traffic Safety Program Centralization............................................................................................................................ 3 Accomplishing the Goals ................................................................................................................................................. 4 SECTION ONE.................................................................................................................................................................... 7 PROGRAM SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Traffic Safety Organization .................................................................................................................................... 9 Evaluations, Reviews and Audits ................................................................................................................................. 12 Legislative Issues............................................................................................................................................................. 13 SECTION TWO..................................................................................................................................................................15 CRASH DATA AND TRENDS ..............................................................................................................................................15 Challenges ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Crash Summary ............................................................................................................................................................... 16 Problem Identification .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Goals ................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Solutions ........................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Performance Measure Definition .................................................................................................................................. 18 2012 Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Highlights ................................................................................................... 19 Performance Measures ................................................................................................................................................... 20 Data Sources & Glossary for Performance Measures ................................................................................................. 58 SECTION THREE ...............................................................................................................................................................61 PROGRAM AREA REPORTS ..............................................................................................................................................61 Planning and Administration (PA–01) ......................................................................................................................... 62 Alcohol and Other Drug Countermeasures (AL–02) ................................................................................................. 65 Emergency Medical Services (EM-03) ........................................................................................................................ 105 Motorcycle Safety (MC-04) .......................................................................................................................................... 107 Occupant Protection (OP–05) ...................................................................................................................................... 110 Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (PS–06)...................................................................................................................... 125 Police Traffic Services (PT–07)..................................................................................................................................... 128 Speed Control (SC–08) .................................................................................................................................................. 136 Traffic Records (TR–09) ............................................................................................................................................... 138 Driver Education and Behavior (DE–10) ................................................................................................................... 142 Railroad / Highway Crossing (RH–11) ..................................................................................................................... 151 Roadway Safety (RS–12) .............................................................................................................................................. 153 Safe Communities (SA–13) .......................................................................................................................................... 157 School Bus (SB–14) ........................................................................................................................................................ 161 SECTION FOUR .............................................................................................................................................................. 163 PAID MEDIA REPORT ..................................................................................................................................................... 163 SECTION FOUR .............................................................................................................................................................. 168 SECTION FIVE ...............................................................................................................................................................270 Texas Traffic Safety Attitude and Awareness Survey………………………………………………………………………………………270 1 SECTION SIX................................................................................................................................................................... 280 FINANCIAL SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................280 FY 2013 Federal Expenditures by Funding.......... ...................................................................................................... 281 FY 2013 Traffic Safety Expenditures ............................................................................................................................282 SECTION SEVEN .............................................................................................................................................................283 BEST PRACTICES ............................................................................................................................................................283 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 284 SECTION EIGHT ..............................................................................................................................................................298 TRAFFIC SAFETY OUTLOOK ............................................................................................................................................298 Continued Focus on Alcohol-Related Fatalities ........................................................................................................ 299 Impaired Driving Assessment ....................................................................................................................................