A presentation given at the 2016 Traffic Safety Conference during Breakout Session 13: Youth Transportation Safety. By Lisa Minjares-Kyle, Associate Transportation Researcher, Youth Transportation Safety, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

1. YOUTH TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM

2. TEXAS
22
45 28 32 24
276
338
411
484 501
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Fatal
Injury
FMCSA Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) data snapshot as of 04/29/2016, including crash records through 12/31/2015
Crash events for Large Trucks and Buses in all
domiciles for drivers less than 26 years old

3. 26%
19%
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS FOR
TEEN DRIVERS INVOLVED IN CMV
RELATED CRASHES
Source: DMV, teen drivers ages 13-19., 2013-2015 Chart includes all crashes.

4. TEENS & FATAL CRASHES
Source: CRIS, teen drivers ages 16-19., 2014-2015
53%
42%

7. 3 year trend
29% increase
55% increase
TARGETED OUTREACH
Crash Data Analysis and Statistics for 2011-2013 (2014),
TXDOT

8. OTHER TDS INITIATIVES

9. TRUCKERS CHAT

11. PARTNERS
• FMCSA
• Petro Truck Stops
• Laredo Police and Sheriff
Department
• San Antonio Police
Department
• Coastal Trucking Company
• YRC Freight
• City of Odessa
• City of Lyford
• McClathy Brothers Trucking

12. FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF
RESEARCH
In the past five years teen
pedestrian injuries have
increased by 25%.
2nd 4th
Evaluation of SHRP 2
Naturalistic Driving
data.

13. CONTACT INFORMATION
Russell Henk
r-henk@tamu.edu
210-979-9411
Lisa MInjares-Kyle
l-minjares@tti.tamu.edu
713-613-9211
Stacey Tisdale
S-tisdale@tamu.edu
210-979-9411