TTI INITIATIVE RECOGNIZES HIGHWAY SAFETY AS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE

Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) engineers have made Texas roads safer through advances in lighting, signing, roadway design, and roadside safety devices. However, a new initiative at TTI's Safety and Structural Systems Division will focus more on the human element in highway safety. TTI's Public Health Initiative promotes the idea that motor vehicle injuries are a preventable highway safety and public health problem. The initiative aims to identify the causes and reduce the burden of traffic-related injuries and fatalities through multidisciplinary collaboration among engineers, behavioral scientists, medical

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• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Authors:
  • Griffin, L
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 6
• Serial:
  • Texas Transportation Researcher
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Texas Transportation Institute
  • ISSN: 0040-4748

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash causes; Engineers; Fatalities; Highway safety; Human factors in crashes; Injuries; Medical personnel; Multidisciplinary teams; Prevention; Public health; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Texas Transportation Institute
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792380
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 20 2000 12:00AM