• Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV) or Large Truck-Involved Crashes: The City of Fort Worth exceeded the statewide average percentage of CMV and large truck-involved crashes. This percentage is also much higher than other major Texas cities including Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. • On-System Crashes: Despite representing less than half of all crashes and one-third of VRU crashes, on-system roadways accounted for more than half of the KSI crashes, indicating that on-system road crashes were more likely to result in severe outcomes. • Parties Involved: Young adults aged 15 to 34 were most likely to be involved in a KSI crash. • Social Vulnerability: Over 34% of total crashes and more than 36% of KSI crashes occurred in areas with high social vulnerability. Combined medium-high and high vulnerability areas accounted for over 50% of both total crashes and KSI crashes.
Crash Causation
• Contributing Factors: The factors that most often contributed to all crashes and severe
crashes were speeding and driver inattention or distraction. Crashes caused by pedestrians who failed to yield have the highest risk of resulting in a KSI outcome. • First Harmful Event: The most common crashes involved motor vehicle collisions with another moving vehicle, followed by collisions with fixed objects and parked cars. Vehicle collisions with pedestrians and bicyclists occurred less frequently but are more likely to be severe. Railroad crashes, despite being very rare, tend to be deadly as well. • Collision Manner: The top collision manners are vehicles going the same direction, crashes that involved only one vehicle, and angle crashes. More than half of the most severe crashes occurred as the result of the action of one motor vehicle.
Behavior
• The behaviors that contributed most to the KSI rate were speeding and distracted driving.
• Speeding, driving under the influence, and not using safety restraints are more likely to cause severe outcomes.
Roadway Characteristics
• Intersections vs. Segments: Crashes occurred more often along segments (i.e., away from intersections). Crashes at intersections were less likely to cause severe outcomes compared to those that occurred along roadway segments.
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