This award to the texas aand m transportation institute is for research related to preventing rural crashes involving logging trucks, reducing crash severity, and improving the collection of data on…

This $365,955 project grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will fund research by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute related to preventing rural crashes involving logging trucks and improving data collection on such crashes. Specific objectives include identifying topics for risk communication messaging and training tailored to logging truck drivers and law enforcement. This will be done through a literature review on risk factors for logging truck crashes or those with higher severity, existing safety programs targeting drivers in logging areas, risk communication strategies for unique occupations, and economic impacts. The grant also aims to improve data reporting on large truck crashes. The funding period is from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. This award supports the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program's goal of enhancing commercial motor vehicle safety through partnerships to carry out high priority activities.

This award to the texas aand m transportation institute is for research related to preventing rural crashes involving logging trucks, reducing crash severity, and improving the collection of data on crashes involving logging trucks specific objectives include identifying topics for focused risk communication messaging and training tailored to logging truck drivers and law enforcement by conducting a review of literature and other materials topics will include 1 risk factors for logging truck crashes or higher severity crashes, 2 safety and training programs that target logging truck drivers and other drivers in logging intensive areas, 3 risk communication with truck drivers or other unique working populations, 4 economic impact of crashes involving logging trucks or other large trucks, and 5 data reporting for crashes involving large trucks