Dallas Traffic Safety Coalition

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1 Dallas Traffic Safety Coalition Call to order A meeting of Dallas Traffic Safety Coalition was held at Plano Police Department, th St. Plano, TX on June 6, 2017 at 10:02 am. Attendees Attendees included: Robert White, TXDOT Bernadine Moore, TXDOT Matt Baxter, McKinney Police Department Derek Stansell, McKinney Police Department Mary McCoy, IPC Helmut Wolff, CTS Cathy Glenn, Texas Health Dallas Brad Leonard, Grand Prairie Police Department Robert Arredondo, Dallas Police Department Shauntona Wagner, State Farm Gordon Putnam, Carrollton Police Department Melissa Everett, Carrollton Police Department Melanie Batdorf, Collin County District Attorney s Office Cameron McBean, Plano Police Department Mike Aguirre, Garland Police Department Ian Dudley, Mesquite Police Department Patricia Gaffney, TTSDL/NSC Larry Wise, Cedar Hill Police Department Mark Parson, Irving Police Department Cinthia Ibarra, Children s Health Gabriella Rodriguez, Children s Health Approval of minutes Dallas Traffic Safety Coalition minutes from March 7, 2017, motion to approve was Helmut Wolff and seconded by Mary McCoy.

2 Meeting Notes Becky Cantu-Aguilar, MADD, has moved and will no longer being serving as secretary for the Dal- TraSC. Melissa Everett, Carrollton Police Department, will now serve as the secretary. The Dal-TraSC website will be updated after the June 6 th meeting. Robert White will be responsible for providing updates. Coalition Logo will be developed by Frisco Technology School; since it was the end of the school when Dal-TraSC approached them; FTS will use the development of the Logo as a project in the new school year. Paige Ericson-Graber, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), provided a presentation on the Texas Impaired Driving Task Force. The Task Force provides various resources related to Education, Enforcement, and Collaboration on their website, All publications on the site are available for the pubic to print. TTI can data-driven resources regarding crash and driving impaired statistics to agencies free of charge. Copy of PowerPoint is also attached. Upcoming Conferences: TTI Traffic Safety Conference, June 7-9, 2017 Las Colinas, TX TTI Impaired Driving Forum, February 7, 2018 Austin, TX LifeSavers Conference, April 22-24, 2018, San Antonio, TX 2018 Grants - TXDOT worked last week to complete all modifications have been completed and if a grant was submitted it was approved. Be on the lookout for Electronic Signatures on official documents. Member Spotlight Bernadine Moore future speaker at conference is a entrepreneur who has developed a way to notify first responders of wrong-way drivers on highway. Robert Arredondo, Dallas Police Department will be hosting Texas Police Olympics; Motorcycle Rodeo Fair Park, 6/11-13; Family Event at no cost and lunch is free to participants. Trish, with Texas Teen Safe Driving Campaign o Rolls of stickers available for handout. o House Bill 62 (Distracted Driving) is on the governor s desk please send letters; Texas is one of four states that does not have a statewide distracted driving ban. o Teen s in the Driver s Seat is celebrating 15 years Children s Health received a grant for car seat safety and distracted driving. Looking for nonprofits to coordinate child safety seat installs. Melanie Batdorf, Collin County District Attorney s Office Collin County continues No Refusals every weekend. Helmut Wolff, CTS Wanted feedback from officers on slow drivers on highway and if there was a plan to reduce the problem; at time there is no law in Texas regarding minimum speed limit, law enforcement personnel address as needed. Upcoming 4 th of July Events: Page 2

3 o o Garland on July 3 rd at Firewheel Addison on July 3 rd Future Meetings September 5, 2017, 10a: Cathy Glenn with Texas Health Dallas will coordinate. o Location been confirmed: Dallas Police Department, Media Conference Room, 1400 S. Lamar St., (North Entrance - 2 nd Floor) Dallas, TX. o Parking is available on S. Lamar St. south of the main entrance or street metered parking. December 5, 2017, 10a: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Adjournment Meeting was closed at 10:53am. Page 3

4 Texas Impaired Driving Task Force Paige Ericson-Graber Texas A&M Transportation Institute Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies CADES Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies

5 Texas Impaired Driving Task Force Evolved over the last 10 years Meets twice a year Austin: Task Force Workshop (fall) Austin: Task Force Workshop & Impaired Driving Forum (Spring) Discuss progress toward eliminating alcohol and drug related crashes and injuries through stakeholder work projects (Jointly & Subcommittees) Provides guidance & technical assistance to TxDOT s alcohol and other drug countermeasure program

6 Task Force Membership AAA Texas & New Mexico Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Training (ADAPT) Austin Police Department Baylor Scott & White Health RED Program Bell/Lampasas Counties Community Supervision & Corrections Department College Station Police Department Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department Education Service Center Region 6 Focus on Reducing Impaired Driving Among Youth (FRIDAY) GDC Marketing & Ideation Harris County District Attorney s Office Houston Police Department Law Enforcement Advanced DUI/DWI Reporting System (LEADRS) Law Enforcement Mobile Video Institute University of Houston Downtown Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center Mothers Against Drunk Driving Montgomery County District Attorney s Office National Safety Council SafeWay Driving Systems Sam Houston State University Smart Start, Inc. Teens in the Driver Seat Texans Standing Tall Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Texas A&M Transportation Institute Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Texas Association of Counties Texas Association of Substance Abuse Programs Texas Center for the Judiciary Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Department of State Health Services Texas Department of Transportation Texas District and County Attorneys Association Texas Justice Court Training Center Texas Municipal Courts Education Center Texas Standardized Field Sobriety Training (SFST) Travis County Attorney s Office U in the Driver Seat

7 Texas Impaired Driving Task Force Why do we exist? We believe that we can significantly improve traffic safety We believe that we can eliminate impaired driving We believe that we can affect change more efficiently as a collection of concerned stakeholders and program partners We believe that one life saved is worth our strongest effort

8 What are We Doing? Educating Providing resources at the state and local level Texas Impaired Driving Plan Texas Impaired Driving Forum Creating awareness about the impaired driving issue by: Educating citizens through educator toolkits; Traditional trainings; Peer-to-peer group interaction; Employer education programs; and Media outreach campaigns Enforcing Stepping up enforcement efforts through: Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grants and Impaired driving mobilization grants No refusal weekends with high visibility enforcement Collaborating Groups like the Texas Impaired Driving Task Force and statewide coalitions are creating partnerships to attack the problem from many different angles

9 Snapshot of Impaired Driving in Texas

10 Data pulled from TxDOT s Crash Records Information System (CRIS) April 19, 2016 *District data as of 12/23/2016

11 There were 3,519 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in TEXAS in 2015

12 Dallas District There were 366 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the Dallas District in 2015

13 There were 1,262 DUI-Related FATALITIES in 2015

14 36% of all motor vehicle fatalities involved impaired driving in 2015

15 T E X A S DUI-Related Fatalities 1,400 1,387 1,406 1,350 1,300 1,250 1,303 1,247 1,305 1,262 1,200 1,

16 Percent of all motor vehicle fatalities that are DUI-related 50% 40% 43% 41% 38% 41% 40% 36% 30% 20% 10%

17 Dallas District There were 155 DUI-Related FATALITIES in 2015

18 Dallas District Percent of all motor vehicle fatalities that are DUI-related 43% 39% 37% 41% 46% 40%

19 52% of fatal DUI crashes occurred in RURAL locations Dallas 14% District

20 Where Do DUI Crashes Occur? A higher percentage of fatal crashes occur in rural areas Dallas District 2015: 11% of the K&A Crashes occurred in Rural Areas Rural is defined as an area with a population of less than 5,000 people

21 10 Counties with Most Fatal DUI Crashes in 2015

22 County Fatal Crashes Fatalities Dallas Collin Denton Ellis Kaufman 7 7 Navarro 2 2 Rockwall 2 2 Total Dallas District Fatal DUI Crashes in 2015 by County

23 When Do DUI Crashes Occur? Light Condition for K&A Crashes 73% Dark 24% Daylight 2% Dawn/Dusk 6 PM Hour had the highest fatal crashes in the Dallas District in 2015

24 32% of fatal DUI crashes occur between the hours of 10:00 PM and 2:59 AM

25 WHEN do DUI crashes occur? (All Year)

26 MORE fatal DUI crashes occurred on SUNDAY than any other day of the week

27 Fatal DUI Crashes and Day of Week 20% 24% 15% 9% 11% 10% 11% Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

28 IMPAIRED DRIVERS

29 66% of DUI-related fatalities were the impaired driver Dallas 86% District

30 Where the driver was impaired and killed, MALES were behind the wheel81% of the time Dallas 78% District

31 Where the driver was impaired and killed, CAUCASIANS were behind the wheel 54% of the time Dallas 48% District

32 Texans behind the wheel: DRIVING IMPAIRED the most common age of an impaired driver involved in a fatal DUI crash was 30 Dallas District 2015: Age 22 was most common

33 Texans behind the wheel: DRIVING IMPAIRED 27% of the time in fatal DUI crashes, a year old was the impaired driver Dallas District 2015: 25%

34 In 2015, theaverage BAC of drivers was.17 Dallas.17 District

35 Big THANK YOU to Dallas Area Traffic Safety Coalition (Dal-TaSC)

36 Paige Ericson-Graber Assistant Transportation Researcher