Fatal crashes in rural areas accounted for 51 percent of Texas’ 4,489 traffic fatalities...
EMT Ronnie Robison calls the Woodland Heights Medical Center to tell the Lufkin facility to prepare for an incoming patient. Robison has to call on a certain stretch of highway before a “dead zone” of no cell service or they will not be able to warn the trauma team to prepare for their patients.Show Less
So when Robison receives a dispatch from the sheriff’s office about a car wreck in the dead zone, he hops in his ambulance and prepares for a challenge. Crashes in rural areas accounted for 51 percent of Texas’ 4,489 traffic fatalities in 2021, but only about 10 percent of the state’s population lives in rural areas, according to data from the state’s Department of Transportation.
A small change in speed can greatly affect a person’s chance of survival since the speed of a vehicle determines how much kinetic energy is transferred upon impact. And Texas has relativelycompared with other states, including at least one state highway with a speed limit of 85 mph, the highest in the country.
Texas has lost at least one person every day on Texas roads since Nov. 7, 2000, a statistic that prompted TxDOT to launch a public awareness campaign, #EndTheStreakTX, to decrease the number of traffic fatalities. The streak still continues, according to the latest data from the highway department.
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