Texas Traffic Safety Coalition - Texas Traffic Safety Coalition

A report from the Texas Department of Transportation details the more than 425,000 traffic crashes in Texas in 2009:

428,667 crashes occurred, that's one every 74 seconds.

3,089 people were killed on Texas roadways, that’s more than 8 each day.

347 pedestrians were killed in crashes, that’s almost 1 each day.

235,280 people were injured in a motor vehicle crash, that’s one every 2 minutes.

A 2011 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety national study concluded:

Red light running fatal crash rates reduced by 24 percent in the 14 largest U.S. cities using cameras, including Garland, Phoenix, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Chicago and San Diego.

159 lives were saved in these 14 cities from 2004-2008 because of cameras.

815 lives could have been saved had red light cameras been used in every U.S. city with more than 200,000 people.

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Dallas: Intersection safety cameras at 49 intersections led to a 61% reduction in red light running crashes.

Garland: Intersection safety cameras in Garland led to a 25% reduction in fatal red light running crashes.

Port Lavaca: Intersection safety cameras in Port Lavaca led to a 40% reduction in red light running violations.

Humble: Intersection safety cameras in Humble led to a 60% reduction in red light running crashes.