Tribal road safety

Co-director David Ragland presents on Tribal Safety Data at the University of Minnesota's (UMN) Roadway Safety Institute

November 30, 2016

Co-director David Ragland presented SafeTREC's Tribal Road Safety Data Project at the University of Minnesota's (UMN) Roadway Safety Institute on November 10, 2016. His presentation focused on the development of the Tribal Road Safety Tool in conjunction with the National Indian Justice Center. This tool will allow individual tribes to analyze SWITRS data relevant to their specific tribal area, add data from tribal police and/or first responders, and conduct analyses for improving road safety. Learn more about our ...

Registration open for 12/17 webinar about the Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program

December 10, 2019
The Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program

Participants in Happy Camp safety assessment

Caltrans, Division of Transportation Planning (DOTP), Native American Liaison Branch (NALB), in collaboration with SafeTREC and the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) will provide California Native American Tribal Governments with expert, focused, and independent Tribal Transportation Safety Assessments (...

Register now for an upcoming webinar about the Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program!

November 12, 2019
The Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program

Participants in Happy Camp safety assessment

Caltrans, Division of Transportation Planning (DOTP), Native American Liaison Branch (NALB), in collaboration with SafeTREC and the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) will provide California Native American Tribal Governments with expert, focused, and independent Tribal Transportation Safety...

Transportation Safety Funding Opportunities for California Tribes

May 15, 2020

NEW! Tribes in California can obtain funding for transportation safety improvements from the following sources. Note details for program application deadlines and upcoming informational webinars:

Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 10

The Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 10 Call-for-Projects was announced on May 5, 2020. There will be $2 million set-aside exclusively available for...

National Tribal Symposium to Advance Transportation: Crash Data Collection and Analysis

May 30, 2019

From May 14-16, 2019 tribal, federal, state, and industry leaders from across the United States who are working on the tribal transportation issues and challenges gathered in San Diego, California for the National Tribal Symposium to Advance Transportation. This event, hosted by the Federal Highway...

National Tribal Transportation Conference: Tribal Road Safety Data Project

October 20, 2016

Co-director David Ragland attended the National Tribal Transportation Conference (NTTC) on October 4, 2016 and presented SafeTREC's Tribal Road Safety Data Project. In the initial phase of this project, traffic collisions in and around tribal areas were identified via the statewide traffic crash database for California (Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, or SWITRS). In the second phase, to be conducted in...

SafeTREC Co-Director David Ragland honored with ATSIP Traffic Records Forum 2021 Award

November 15, 2021
Ragland honored with ATSIP's Traffic Records Forum Best Practices Award for his work to improve transportation safety on California's Tribal Lands

This year the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) held their annual Traffic Records Forum virtually from August 16-20, 2021 to convene data analysts, state and local law enforcement officials, engineers, motor vehicle officials, emergency medical services providers, judicial administrators, and highway safety professionals from across the United States to...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Afsaneh Yavari

March 22, 2021

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Afsaneh Yavari, Research and Development Engineer.

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I am from Iran and moved to Milwaukee, WI in 1978 when I was in high school. I got both B.S. and Master’s degrees from University of WI-Milwaukee. Both degrees are in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Transportation Engineering. I am a registered Traffic...

Tribal Crash Data Tool

Since 2014, SafeTREC has been working on the Tribal Road Safety Data Collection project to improve traffic safety on tribal lands in California. The goal of this project is to improve traffic safety on and near tribal lands in California.

Tribal Crash Data Tool

Screenshot of online data tool

SafeTREC works in collaboration with the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC...

SafeTREC Co-Directors David Ragland & Offer Grembek present at ATSIP 2021 Virtual Traffic Records Forum

September 14, 2021
SafeTREC's Ragland and Grembek present at 2021 ATSIP Traffic Records Forum ATSIP Traffic Record Forum 2021

This year the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) held their annual Traffic Records Forum virtually from August 16-20, 2021 to convene data analysts, state and local law enforcement officials, engineers, motor vehicle officials, emergency...