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UC Berkeley SafeTREC has released the California Traffic Safety Survey 2025. The study was led by Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants (E&W) and conducted on behalf of the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and SafeTREC.

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to share an update and refresh to our Safe System Approach toolkit, including new strategies, easier navigation, and more! 

Join the conversation with CPBS about improving transportation system response to crashes

UC Berkeley SafeTREC research data analyst Amalia Stahl will present "Autonomous Vehicle Safety in California: Visualizing AV Safety Data in a Simple and Accessible Way for the General Public" at the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) 2025 Traffic Records Forum on Monday, July 7, 2025.

The Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) team at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee has launched a Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress (PLTS) National Survey, where survey results will be used to help refine the PLTS, a tool that transportation agencies use to rate how comfortable pedestrians feel on specific roadways.

Join program partners UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks for these upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops in the following communities:

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the final part of our 2025 online peer exchange series as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program. This two-part webinar series aims to support agencies and communities working to advance safer walking and biking throughout California. 

UC Berkeley SafeTREC research data analyst Liza Lutzker will be presenting "Trends and disparities in pedestrian injuries and fatalities in hit-and-run crashes" in a poster session at the 2025 Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Annual Meeting on June 11th, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series, where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work, and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet graduate student researcher Kyler Blodgett. 

Kyler is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley's Master of City and Regional Planning program. This interview was conducted shortly before the Spring 2025 commencement season.

Join the conversation with CPBS about improving transportation systems for nondrivers

There’s a statistic that sticks in the minds of many who work on traffic safety issues: The U.S., among wealthy nations, has the highest rate of road traffic fatalities. People in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die in a car crash than people in Australia, and six times more likely than in Sweden.

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to share news about the communities throughout California that we will be partnering with this year as part of our 2025 Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program!

Join the conversation with CPBS about the latest NACTO and AASHTO bike guides

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce our 2025 online peer exchange series as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program. This two part webinar series aims to support agencies and communities working to advance safer walking and biking throughout California.

New report explores the benefits and limitations of using a VR environment to assess individuals’ bike infrastructure preferences

Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC's transportation safety researcher Matthew Raifman on Tuesday, March 18th from 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm PT for his presentation, "Active Transportation: a climate and health solution." This session is part of the Latest in Public Health Research series from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, a virtual lunchtime series of talks featuring cutting-edge research from Berkeley Publi