TxDOT calls for safe driving in work zones to continue downward trend in fatalities

  • Childress District Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) employees sport orange on National Go Orange Day, celebrated Wednesday, April 19, showing their support for work zone safety. Photo Courtesy of Childress District TxDOT
    Childress District Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) employees sport orange on National Go Orange Day, celebrated Wednesday, April 19, showing their support for work zone safety. Photo Courtesy of Childress District TxDOT

    AUSTIN — Following a year in which fewer people were killed in work zone crashes in Texas, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is calling on all drivers to stay vigilant and help continue that downward trend by staying alert and exercising caution when going through road construction and maintenance areas.

    Traffic fatalities in the state’s work zones were down 16% in 2022, decreasing for…