According to the Texas Department of transportation, “only 2 percent of Texans live in the Permian Basin, (but) 11 percent of all traffic fatalities occurred there in 2017”.  In a recent interview with the Midland Reporter Telegram, John Speed; a district engineer with the Texas Department of Transportation’s in Odessa, stated “there are multiple causes for the high level of collisions that take place on our roads, mostly stemming from oil and gas industry here in the Permian.” READ MORE > >