A Texas motorcycle safety and awareness campaign
One of the most popular motorcycle routes in the state, FM 335, FM 336, and FM 337 make up the “Three Sisters” through the beautiful Texas hill country. The loop travels around the Frio River and up large mountainous hills. There are plenty of sharp turns that even the most experienced riders will have to navigate through carefully. Riders can stop at the Frio Canyon Motorcycle Stop in Leakey to take in the views and grab a bite to eat.
This route had fatal and incapacitating crashes between 2010 – 2015. In Texas, drivers are not assigned “at fault” in a crash, but law enforcement can assign ‘factors or conditions’ that contributed or may have contributed to a crash. Multiple ‘crash factors and conditions’ can be assigned to one, some, or all vehicles involved in a crash.
The following tables represent data extracted from the Texas Department of Transportation’s Crash Records Information System (TxDOT’s CRIS).
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The following list is a summary of the crash events and conditions that have been described by officers investigating crashes along this route. The investigating officer provides his/her opinion of how the crash happened and will emphasize or explain, as necessary, any pertinent facts that are not fully explained elsewhere on the crash report. This section is meant to supplement the above data tables by providing further insight and “clues” into what factors and conditions contributed or may have contributed to crashes along this route.