Fracking is used in the extraction of crude oil and natural gas from deep seated sedimentary rocks. The ubiquitous use of heavy trucks in fracking leads to traffic congestion and damages to the existing infrastructure in energy producing corridors. This makes driving hazardous for drivers of both commodity and passenger carriers, leading to traffic crashes near fracking sites. In this exploratory study, the case of Eagle Ford Shale of Texas has been analyzed to determine the impacts if any, of the variables of energy production, truck vehicle miles traveled, and other socio-economic factors on traffic crashes. Using both descriptive and statistical analyses of data, it has been found that some of the aforementioned variables have an impact on traffic crashes in the energy producing corridor. Based on the study’s findings, appropriate recommendations to reduce traffic crashes in this energy corridor have been made.

压裂法用于从深层沉积岩中提取原油和天然气。重型卡车在水力压裂中的普遍使用导致交通拥堵和能源生产走廊现有基础设施的破坏。这使得商品和客运司机的驾驶变得危险，导致水力压裂现场附近的交通事故。在这项探索性研究中，对德克萨斯州鹰福特页岩的案例进行了分析，以确定能源生产、卡车行驶里程和其他社会经济因素对交通事故的影响（如果有的话）。使用数据的描述性和统计分析，发现上述一些变量对能源生产走廊的交通事故有影响。根据研究结果，