Recipes for the Road

The Florida Department of Transportation District Two’s Community Traffic Safety Program is excited to present our 28th Annual Recipes for the Road. For over a quarter of a century, we have worked to make a positive impact and help keep people safe on our roads during the holidays. This program focuses on education and outreach strategies to create safer communities. It is designed to work with local partners, including law enforcement, team members, restaurants, and bars, to promote responsible alcohol service and personal use at events and when hosting parties. The campaign supports safe transportation choices that encourage alternatives to driving while impaired.

Annual Recipes for the Road Book with Non-Alcoholic Drink Recipes

This year, we have a 12-page Recipes for the Road book available as a digital flipbook, a printable PDF download, and a limited quantity printed edition.

Celebrate Safely and Recipes for the Road

Recipes for the Road booklets and Celebrate Safely posters are available for District Two team members to distribute throughout our 18 Northeast Florida counties. Click here to place your order- while supplies last.

We thank our Traffic Safety Team members, partners, and volunteers who continue to promote traffic safety. They share our passion and goal of reducing alcohol-related traffic crashes and fatalities on our roadways. These people and organizations have been instrumental in the success of our Celebrate Safely, Designate a Driver program and the Recipes for the Road booklet!  

Be Responsible – Do Not Drink and Drive

Thanksgiving through the New Year is a fun and festive time of year. There are many celebrations, family gatherings, festivals, football pre-game tailgating, and holiday parties throughout this fall and winter. They are all best enjoyed when we celebrate responsibly. Please always drive safely and sober.

Share and enjoy all these mocktails, food recipes, and traffic safety tips. Click here to view our mocktail and food recipe videos.

Celebrating Recipes for the Road since 1998

2022’s 25th-Anniversary Celebration Highlight Video
Favorite Hot Caramel Mocha Mocktail Recipe
New, Easy No-Back Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Last year’s 27th Annual Recipes for the Road digital flipbook

Digital Flipbooks of our 25th and 26th Recipes for the Road

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Crash Data and 2022 Annual Report

This page includes the most recent FDOT District Two Community Traffic Safety Program (CTSP) Annual Report and Crash Data Reports. Listed below, we provide crash facts for each of the 18 Northeast Florida counties in District Two. We also have combined districtwide totals. This resource is for our local Traffic Safety Team members, partners, and agencies.

CTSP Annual Report

A summary of last year’s Northeast Florida Community Traffic Safety Program and combined crash facts from District Two. This resource may be used and shared among our Traffic Safety Team members, partners, and agencies. In addition to the crash facts for 12 Florida Strategic Highway Safety Plan emphasis areas, we highlight traffic safety efforts and community outreach in 2022 with overviews on topics addressed throughout the year. These reports are a fundamental evaluation tool as we work toward reducing injuries and deaths on our roadways. Together, we can make progress to achieve our target of ZERO.

2022 District Two Crash Data Summaries

The Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) includes roadway, user behavior, and road user emphasis areas. The crash data includes total crashes, fatalities, and injuries for each emphasis area. This year, we changed the format to incorporate demographics and key factors in the crashes. We broke out the crashes by age and gender of the at-fault driver. Also included on each fact sheet are brief takeaway points.

District Two Reports by SHSP per County

INTERSECTION Crash Data – 2022 Roadway Crash Fact Reports
OCCUPANT PROTECTION Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
IMPAIRED DRIVING Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
DISTRACTED DRIVING Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING Crash Data – 2022 User Behavior Crash Fact Reports
BICYCLIST Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
PEDESTRIAN Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
MOTORCYCLIST Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
AGING DRIVER Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
TEEN DRIVER Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Crash Data – 2022 Road User Crash Fact Reports
Northeast Florida County Data Resources

We have county crash data available with previous years’ summary reports. Our team materials page has additional resources, information, newsletters, and Florida reports. These resources evaluate and establish traffic safety concerns and trends in Northeast Florida. Our Community Traffic Safety Teams work to make safety improvements with the goal of reducing crashes and saving lives.

Traffic Safety Virtual Backgrounds

Since things have gone virtual and may remain this way for the unforeseeable future, we invite you to browse our traffic safety virtual backgrounds. These graphics are from the Florida Department of Transportation District Two’s Community Traffic Safety Program. They include educational campaigns for emphasis areas within the Florida Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), the state’s strategy to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities across the transportation system.

These virtual backgrounds were initially created during the COVID pandemic. Since then, the FDOT has introduced Target Zero, a statewide initiative to reduce the number of transportation-related serious injuries and deaths across Florida to ZERO. We have recently added the Target Zero logo to these graphics to help promote this goal and engage with Northeast Florida road users.

Traffic Safety-Inspired Virtual Background Options

Download free wallpaper backgrounds.

First, click on a traffic safety topic that is important to you. Then save it to your computer and upload it to your virtual meeting platform(s). They may also be used as computer monitor desktop backgrounds or screen savers. Finally, use and share to help change driver behaviors and reach ZERO deaths on our local roadways.  

This is a great and free way to share important traffic safety topics in a fun and interactive way while disguising your home or workspace. These graphics are simple, colorful, and the perfect way to stand out from the crowd during any meeting or class. Also, an excellent conversion starter idea!


Learn more about Florida’s Target Zero

On average, eight people are killed, and 49 are seriously injured on Florida’s roads daily. In most of those severe and fatal crashes, driver behavior is a contributing factor. This initiative focuses on connecting, interacting, and designing our transportation system to specifically relate to those (drivers) most involved in crashes resulting in serious injuries and fatalities.

The Northeast Florida Community Traffic Safety Program is working to improve how we connect, interact, plan, design, educate, and solve traffic safety concerns as part of Target Zero.

In Florida, Target Zero builds upon the Vision Zero belief by focusing on influencing dangerous driver behaviors before serious and fatal crashes occur. Target Zero aligns resources and establishes actions for all safety partners to take evolutionary steps to improve how Florida connects, interacts, plans, designs, operates and maintains its transportation system.

Eliminating roadway fatalities is our highest priority. We recognize achieving zero fatalities and serious injuries will not be easy and will require commitment, energy, and innovation. Together, we can make progress to achieve our target of ZERO.

National School Bus Safety Week

National School Bus Safety Week (NSBSW) usually takes place the third week in October. The Northeast Florida Community Traffic Safety Program highlights school bus safety tips and information to share. Please join us in advocating for school bus safety to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities on our roadways.

School’s Open – Drive Carefully

Every year, approximately 440,000 public school buses travel more than 4 billion miles and daily transport 24 million children to and from schools and school-related activities. School buses account for an estimated 10 billion student trips each year.*

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Also in honor of National School Bus Safety Week, we would like to thank all bus drivers and also acknowledge the shortage in our local communities. We appreciate everyone working together to make sure children get to school and back home safely. 

School Bus Safety Rules for Drivers

  • Learn and obey the school bus laws in your state.
  • Be sure to acquaint yourself with the flashing light system that school bus drivers use to alert motorists.
  • Yellow flashing lights mean that the school bus is preparing to stop. Motorists should slow down and be ready to stop their vehicles.
  • Red flashing lights and an extended stop arm indicate that the school bus has stopped, and children are boarding or exiting.
  • Two-lane road: all vehicles in both directions must stop.
  • On a divided highway with a raised median, unpaved space, or a physical barrier of at least five feet: vehicles traveling in the opposite direction are not required to stop.
  • Divided highway where no median or barrier exists: all vehicles are mandated to stop.
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School Bus Safety Reminders for Students

  • Arrive early.
  • Don’t push or cut in line.
  • Stay out of the “danger zone,” 10 steps away from the bus.
  • Wait for the bus driver to open the door before trying to get on.
  • Keep the aisle clear of your backpack, bag, or books.
  • Talk quietly during the entire bus ride.
  • Keep your hands, arms, and head inside the bus at all times.
  • Walk in front of the bus to cross the street, never behind it.

National Coalition for Safer Roads introduced the theme Expect the Unexpected. Know the Danger Zone. Click here to check out what they have to offer this year.


Additional Safety Information and Resources for Drivers and Children:

*source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Traffic Safety Wise Words

To begin with, the Northeast Florida Community Traffic Safety Program (CTSP) launched the Wise Words safety campaign in 2018. The campaign started with a simple idea, Walt’s Wise Words, created by longtime team member Walt Duffany.

Walt built a strong legacy in traffic safety. He worked as an FDOT Lake City shop supervisor and later joined the District Two Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST). After he retired in 2015, he continued to serve others. Today, he volunteers as the Deputy Reservist Coordinator for Columbia County Fire Rescue. Before moving to Florida in 1986, he worked for the Town of Adams highway department in New York. He also served our country as a Navy veteran, including time in Vietnam.
Thank you, Walt, for your service and your impactful safety messages.

From One Message to a Movement

At first, the campaign featured a simple graphic, a car with a bumper sticker and a short Wise Words slogan. However, the campaign quickly grew. Today, it includes bold visuals, colorful graphics, and catchy phrases. District Two CTST members create every message.

Moreover, Wise Words delivers quick, easy-to-understand safety reminders for drivers. These messages focus on real risks. For example, they address distracted driving, impaired driving, tailgating, proper use of turn signals, and buckling up. In addition, the campaign expanded into other key areas like Work Zone Awareness, Occupant Protection, Safe Following Distance, Red-Light Running, and impaired driving prevention.

As a result, Wise Words continues to reach drivers with clear, memorable safety tips that support safer decisions on the road.

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Share Traffic Safety Wise Words

Become a Community Traffic Safety Team Virtual Volunteer. Share Wise Words on your social media. Encourage others to make safer choices. And most importantly, tag us so we can amplify your impact.

Follow and tag:
Facebook / Instagram@trafficsafetyteam
Pinterest / LinkedIn@trafficsafetyfl

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Now, you can help spread the message.

Together, we can turn simple words into life-saving actions.