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2016 Population Estimates
U.S. Census Bureau: 2016 Population Estimates for Alabama by Sex, Age, and Race.
Category: Analysis & Data
Travel Monitoring: Traffic Volume Trends Update
U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration: Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the […]
May 2018 EMS Update: New Dashboard Shares EMS Traffic Crash Data
Every day, EMS providers gather important patient and response data from traffic crashes throughout the country. EMS researchers, as well as local and state EMS systems, often use this data, but its usefulness can go well beyond the EMS community. Thanks to a new tool made possible by the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS), anyone can now […]
New Vehicular Homicide Law Highlighted during Alabama Work Zone Awareness Event
AL.com: The law, signed by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey last May, makes it a Class C felony for someone convicted of vehicular homicide that is not a DUI. Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, under Alabama law, falls under harsher sentencing guidelines.
2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index
Summarized in this report are the major national-level results of the Foundation’s 10th annual Traffic Safety Culture Index.
Driving Safely In and Around Work Zones: Be Alert and Expect the Unexpected
ARTBA Work Zone Safety Consortium: In 2016, large trucks were involved in 27% of fatal work zone crashes, and 29% of work zone fatalities. Over the past 5 years, over 3,300 persons have died nationally in work zones.
Mortality from Road Crashes in the Individual U.S. States: A Comparison withOMPARISON WITH LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN 2015
This study compared, for each U.S. state, the fatalities per population from road crashes with fatalities per population from five leading causes of death (heart diseases, cancer, lung diseases, strokes, and Alzheimer’s disease) and from all causes. The data, applicable to 2015, came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Highway […]
Governors Highway Safety Association Praises U.S. DOT Regulatory Action
GHSA: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published the Final Rule for the implementation of the national behavioral highway safety programs in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
USDOT Announces Safety Data Initiative, Pilot Programs for Crash Data Analysis
The U. S. Department of Transportation said it is launching an initiative that includes two pilot programs to modernize its own data analysis and integrate traditional datasets with new “big data” sources to gain insights into highway safety. “Advances in data science have the potential to transform the department’s approach to safety research and provide […]
Traffic Volume Trends
Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the previous year. Estimates are re-adjusted […]