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Alabama Fatalities
The Fatal Crash Comparison (2016 vs 2014) study has been updated to include the new recommendations page at the top of the power point presentation.
Tag: CAPS Special Study
Aggressive Driving Study
Major findings: Primary Contributing Circumstance: Following Too Close is by far the greatest primary contributing factor in the AD involved subset of crashes, followed by Improper Lane Change/Use, Driving too fast for Conditions, and Ran Traffic Signal. When Over Speed Limit is combined with Driving Too Fast for Conditions, these combined speed related items become […]
Impaired Driving Study
This document presents the results of a comparison of impaired driving crashes to non-impaired driving crashes over a recent three year period.
Large Truck and and CMVs Study
The purpose of this document is to produce information that will be useful to Alabama decision-makers in reducing the number of fatalities and other suffering and loss due to crashes involving large trucks and buses in the state.
Vehicle Defect Analysis
The high level analysis of vehicles in general for vehicle defects showed a high correlation of the defect type and the vehicle type, which is expected since certain defects apply only to trucks. Thus, the study was divided into two separate analyses, one for large trucks and the other for passenger cars. To a large […]
Alabama Fatalities
Alabama has experienced traffic fatalities in 2014. This research effort consisting of a PPT and a narrative was conducted on behalf of the Alabama Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, and it is the first, high-level, effort to get an insight into the causes of the increased fatalities. Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet — all the usual suspects: speed, impaired driving, distracted […]
Alabama Fatalities
Alabama has experienced a very large increase in traffic fatalities in the first months of 2016. This research effort consisting of a PPT and a narrative was conducted on behalf of the Alabama Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, and it is the first, high-level, effort to get an insight into the causes of the increased fatalities. Unfortunately, there is no silver […]