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2015 Crash Facts Book
The Alabama Crash Facts Book (CFB) is an annual publication produced in part by CAPS that provides a wide breadth of traffic safety statistics for a variety of constituencies. While most of the users of the CFB are traffic safety personnel, this publication is also intended to serve as a public information conduit.
Northeastern cities have the most car accidents
Doyle Rice, USA Today It’s something most of us do every day, yet it remains the most hazardous and potentially deadly thing we do: Driving our car. Amazingly, there is roughly one motor vehicle accident every 10 seconds in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Nationally, the average U.S. driver gets […]
Most Common Types of Crashes by Work Zone Area
Trucking Safely Through Work Zones
Intermodalism, Vehicle Miles Traveled and More
The concept of intermodalism is as familiar today to transportation professionals as dedicated bike lanes. But 20 years ago, intermodalism wasn’t as common; it was just taking hold as a new concept in the federal transportation community.
Millennials in Motion
Over the last decade—after 60-plus years of steady increases—the number of miles driven by the average American has been falling. Young Americans have experienced the greatest changes: driving less; taking transit, biking and walking more; and seeking out places to live in cities and walkable communities where driving is an option, not a necessity. Academic […]
Transportation safety over time: Cars, planes, trains, walking, cycling
By Leighton Walter Kille, 5 October 2014 In May 2013 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released estimates of U.S. traffic fatalities for 2012, and the results were troubling: 34,080 people died in motor-vehicle crashes that year, an increase of 5.3% over 2011’s total and a reversal of the long-term downward trends. The meaning of […]
Analysis of Selective Enforcement Strategy Effects on Rural Alabama Traffic Speeds
A study is described that was undertaken to examine the effects of patrol tactics on vehicle speeds, to identify the best patrol tactics of those studied, to identify general speed trends over time, and to examine the effects of an areawide selective enforcement program implemented by the Alabama State Highway Patrol. Both two- and four-lane […]
Driver License Compliance Status in Fatal Crashes
Driver license status in fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes was examined in association with other variables in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). There is a variety of reasons why a driver might have an invalid license, which raises a very important caveat regarding the data. The reason for the lack of a valid license is not collected in the […]