Category: Safety Topics

How to Bring Intelligent Transportation Systems to the Next Level

  • July 16th, 2025

Public agencies nationwide are benefiting from ever-evolving advancements in traffic management operations, specifically through intelligent transportation systems (ITS). These transportation and traffic management systems use cutting-edge information and communication technologies to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability of their networks, thereby improving safety, reducing traffic congestion and enhancing driver experiences. Transportation leaders interested in implementing or […]

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Driving with Partial Driving Automation Systems: Developing Effective Training

  • July 15th, 2025

Technologies that partially automate some aspects of driving are becoming increasingly common in vehicles. These technologies have the potential to make driving more comfortable and possibly safer. However, it is important for drivers to understand the capabilities as well as the limitations of these technologies in order to use them safely. Previous research has shown […]

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2023 Traffic Safety Facts: Large Trucks

  • July 15th, 2025

This fact sheet contains information on fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and non-fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes from the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES) and Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS). Results from FARS, such as fatal crashes and fatalities, are actual […]

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HIGHWAY FUNDING: Information on Variables for Potential New Formula Grant Programs

  • July 15th, 2025

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorized and appropriated over $300 billion in funding for highway formula programs for fiscal years 2022 through 2026. As Congress deliberates about what to include in the next surface transportation authorization, it may create new formula programs, which it has done in some prior surface transportation authorizations. GAO was […]

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Guide for Roundabouts

  • July 15th, 2025

Roundabout implementation in the United States has increased in the last decade, and practitioners have learned lessons in successfully applying roundabouts in various land use and transportation environments and contexts. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s NCHRP Research Report 1043: Guide for Roundabouts provides information and guidance on all aspects of roundabouts. Read the full guide […]

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Technologies and Policy Options to Enhance Services and Transparency

  • July 2nd, 2025

Cities use smart technologies to improve transportation and law enforcement services. Smart transportation systems include technologies that can be used to detect the number and speed of vehicles traveling along roadways. Data from these technologies generally feed into a transportation management center, which enables traffic managers to analyze this information. Smart technologies that support traffic […]

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Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2024

  • July 2nd, 2025

A statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2024 shows an estimated 39,345 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, a decrease of about 3.8 percent compared to the 40,901 fatalities reported to have occurred in 2023, as shown in Table 1. The fourth quarter of 2024 represents the 11th consecutive quarterly decline in fatalities beginning […]

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Implementation of Federal Highway Administration Proven Safety Countermeasures

  • July 2nd, 2025

For decades, public safety has been a priority for state departments of transportation (DOTs) as they strive to reduce traffic crashes. To support these efforts, the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Safety developed a list of proven safety countermeasures that include brief descriptions, information sheets, and additional references. These measures have been field-tested and […]

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Effects of Training Content and Approach on Drivers’ Understanding of and Performance

  • July 2nd, 2025

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), designed to assist drivers with various aspects of driving, are becoming increasingly common. Lane Keeping Assistance (LKA) is designed to prevent drivers from departing their lane unintentionally. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is designed to maintain a driver-specified speed and gap to the vehicle ahead. Partial automation (PA) systems combine ACC […]

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