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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This special study presentation discusses considerations for optimal traffic safety allocation that is taken from 2012-2016 crash data.
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 […]
Cindy Galli, ABC News Transportation officials in two states said they are halting the use of a widely-installed guardrail end terminal that was the subject of an ABC News investigation while they further investigate potential safety hazards. “Our internal observations, as well as our review of available information, indicates to us the ET-Plus guardrail end […]
Heading out into the woods for a four-wheeling drive with a passenger in tow may soon be a thing of the past. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering new rules that would prohibit passengers from being carried on all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs. The request comes following a three-year study that showed passengers account for […]
Scott Tibbitss has developed a system that uses a small black box, plugged in under a car’s steering column, to block incoming and outgoing texts and prevent phone calls from reaching the driver.
The purpose of this document is to present an example of the use of IMPACT as a data quality control tool. The crash data will be used as an example, and a past year (2012) will be compared with the most current year (2013) in order to determine discrepancies between the 2013 and the 2012 […]
This report provides a summary of the Crash Data Improvement Program (CDIP) peer exchange sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Safety on August 4, 2011. The peer exchange was hosted in conjunction with the annual Traffic Records Forum (TRF) in Charlotte, North Carolina. FHWA initiated the CDIP in 2006 to help States […]