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Pilot Implementation of a Resource Guide to Enhance the Incorporation of Safety Into the Regional Planning Process

• November 21st, 2011

Report Number: FHWA/VCTIR 12-R8 To incorporate safety into the regional planning process, a Virginia-specific resource guide was recently developed for use by districts of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and planning district commissions (PDCs). In order to determine how to enhance the implementation of the guide throughout Virginia, a pilot implementation of the guide […]

Analysis of the Most Critical Factors in Teen (15-19) Driver Causes Vehicle Crashes

• November 17th, 2011

The purpose of this report is to document and further explain the results of an analysis of data from 2008 through the most current data that were available within CARE as of the date of this report. Note that while there were a very large number of variables/values that were found to be significant, these seemed […]

Teen Drivers’ Distracted Parents Lead by (Bad) Example, Polls Reveal

• November 14th, 2011

A State Farm Insurance poll found that 61 percent of teenagers surveyed said their parent had been distracted at least once by a phone while the teens were learning how to drive. And 53 percent of the parents admitted to the distraction. In the survey, 54 percent of the teens say they’ve seen parents using a phone […]

AAA: Fatal motor vehicle crash costs $6 million

• November 12th, 2011

Larry Copeland, USA Today The emotional toll for Americans who lose a friend or loved one in a motor vehicle crash has a steep financial counterpart — an average $6 million per fatal accident, according to auto club AAA. In a new report comparing the cost to the nation of motor vehicle crashes with that […]

Road Safety 101

• November 9th, 2011

Road Safety 101 is an online certificate aimed at teaching the fundamentals of road safety. By completing this course, students will be able to understand the elements of successful road safety programs, identify contributing crash factors and how they interact as well as gain a better understanding of road safety data collection and systems.

TRCC Minutes November 9, 2011

• November 9th, 2011

Guide for Managers Nov. 2011

• November 1st, 2011

Deer-Car Collisions Increase This Time of Year

• November 1st, 2011

An extended family of 10 was traveling from Chicago to New Jersey when their minivan hit a deer on the Indiana Toll Road and then stopped or slowed, authorities said. The van was then hit by a semitrailer going about 65 mph. Seven members of the family — three adults and for children — died […]

UTCA Newsletter: October 2011

• October 31st, 2011

Since becoming a university transportation center (UTC) of the US Department of Transportation in 1999, The University Transportation Center for Alabama (UTCA) has conducted transportation education, research, and technology-transfer activities throughout the state and region. Faculty and students at The University of Alabama (UA), The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and The University of […]

Kids Safer Driving With Grandparents

• July 18th, 2011

A study on grandparent drivers has its researchers doing a double-take over the results. The study found that kids may be safer in cars with grandma or grandpa at the wheel instead of mom or dad. The results are from an analysis of State Farm insurance claims for 2003-07 car crashes in 15 states, and […]