The Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) develops practical solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors.
GHSA selects and monitors projects under a highway safety research program chartered by the U.S. Congress. The program began in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2014 and currently receives $3.5 million annually.
Since FFY 2018, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB) facilitates research projects through the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP).
While research results are intended to help State Highway Safety Offices enhance their programs, any person or organization can submit potential research project problem statements each year. The GHSA Research Committee monitors and facilitates the program. At the staff level, the program is supported by the GHSA Chief Executive Officer, Programs and Member Services Director, and communications staff.
Projects financed through FFY 2014-2017 federal funds (and a few in subsequent years) were administered by NHTSA with assistance from the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center under the moniker the National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program (NCREP).