Federal Research Projects

January 31, 2025

Multi-Solving Safety Approach - Stepping Away from Silos to Achieve a Safer System (BTS-24)

Project Underway: The objective of this research is to re-define stakeholder engagement during the development of safety plans, interventions, programs, projects, and policies so outcomes focus on multi-solving decision-making and implementation.

January 31, 2025

Outcomes of Variability in Teen Driving Experience and Exposure: Evidence from the Naturalistic Driving Study (BTS-23)

Project Underway: The analysis will consider changes in driver behavior and subsequent crash risk. Based on the results of the analysis, the study will develop recommendations/strategies for improving teen driver safety.

January 31, 2025

Guidelines for Selecting Communication Channels to Deliver Traffic Safety Messaging (BTS-22)

Project Underway: The research will evaluate a variety of traditional and innovative behavioral traffic safety campaigns to identify noteworthy practices and cost-effective approaches.

January 31, 2025

Strategies to Address Misreporting of Impaired and Distracted Driving in Motor Vehicle Crashes (BTS-20)

Project Underway: This project will develop procedures to assess the existence and extent of under/over-reporting of impaired and distracted driving in crash data and to propose a methodology to improve the reporting of impaired and distracted driving in motor vehicle crashes.

January 31, 2025

Objectives, Components, and Measures of Effective Traffic Safety Public Awareness and Education Efforts (BTS-18)

Project Underway: A better understanding of how to engage road users effectively in such campaigns and ways to measure effectiveness would help create successful and sustainable initiatives.

January 31, 2025

Developing Driver Skills Examination and Scoring Guidance for Evaluating and Predicting High Safety Risk Drivers (BTS-16)

Project Underway: The objective of this research is to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of the current on-road driver skills tests and test scoring methods and develop guidance that include methods for on-road driver skills test administration and scoring that predicts high safety risk.

January 31, 2025

Examining the Implications of Legislation and Enforcement on Electronic Device Use While Driving (BTS-03)

This research project developed a library of resources and best practices that states and other stakeholders can use to enact or revise their laws and enhance enforcement and education efforts.

January 29, 2025

Informing the Selection of Countermeasures by Evaluating, Analyzing, and Diagnosing Contributing Factors that Lead to Crashes (BTS-14)

Recognizing that vehicle and mode mix matters in the success of investment strategies, this project assessed best practices in crash diagnosis across crash types in modal diverse contexts.

January 29, 2025

Federal Research Projects

Multi-Solving Safety Approach - Stepping Away from Silos to Achieve a Safer System (BTS-24)

Outcomes of Variability in Teen Driving Experience and Exposure: Evidence from the Naturalistic Driving Study (BTS-23)

Guidelines for Selecting Communication Channels to Deliver Traffic Safety Messaging (BTS-22)

Strategies to Address Misreporting of Impaired and Distracted Driving in Motor Vehicle Crashes (BTS-20)

Objectives, Components, and Measures of Effective Traffic Safety Public Awareness and Education Efforts (BTS-18)

Developing Driver Skills Examination and Scoring Guidance for Evaluating and Predicting High Safety Risk Drivers (BTS-16)

Examining the Implications of Legislation and Enforcement on Electronic Device Use While Driving (BTS-03)

Informing the Selection of Countermeasures by Evaluating, Analyzing, and Diagnosing Contributing Factors that Lead to Crashes (BTS-14)

Determining the Effectiveness of Combined High Visibility Enforcement (BTS-17)

State Practices Promoting Older Driver Safety (BTS-12)

E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions (BTS-10)

Tracking State Traffic Citation and Adjudication Outcomes (BTS-04)