Federal Research Projects

January 1, 2023

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 1, 2022

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 1, 2022

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 1, 2021

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

This project provides a scalable evaluation framework and methodologies to determine the effectiveness of combined law enforcement/engagement for reducing crashes and their severity involving road user behaviors.

January 1, 2021

Improving Moped and Seated Motor Scooter (50 cc or less) Rider Safety (BTS-19)

This study investigated safety issues unique to moped and motor scooter riding and provided practical policy recommendations.

January 1, 2021

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 1, 2021

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 1, 2020

State Practices Promoting Older Driver Safety (BTS-12)

This project resulted in a guide for state highway safety offices to enhance older driver safety.

January 1, 2020

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

The guidance includes tools, policy alternatives, educational materials, institutional requirements, and other relevant techniques to mitigate, if not eliminate, identified risks.

January 1, 2020

Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural Areas (BTS-15)

The project developed a behavioral traffic safety countermeasure toolkit for highway safety partners involved with rural road safety to reduce the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes on roads in rural areas.

January 1, 2020

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 1, 2020

Communicating Safe Behavior Practices to Vulnerable Road Users (BTS-13)

This study examined the safety problems and domains with the highest potential for vulnerable road user safety improvement based on the factors that contribute to crashes and the factors that can be mitigated by behavioral changes.