COMMENTARY
Drivers 65 and older are only 16 percent more likely per mile driven to cause a traffic accident than are drivers ages 25–64. And their total contribution to the nation's traffic accidents is surprisingly small, writes David S. Loughran.
REPORT
The authors review traffic safety in the United States, with specific reference to military personnel, focusing on safety interventions and attempts to change driver behavior and decisions. This review discusses the safety interventions that tend to help in the reduction of vehicle crashes, especially those related to motorcyclists.
REPORT
This report describes a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
This study investigated the applicability of Multinomial logit (MNL) models to predict the proportion of crashes by collision type and to estimate crash counts by collision type.
NEWS RELEASE
A comprehensive look at Los Angeles traffic debunks common myths about the metropolitan region's traffic patterns and details the reasons why congestion is so bad -- and why it will get worse in the coming years without significant policy changes.
REPORT
A comprehensive look at Los Angeles traffic debunks common myths about the metropolitan region's traffic patterns and details the reasons why congestion is so bad — and why it will get worse in the coming years without significant policy changes.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief identifies key factors determining L.A. transportation policy needs and makes 13 recommendations that together could reduce congestion — arguably the worst in the country — substantially within five years.
NEWS RELEASE
RAND Study Finds Senior Drivers Less Likely than Youngest Drivers to Cause Accidents.
REPORT
Drivers 65 and older are just one-third as likely as drivers 15 to 24 to cause auto accidents, and not much more likely than drivers 25 to 64 to cause accidents.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief summarizes a study that concludes older drivers are relatively safe and that targeting restrictive licensing policies at that group will do little to improve overall traffic safety.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff: Green But Unsafe, in Wall Street Journal, Europe Edition.
REPORT
This project investigates the possibilities of implementing instruments developed in the United States to increase road traffic safety. One of these instruments, Safestat, prioritizes U.S. motor carriers for safety inspections. The report investigates developing a similar instrument for prioritizing carriers for inspection in the Netherlands, and also for assessing the effectiveness of the inspection activities. It contains a comparison of…
JOURNAL ARTICLE
More than 40% of urban traffic fatalities are alcohol related and the rate of such fatalities varies more than 10-fold across U.S. cities.
RESEARCH BRIEF
Study refutes a common criticism of no-fault auto insurance -- that it may increase the accident rate by reducing drivers' incentives to drive carefully.
REPORT
A model for analyzing traffic accidents that relates unsafe driving to operational and environmental variables, the production of injuries and property damage, and the safety measures that might reduce the incidence and severity of accidents.
REPORT
A survey of the literature on medical problems and physical fitness as they relate to the occurrence of traffic accidents.
PEOPLE
Senior Project Associate
M.C.P. in city planning, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. in political science, B.A. in international relations, Emory University
PEOPLE
Behavioral/Soc Sci, Full
Ph.D. in epidemiology, University of Washington; M.P.H. in international health/ behavioral sciences, Emory University; M.D., Universidad del Bosque
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