Search NHTSA Browse Topics Aggressive Driving Bicycles Child Passenger Safety Click It or Ticket Disabled Drivers & Passengers Drowsy & Distracted Driving Emergency Medical Services Enforcement and Justice Services Impaired Driving Motorcycles New Drivers Occupant Protection Older Drivers Pedestrians Programs/Grants Research & Evaluation Safe Communities Safety Materials Catalog School Buses Traffic Tech Publications Quick Clicks Latest News and Updates Press Room Newest Studies and Reports Fuel Economy Locate a Child Seat Fitting Station Child Seat "Ease of Use" Ratings File a Complaint About Your Vehicle or Child Seat Recalls, Defects and Complaints Databases Teen Drivers About NHTSA Contact NHTSA << Traffic Safety Research and Evaluation Program The Research and Evaluation program conducts research and evaluation projects dealing with behaviors and attitudes in highway safety. Program focus is on drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and motorcyclists and their role in the traffic safety. Laboratory and field studies are conducted to identify and measure behaviors involved in crashes or associated with injuries. Scientific research is conducted to develop and refine countermeasures to deter unsafe behaviors and promote safe alternatives. Citizen Reporting of DUI - Extra Eyes to Identify Impaired Driving 2005 Traffic Safety Facts: Misuse Of Child Restraints Evaluation of Pueblo County, Colorado’s Smart Roads Project Rehabilitation Costs and Long-Term Consequences of Motor Vehicle Injury The Art of Appropriate Evaluation Strategies for Medical Advisory Boards and Licensing Review Assessment of the NHTSA Standardized Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Training Course Impaired Driving Impaired driving (alcohol-related) reports Impaired driving (drug-related) reports Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Studies Feasibility for an EMS Workforce Safety and Health Surveillance System Configurations of EMS: A Pilot Study Occupant Protection Daytime and Nighttime Seat Belt Use at Selected Sites in New Mexico A Study Of Nighttime Safety Belt Use In Indiana Connecticut's Day and Night Safety Belt Use May 2004 Click It or Ticket Seat Belt Mobilization Evaluation Evaluation of the May 2005 Click It or Ticket Mobilization to Increase Seat Belt Use Effectiveness of the May 2005 Rural Demonstration Program and the Click It or Ticket Mobilization in the Great Lakes Region: First Year Results Safety Belt Use Estimate for Native American Tribal Reservations 2003 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey Unconscious Motivators and Situational Safety Belt Use The Effects of Changing to Primary Enforcement on Daytime and Nighttime Seat Belt Use Driver Safety Research New drivers Older drivers Speeding / Aggressive Driving Aggressive Driving Enforcement Pilot Test of Heed The Speed, A Program to Reduce Speeds in Residential Neighborhoods Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks in Washington State National Survey of Speeding and Unsafe Driving Attitudes and Behavior: 2002 Field Test of the Impact of Setting and Enforcing Rational Speed Limits in Gulfport, Mississippi Enforcement reports Automated Enforcement: A Compendium of Worldwide Evaluations of Results Demonstration of Automated Speed Enforcement in School Zones in Portland, Oregon Programs Across the United States That Aid Motorists in the Reporting of Impaired Drivers to Law Enforcement Estimated Medical Cost Savings in New Hampshire by Implementation Of a Primary Seat Belt Law Evaluation and Compliance of Passenger Restrictions in a Graduated Driver Licensing Program Pedestrians / Bicycles / Motorcycles Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Countermeasure Program for Alcohol-Involved Pedestrian Crashes Methodology for Determining Motorcycle Operator Crash Risk and Alcohol Impairment, Volumes I and II A Compendium of NHTSA Pedestrian and Bicyclist Traffic Safety Research Projects, 1969-2007 Other Research & Evaluation Studies The Art of Appropriate Evaluation Estimated Minimum Savings to the Medicaid Budgets in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida and Missouri by Implementing a Primary Seat Belt Law Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide For State Highway Safety Offices (3rd Edition, 2008) NHTSA 2003 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey Volume 1 - Methodology Report Volume 2 - Safety Belt Report Volume 3 - Air Bags Report Volume 4 - Crash Injury and EMS Report Volume 5 - Child Safety Seat Report  More On This Topic Motor Vehicle Occupant Protection Facts Booklet covering facts on vehicle occupant safety  Studies/Reports Effects of Practice on Interference From an Auditory Task While Driving: A Simulation Study This research study examined the potential for practice effects from an auditory stimulus for persons in a driving simulator Related Links Safe Communities Download BELTUSE & CRASHCOST Software Programs Regional Offices Traffic Safety Digests

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