Driver Safety

Standard D16.1-2007

The D16.1 is a standard for classifying motor vehicle traffic crashes. The primary purpose of the D16.1 Manual is to promote uniformity and comparability of motor vehicle traffic crash data, being developed and used in states and local jurisdictions.

Data from Traffic Safety

State Motor Vehicle Deaths, Changes and Rates excerpted from NSC's Traffic Safety monthly newsletter:

• January 2007 (.pdf)
• February 2007 (.pdf)

Resources for Journalists 

• Estimating the Costs of Unintentional Injuries
• On the Road fact sheets
• Report on Injuries in America
• School Bus Safety fact sheet

Links

• SeatCheck
• Minnesota Safety Council's Safety Safari for children
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• National Safety Belt Coalition
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• U.S. Department of Transportation Increased Security Risk Notice for hazmat workers and companies
• Worksite Wellness Council

OSHA Guidelines for Employers to Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes

Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of work-related injuries. In response to this, OSHA developed Guidelines for Employers to Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes available to download from www.osha.gov. NSC's defensive driver training exceeds those recommended guidelines and we offer more training options than anyone else.

Children in the back seat of vehicles reduces fatalities

A new study shows that a dramatic shift in behavior by parents to place children in a back seat of vehicles, coupled with increased use of child safety seats and safety belts, resulted in an 18 percent reduction in overall fatalities among children ages 0-12. Front seat fatalities declined by 46 percent.

Teen Driving a Critical Public Health Issue

The National Safety Council is on a mission to inform parents of teen drivers that they can beat the odds and keep teen drivers alive.

National Safety Council's Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs

The Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAOD) has been active in making recommendations for the control of the drinking and driving problem, including legislation, enforcement, education, chemical testing equipment, training of testing personnel, and other aspects of alcohol countermeasures programs since 1936. Learn More about the CAOD...

Journal of Safety Research Special Issue

The Journal of Safety Research presents articles and reasearch covering all aspects of safety, in both work and home environments. Read the foreword and table of contents excerpted from the Journal's special issue on driving and the elderly (Vol. 34, No. 4). Articles from the issue are excerpted below.

• Evaluating the impact of passengers on the safety of older drivers (.pdf, 147K)
• Impact of impulsiveness, venturesomeness, and empathy on driving by older adults (.pdf, 121K)
• Driving disability and dizziness (.pdf, 405K)
• Improving older driver knowledge and self-awareness through self-assessment: The driving decisions workbook (.pdf, 380K)
• Deconstructing gender difference: Driving cessation and personal driving history of older women (.pdf, 326K)
• MaryPODS revisited: Updated crash analysis and implications for screening program implementation (.pdf, 516K)
• Older women drivers: Fatal crashes in good conditions (.pdf, 175K)
• Driving and alternatives: Older drivers in Michigan (.pdf, 133K)
• Assessment of older drivers: Relationships among on-road errors, medical conditions and test outcome (.pdf, 219K)
• On-road driving evaluations: A potential tool for helping older adults drive safely longer (.pdf, 141K)
• Effect of vehicle and crash factors on older occupants (.pdf, 168K)
• Using a driving simulation to identify older drivers at inflated risk of motor vehicle crashes (.pdf, 171K)
• The 2001 national household travel survey: A look into the travel patterns of older Americans (.pdf, 177K)