Welcome to the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety

The national Center for Excellence in Rural Safety, established by the 2005 federal transportation act, is a joint program between the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Center for Transportation Studies, and sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, to facilitate research, training, and outreach activities related to rural transportation safety.

Events

• June 3, 2013 — Best Practices for Rural Traffic Safety Webinar Series – Using the Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool

News

Research

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of State Toward Zero Deaths Program (371 KB PDF)
• Minnesota Rural Teen Crash Project (831 KB PDF)
• Rural Road Safety and Toward Zero Deaths
• Study on the Impacts of Minnesota's Primary Seatbelt Law
• National Rural Road Safety Public Opinion Survey

Headlines from the Center

• National Toward Zero Deaths strategy nears completion
• CERS publishes summary of useful practices for rural transportation safety
• Profiles in Safety: Washington State’s traffic safety revolution
• Mississippi seeing progress in battle with lane-departure crash deaths

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Rural Safety in the News

• States driven toward 'zero death' crash goal 
  Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2013
  
• Curbing Teen Driver Crashes: An In-Depth Look at State Novice Driver Initiatives
  Governors Highway Safety Association, October 2012
• Police crackdown can curb texting while driving, teens say — USA Today, August 28, 2012
• Minnesota primary seat belt law saves lives and money — GHSA Directions in Highway Safety, Summer 2012

• U.S. Department of Transportation Releases New “Faces of Distracted Driving” Video — USDOT, August 8, 2012
• Ticket tally dips in Minnesota seat belt push — StarTribune, June 11, 2012

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