Topic: Data and Statistics

SafeRoadMaps.org
A visually innovative tool that maps out roadway fatalities across the nation... and in your community.

Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2008 (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2009

2008 ENA National Scorecard on State Roadway Laws: A Blueprint for Injury Prevention
The 2008 ENA National Scorecard on State Roadway Laws: A Blueprint for Injury Prevention is a tool to empower ENA members, public health and highway safety professionals and the public at large to engage in collaborative efforts that encourage lawmakers to pass research-based laws protecting people from roadway-related injuries focuses on developing specific state laws to prevent injury and save lives.

Rural/Urban comparison, NCSA Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, 2006 Data (PDF)
NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2008
DOT HS 810 812
Rural/Urban Comparison on Traffic Safety

2008 Traffic Safety Culture Index (PDF)
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 2008
This report provides an overview of the attitudes, opinions, behaviors, and experiences of the American public regarding traffic safety.

Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2007 (PDF)
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2007
This annual statistical report presents data on the nation's transportation system that includes safety, economic performance, energy use, and environmental impact data.

State Transportation Statistics 2007 (PDF)
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2007
This report is a statistical profile of transportation in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It includes information on infrastructure, safety, freight movement, travel, registered vehicles and vehicle miles of travel, economy and finance, and energy and environment.

NCSA Customer Automated Tracking System (CATS): Publications, Documentation & Manuals
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
CATS contains NCSA publications such as Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, FARS/GES Reports, Research Notes and Crash*Stats, Technical Reports, Annual Assessments, and Documentation and Manuals for FARS, GES, and NASS-CDS. Customers may also request customized data at this site.

State Traffic Safety Information (STSI)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Map-based method of accessing data on traffic safety for each state. Contains data from most recent year available.

Safety State Fact Sheets (PDF)
Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (TSPWG)
Two-page transportation safety fact sheets compiled by FHWA and its Transportation Safety Planning Working Group partners.

Wisconsin Community Maps Pilot Site
Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory, 2008
The Community Maps pilot site provides an online dynamic map interface using the open Google Maps API to provide roadwork and crash data for the counties of Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland in southwestern Wisconsin.

Traffic Safety Facts: 2006 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment—A Preview (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2007
DOT HS 810 791
This fact sheet offers a preview of results from the 2006 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and Injuries, which shows that the number of people killed in the United States in motor vehicle traffic crashes declined from 43,510 in 2005 to 42,642, the lowest level in five years.

State Data Program
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
The State Data Program (SDP) supports NHTSA's efforts to identify traffic safety problems, help develop and implement vehicle and driver countermeasures, evaluate motor vehicle standards, and to study crash avoidance issues, crashworthiness issues, and regulations.

Technologies for Improving Safety Data
Transportation Research Board, 2007
NCHRP Synthesis 367
The objective of this synthesis was to summarize the current state-of-the-practice and state-of-the-art utilization of technologies for efficient and effective collection and maintenance of data for highway safety analysis. Technologies have been suggested by previous research reports as providing a means by which to overcome many of the limitations surrounding safety data. This synthesis documents a number of successful implementations of technologies whereby the following measures of safety data were improved: Timeliness, Accuracy, Completeness, Comprehensiveness, Efficiency, and Integration.

Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC), 3rd Edition
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Governors Highway Safety Association, 2008
Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) is a voluntary guideline that helps states collect consistent, reliable crash data. The data are used for identifying traffic safety problems, establishing goals and performance measures, monitoring the progress of programs, and allocating resources for enforcement, engineering and education. The MMUCC Web site www.mmucc.us offers a one-stop source for information on the guideline. The site was redesigned and includes a wealth of background material, including Web-based training on each of the data elements, and a discussion forum that allows visitors to ask questions about MMUCC implementation and engage in dialogue with fellow traffic safety professionals.

Highway Safety Manual Data Needs Guide
Transportation Research Board, 2008
NCHRP Research Results Digest 329
This digest is designed to help potential users of the 1st edition of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) anticipate the data needs for using the HSM. The guide focuses on the data needed to use the HSM Part C methodologies for rural two-lane highways, rural multilane highways, and urban and suburban arterials. The guide provides information designed to help potential HSM users assess whether their existing data sources contain the data needed to apply the HSM safety prediction methodologies to highways of interest.

Rural car crash mortality rate higher
Southwest Farm Press, May 11, 2007
Studies show that 56 percent of pickup crash fatalities in Texas occur in rural areas, compared to 44 percent in urban areas. NHTSA’s annual two-week-long “Click It or Ticket” campaign is designed to emphasize the ease—and cost effectiveness—of using a seat belt.

Declining Traffic Deaths Lead to Lowest Highway Fatality Rate Ever Recorded
United States Department of Transportation, 2007
The number of people who died on the nation's roads fell last year, leading to the lowest highway fatality rate ever recorded and the largest drop (number and percentage) in total deaths in 15 years, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced.

Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Statistics for DOT's Rural Safety Initiative (2002-2006)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 2006
Contains data on rural fatalities in commercial motor vehicles.

A & I Online (FMCSA's Analysis and Information Web site)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Contains SafeStat Online, a data-driven analysis system that determines the current relative safety status of individual motor carriers, crash statistics, and other safety related statistics.

2005 Rural Crash Fatalities, By State
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2005
2005 Rural crash fatalities.

Contrasting Rural and Urban Fatal Crashes 1994-2003 (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2005
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Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for the period 1994-2003 were used to compare the characteristics of fatal rural and urban crashes. The study found that there are approximately 42 percent more fatal crashes in rural areas compared to urban areas; however there are fewer vehicle miles traveled in rural areas than urban areas. In addition, fatal rural crashes are more likely to involve multiple fatalities, rollovers, and more trucks.

2004 Rural Crash Fatalities, By State
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2004
2004 Rural crash fatalities

U.S. Speeding-Related Motor Vehicle Fatalities by Road Function Classification, 1995-1999 (PDF)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 2000
Classifies speeding in rural areas.

The Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2000 (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2000
DOT HS 809 446
This report presents the results of an analysis of motor vehicle crash costs in the United States in the year 2000. The total economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in 2000 was $230.6 billion. This represents the present value of lifetime costs for 41,821 fatalities, 5.3 million non-fatal injuries, and 28 million damaged vehicles, in both police-reported and unreported crashes.