Education
Safety Training Resource Database
Federal Highway Administration
Safety and work zone professional development resources.
Evaluating Driver Education in America (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2009
Improving Highway Safety with ITS
Consortium for ITS Training and Education
Web-based transportation course that aims to increase awareness of the benefits to be gained through the deployment of ITS for highway safety applications.
Public Information and Education in the Promotion of Highway Safety
Transportation Research Board, 2007
NCHRP Research Results Digest 322
Assesses the role of public information and education programs in contributing to behavior change in highway safety.
"Gimmee a Boost!" A Multi-Faceted Community and School Intervention to Increase Booster Seat Use in Rural Communities (New York State) (PDF)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2005
The goal of “Gimmee a Boost!” A Multi-Faceted Community and School Intervention to Increase Booster Seat Use in Rural Communities is to reduce motor vehicle crash deaths and hospitalizations in the target counties by increasing booster seat use.
Partners for Rural Traffic Safety. Action Kit
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2001
DOT HS 809 299
This toolkit provides strategies for increasing seat belt use. Fifteen communities took part in the project to develop strategies for increasing seat belt use. By using the roadmap and tools enclosed in this Kit, any rural community can replicate the success achieved by the 15 communities that took part in the pilot project.
Safe Communities
Nine agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation are working together to promote and implement a safer national transportation system by combining the best injury prevention practices into the Safe Communities approach to serve as a model throughout the nation.
Center for Excellence in Rural Safety | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN 55455 | Location & Contact Information