NHTSA 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.
Studies and Reports
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Problem Identification
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- Alcohol and Highway Safety 2006: A Review of the State of Knowledge
- Alcohol and Highway Safety: Special Report on Race/Ethnicity and Impaired Driving
- Ethnicity and Alcohol-Related Fatalities: 1990 to 1994
- Alcohol Highway Safety: Problem Update
- Alcohol and Highway Safety 2001: A Review of the State of Knowledge
- A Review of the Literature on the Effects of Low Doses of Alcohol on Driving-Related Skills
- Age of Drinking Onset and Unintentional Injury Involvement After Drinking
- Age of Drinking Onset, Driving After Drinking, and Involvement in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes
- Determine Reasons for Repeat Drinking and Driving
- Driver Characteristics and Impairment at Various BACs
- Effects of Alcohol on Motorcycle Riding Skills
- Pilot Test of New Roadside Survey Methodology for Impaired Driving
- Results of the 2007 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers
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Enforcement
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- Washington's Target Zero Teams Project: Reduction in Fatalities During Year One (Research Note)
- State Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Testing and Reporting for Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes: Current Practices, Results, and Strategies, 1997-200
- Breath Test Refusals and Their Effect on DWI Prosecutions
- The Robustness of the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) Test
- Use of Warrants to Reduce Breath Test Refusals: Experiences From North Carolina
- Evaluation of the Effects of SFST Training on Impaired Driving Enforcement
- An Evaluation of the Three Georgia DUI Courts
- Refusal of Intoxication Testing: A Report to Congress
- Evaluation of the Checkpoint Strikeforce Program
- Evaluation of the Austin Police Department DWI Enforcement Unit
- Connecticut's 2003 Impaired Driving High-Visibility Enforcement Campaign
- Breath Test Refusals in DWI Enforcement - An Interim Report
- A Study of Outstanding DWI Warrants
- West Virginia’s Impaired Driving High-Visibility Enforcement Campaign, 2003-2005
- Evaluation of the National Impaired Driving High-Visibility Enforcement Campaign: 2003 - 2005
- Breath Test Refusals (Research Note)
- Use of Warrants for Breath Test Refusal: Case Studies
- Evaluation of Seven Publicized Enforcement Demonstration Programs to Reduce Impaired Driving: Georgia, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, and Michigan
- The 2006 National Labor Day Impaired Driving Enforcement Crackdown: Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.
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Sanctions
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- Evaluation of the New Mexico Ignition Interlock Program
- Evaluation of Minnesota’s Vehicle Plate Impoundment Law for Impaired Drivers
- Evaluation of Use and Lose Laws
- Evaluation of Enhanced Sanctions for Higher BACS: Summary of States' Laws
- Evaluation of Lower BAC Limits for Convicted OUI Offenders In Maine
- Enhanced Sanctions for Higher BACs: Evaluation of Minnesota's High - BAC Law
- Effectiveness of the Ohio Vehicle Action and Administrative License Suspension Laws
- Effectiveness of the Illinois .08 Law
- Update of Vehicle Sanction Laws and Their Application
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Treatment
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Prevention
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- Evaluation of a Full-Time Ride Service Program: Aspen, Colorado's Tipsy Taxi Service
- An Impact Evaluation of Underage Drinking Prevention Projects
- Public Perceptions of the July 2003 You Drink & Drive. You Lose. Crackdown: Telephone Surveys Show the Media Campaign Reaches Target Audience
- Evaluation of A Day Reporting Center for Repeat DWI Offenders
- Preventing First-Time DWI Offenses (First-Time DWI Offenders in California, New York, and Florida)
- Evaluation of Pueblo County, Colorado’s Smart Roads Project
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Technology
