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RTSSC Research Reports
View AllBillings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McHenry, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Renville, Slope, Stark, Ward, Williams North Dakota county road managers were surveyed regarding safety practices, training, and resources. Responses establish a benchmark for understanding common practices and opportunities to promote safety on this high risk road system. Results show a range of activity with regard to county adaptation... With the understanding that seat belts are a relatively low-cost safety device, and are an easy primary protection for occupants in passenger vehicles, North Dakota has chosen to continue work to measure rural roads seat belt use. The U.S. Department of Transportation works with states to measure seat... North Dakota is currently ranked first in the nation in percent of total traffic fatalities that are alcohol-related. Although not mandated in North Dakota, server training is one of the programs being implemented by North Dakota Safe Communities to aid in reducing impaired driving. Server training... The initial statewide driver traffic safety survey provides baseline metrics for the TSO and others in understanding perceptions and behaviors related to focus issues. A core set of questions addresses nationally agreed upon priorities, including seat belts, drinking, and speeding. In addition, questions... Occupant protection is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to protect yourself when riding in a motor vehicle. Yet many North Dakota youth, especially rural youth, fail to wear their seat belts, even with a primary seat belt law for children under the age of 18 in the state of North Dakota.... Seating children in the rear of vehicles has been shown to decrease the odds of being fatally injured in a motor vehicle crash by 36% to 40%. Although rear seating is safer, rates of children being front-seated remain high, especially for older children. Few states have enacted legislation regarding... Texting While Driving (Oct 2010, Issue Brief) Distracted driving has become a prominent traffic safety issue recently, with a significant emphasis on texting while driving (TWD). Although distracted driving encompasses many behaviors, it is text messaging behind the wheel that is generating great concern as cell phone use proliferates and TWD becomes... Teens are at high risk for crashes relative to other drivers. While some initial progress has been made in reducing teen crash deaths, North Dakota remains among the worst states in terms of teen crash incidence. Research here looks at a survey of ND teens safety performance with special attention to... The United States lags behind many other industrialized nations in its ability to ensure safety on public roadways as illustrated in Figure 1. While progress has been made in reducing traffic deaths, the continued epidemic of preventable deaths and injuries related to factors such as impaired driving... |
