Cell Phones and Motor Vehicle Fatalities Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Shoag, Daniel ; Muehlegger, Erich
• Corporate Creators:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Harvard University. Kennedy School of Government ; University of California, Davis ; United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cellular telephones
  • Crash injuries
  • Distraction
  • Fatalities
  • Highway safety
  • Traffic crashes
  • Driver distraction
  • Human factors in crashes
  • Highways
  • Safety and Human Factors
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HVDR24-14
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; California ; Massachusetts
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01594410
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  The research objective of this project was to explore how the use of mobile devices affects driver safety. With almost all American adults owning a cell phone and other mobile devices currently, cell phone use while driving is thought to be extremely common. There have been significant concerns raised about distracted driving; however, relatively little consensus has been reached on the impact of distracted driving on safety. The results of this research are the first direct evidence linking call patterns and accidents in a non-experimental setting. As expected, the observational data strongly confirm the link between traffic injuries and death and mobile phone use.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC01
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39168/dot_39168_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 73.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3d6af5ff103e357e0afd644a88836aca33e23105a39498814050cf6978ae60c7