Highway Safety Culture Assessment through Louisiana’s Regions [Summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Schneider, Helmut ; Mitran, Elisabeta
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development. Research and Development Section
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash rates
  • Crash severity
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Highway safety
  • Safety culture
  • Driver errors
  • Distracted driving
  • Seat belt use
• Publication/ Report Number:
  State Project No. DOTLT1000388 | LTRC Project No. 21-1SA
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana ; United States
• Edition:
  Technical Summary
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  Very bluntly, culture matters, particularly related to daily, human behaviors. Culture signifies a feature of individuals that affects multiple components of daily life, such as rearing children and acceptance of risk and health outcomes. Correspondingly, driving represents an essential feature of who we are as individuals. As driver and passenger deaths represent a significant public health concern, discussion about the cause, reason, or justification for the crashes represents a difficult dialog. While some crashes are the result of strictly environmental conditions (i.e., weather, asphalt decay, traffic conditions, improperly working lights), a disproportionately large number of crashes are the result of driver error, stemming from distraction, following too close, improper lane changes, speeding, drinking while driving, or other behaviors.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR: TT-Fed/TT-Reg - 5
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72558/dot_72558_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 331.90 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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