Traffic Safety Facts 2021 Research Note: Distracted Driving in 2021

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Traffic Safety Facts Research Note
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Statistics
  • Traffic crashes
  • Crash data
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
  • Data tables
  • Distraction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 443
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Traffic Safety Facts
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration works to reduce the occurrence of distracted driving and raise awareness of its dangers. This risky driving behavior poses a danger not only to vehicle occupants but pedestrians and pedalcyclists as well. Driver distraction is a specific type of driver inattention that occurs when drivers divert attention from the driving task to focus on some other activity. Often discussions regarding distracted driving center around cell phone use and texting, but distracted driving also includes things such as eating, talking to passengers, adjusting the radio/ climate controls, or adjusting other vehicle controls. A distraction- affected crash is any traffic crash in which a driver was identified as distracted at the time of the crash.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/79826/dot_79826_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 260.77 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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