Traffic Safety Facts Research Note: Distracted Driving 2020

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• 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
  • Teenage drivers
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 309
• 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 behavior poses a danger to vehicle occupants as well as pedestrians and pedalcyclists. Driver distraction is a specific type of driver inattention. Distraction occurs when drivers divert their 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 other activities such as eating, talking to other passengers, or adjusting the radio or climate controls. A distraction-affected crash is any 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/79830/dot_79830_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 241.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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