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High-Visibility Garments and Worker Safety on RoadwaysHigh-Visibility Garments and Worker Safety on Roadways
May 20, 2012
The U.S. Forest Service has released a report that summarizes the high-visibility safety apparel requirements for U.S. Forest Service employees who work on public roadways.

State Alcohol-Impaired Driving Estimates
May 20, 2012
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that explores data that provide estimates of alcohol involvement in fatal crashes for the United States and individually for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 2010.

Motorcycle Helmet Use in 2011—Overall ResultsMotorcycle Helmet Use in 2011—Overall Results
May 20, 2012
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that explores the use of motorcycle helmets using 2011 data.

Improved Multi-Lane Roundabout Designs for Urban Areas
May 16, 2012
The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that explores the safety of multi-lane roundabouts versus signalized intersections, pedestrian facilities, and vertical deflection devices.

Gap Acceptance Road Safety Modeling
May 11, 2012
The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that highlights the development of safety models designed to help enable practitioners to better understand crash risk at urban intersections.

FMCSA 2012-2016 Strategic PlanFMCSA 2012-2016 Strategic Plan
May 11, 2012
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released its strategic plan for the next five years. The plan is designed to establish a framework that places safety as the highest priority and employs three core principles--raising the bar to entry, maintaining high safety standards, and removing high-risk carriers and drivers.

Characteristics of Alcohol Impaired Road Users Involved in Casualty Crashes
May 11, 2012
The Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University of Adelaide, Australia, has released a report that explores the profile of the person, crash, and licensing characteristics of a group of road users involved in a casualty crash as a result of alcohol impairment.

Benefits of Intelligent Headlamp Technologies to Pedestrian Safety at Roundabouts
May 10, 2012
The Transportation Lighting Alliance has released a report that discusses the influence of vehicle headlamps and roadway lighting on the ability of drivers to see pedestrians along crosswalks in roundabout intersections.

Evaluation of the National Black Spot Program – Volumes 1, 2, and 3
May 10, 2012
The Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport has released three reports that evaluate the effectiveness of 1,599 black spot projects approved and completed between 1996 and 2003. The Black Spot program provide funding to target road locations with either a history of crashes or which have a heightened risk of crashes occurring.

Mapping Large Truck Rollovers: Identification and Mitigation Through Spatial Data Analysis
May 10, 2012
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released findings from the first phase of a three-part research effort aimed at helping to mitigate large truck rollovers. ATRI’s first phase produced a database of locations with the highest frequency of large truck rollovers using more than 50,000 crash records from a nine-year period.  The full report, state-specific su...
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