Improving Safety of Teenage and Young Adult Drivers in Kansas Final Report: Improving Safety of Teenage and Young Adult Drivers in Kansas Phase 1: Preliminary Analysis

The main objectives of this proposed project was to identify the characteristics of highway crashes by teenage/young drivers in Kansas and to identify most effective countermeasures in addressing the safety of this vulnerable group. In doing so, the factors that contribute towards increased crash severity of young drivers will also be identified. This report was published as an internal-only report to KDOT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was published as an internal-only report to KDOT.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $35000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  RE-0494-01

  K-TRAN: KSU-09-9 NP

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754
• Project Managers:

  Bodyk, Pete

• Performing Organizations:

  Kansas State University's Center for Transportation Research

  2118 Friedler Hall
  Manhattan, KS  United States  66506-5000
• Principal Investigators:

  Dissanayake, Sunanda

• Start Date: 20090601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110201
• Source Data: RiP Project 18194

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash rates; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Research projects; Teenage drivers
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01536028
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Kansas Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: RE-0494-01, K-TRAN: KSU-09-9 NP
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2014 1:01AM