Telematics Technology and Distracted Driving

The current project aims to develop an understanding of how smartphone-based telematics technologies can be used to measure information on individual driver behavior and performance in general and in terms of distracted driving. This study will help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) understand the limitations of this kind of data for research data collection in comparison to other kinds of data collection such as vehicle-based systems. This study will also look at age and sex differences in a group of drivers in terms of distracted driving and other risky driving behaviors, with a particular view of how the data collection systems differ. This project will involve a literature review and scan of technologies that can be used for studying data collection of driver behavior and distracted driving engagement. Next, the project will focus on different forms of data collection, e.g., focusing on NDS DAS and smartphone-based telematic apps in terms of accuracy at providing information, resources required for utilizing each technology, and ease of use and distribution (Study 1). Last, the project will involve data collection and analyses using these kinds of technologies in terms of general driving and distracted driving engagement according to the identified forms of technology (Study 1) and according to participant sex and age, which will be analyzed using the current project’s data sets (Study 2). The intent of this project is to create two (2) final reports, one for each study, a journal article, and data sets from each study and the raw data sets that can be analyzed in the future. This project will support NHTSA’s efforts to study distracted driving engagement, giving the agency information regarding what measurement techniques are effective for different forms of distracted driving, and behavior, in general, as well as providing the agency with prevalence estimates for distracted driving engagement.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $2239193
• Contract Numbers:

  693JJ924C000013

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, D.C.  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, D.C.  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Dunlap and Associates

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• Principal Investigators:

  Blenner, Jordan

• Start Date: 20240927
• Expected Completion Date: 20290929
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Behavioral Safety Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Behavior; Data collection; Distracted driving; Driver performance; Gender; Smartphones; Telematics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01935841
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Contract Numbers: 693JJ924C000013
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 1 2024 12:24PM