Effectiveness of Fostering Safety Culture in Motor Carriers

This project demonstrated that it was possible for small new entrant motor carriers to foster adoption of a safety culture via training and testing. Upon completing the training and testing program, new entrant carriers exhibited a number of improvements, including reduced number of safety audit failures, reduction in roadside violations and crashes, greater driver retention, and improved business survival rate. A blended curriculum that incorporated electronic learning (e-learning) with in-person sessions started being developed.

• Record URL:
  https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/research-and-analysis/research/effectiveness-fostering-safety-culture-motor-carriers

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $675,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTMC75-09-H-00009

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Project Managers:

  Goettee, David

• Performing Organizations:

  Montana State University, Bozeman

  P.O Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717

  Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

  Blacksburg, VA  United States 

  University of Central Florida, Orlando

  12201 Research Parkway, Suite 501
  Orlando, FL  United States  32826-0150

  Integrated Technical Services

  2205 Candun Drive
  Apex, NC  United States  27523

  The SAGE Corporation

  4242 Carlisle Pike
  Camp Hill, PA  United States  17011
• Principal Investigators:

  Campanian, Carmella

• Start Date: 20090220
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20140430
• Source Data: RiP Project 35294

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial drivers; Crash rates; Driver training; Highway safety; Motor carriers; Trucking safety
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492706
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Contract Numbers: DTMC75-09-H-00009
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Sep 12 2013 1:00AM