Influence of Infrastructure Design on Distracted Driving

Whether due to habitual behaviors or immediate deliberate decision-making, drivers engage in risky behaviors that shift attention away from the primary tasks of driving, increasing the likelihood of crashes. Traffic Safety Facts (NHTSA 2018) reported that 37,133 people were killed in crashes on U.S. roadways during 2017. Of these fatalities, 3,166 were in distraction-affected crashes, or 8.5% of total fatalities. The occurrence of distracted driving behaviors can be strongly influenced by features of the external world through which the person is driving. Some important features in this world are built structures, and it would be useful to determine the relationships between the presence, absence, location, or design of different built structures and the occurrence of distracted driving. The objective of this research was to develop and test a conceptual safety framework for evaluating the association between distracted driver behaviors and roadway and roadside infrastructure.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4612

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $250000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project BTS-09

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Governors Highway Safety Association

  444 N. Capitol Street, NW, Suite 722
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Hallmark, Shauna

• Start Date: 20220411
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20220411

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Built environment; Cities; Detection and identification technologies; Distraction; Drivers; Floating car data; Geometric design; Infrastructure; Instrumented vehicles; Roads; Roadside hazards; Technological innovations; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Naturalistic Driving Study Database
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01674400
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project BTS-09
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 3 2018 10:07AM