Young Driver Crashes in Louisiana: Understanding the Contributing Factors to Decrease Numbers

The purpose of this study is to fulfill two major objectives: identifying underlying contributing factors associated with young driver crashes, and evaluating Louisiana’s GDL program. The research will be designed to perform an extensive analysis on existing crash data to identify age related as well as experience related factors associated with young driver crashes in Louisiana. Secondly, the research study should evaluate the effectiveness of GDL programs in connection with key contributing factors since its inception in 1998.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $151403
• Contract Numbers:

  19-5SA

  1000296

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  5304 Flanders Drive, Suite A
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Managing Organizations:

  Louisiana Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 94245
  1201 Capitol Access Road
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Project Managers:

  Zeringue, Kirk

• Performing Organizations:

  Louisiana Transportation Research Center

  4101 Gourrier Avenue
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Principal Investigators:

  Mitran, Elisabeta

• Start Date: 20190801
• Expected Completion Date: 20210430
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Crash causes; Crash data; Data analysis; Graduated licensing; Teenage drivers
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01715957
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 19-5SA, 1000296
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 10 2019 11:43AM