Risk Factors in Work Zone Safety Events: A Naturalistic Driving Study Analysis

Modeling 100-Car Safety Events: A Case-Based Approach for Analyzing Naturalistic Driving Data Final Report

Individual Driver Risk Analysis Using Naturalistic Driving Data

Naturalistic Distraction and Driving Safety in Older Drivers

OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to quantify and compare performance of middle-aged and older drivers during a naturalistic distraction paradigm (visual search for roadside targets) and to predict older drivers performance given functioning in visual, motor, and cognitive domains. BACKGROUND Distracted driving can imperil healthy adults and may disproportionally affect the safety of older dr...

Safety implications of infotainment system use in naturalistic driving.

The use of a radio while driving has long been considered a "threshold" of distraction that is socially acceptable although it may be a factor in some crashes and near crashes. This "social acceptance" has prompted the use of radio tasks, specifically radio tuning, as "references" that should not be exceeded by other secondary and tertiary tasks that make their way into the vehicle. As new func...

Defining and screening crash surrogate events using naturalistic driving data.

Naturalistic driving studies provide an excellent opportunity to better understand crash causality and to supplement crash observations with a much larger number of near crash events. The goal of this research is the development of a set of diagnostic procedures to define, screen, and identify crash and near crash events that can be used in enhanced safety analyses. A way to better understand c...