TRB SAFETY ACTIVITIES A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY for SCOHTS 2011 Richard Pain

HSM Briefly  1 st Edition HSM printed and sent  2 nd edition strategic plan in progress  The Committee on Highway Safety Performance replaces the Task Force—John Milton, WA DOT, is Chair. Broader scope. Mid-year in August plus Lead State Peer Exchange

 National Roundabout Conference May 18-20, 2011 in Carmel, IN (have 80 operating roundabouts) (have 80 operating roundabouts) Sucessful, 393 participants, over 120 presentations/posters ROUNDABOUTS

Commercial Drivers   Commercial Driver Health and Wellness, Nov in Baltimore, MD Over 150 attendees Proceedings under review

Commercial Drivers  Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus Industry Synthesis 17 Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus Industry Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus Industry  Older Commercial Drivers: Do They Pose a Safety Risk? Synthesis 18 Older Commercial Drivers: Do They Pose a Safety Risk? Older Commercial Drivers: Do They Pose a Safety Risk?  Effects of Psychoactive Chemicals on Commercial Driver Health and Performance: Stimulants, Hypnotics, Nutritional, and Other Supplements  Synthesis 19

SAFETY WORKFORCE  Core Competencies for Highway Safety Professionals published as Research Results Digest (RRD) online  Road Safety Fundamentals 101 supporting the core competencies done and final report published  Text book version being prepared by NHI/FHWA

SHRP 2 SAFETY   1950 car naturalistic driving study   Six test sites—urban and rural— competitively selected, under contract   Analysis planning underway-about a pedabyte of data

Antenna

DAS INSTALLATION PROGRESS CONTRACTOR# of DAS READY DATE FIRST INSTALL DAS INSTALLED TO June 4 % S 07-A IU150July 29Jan 28/ ‘115033% S 07-B PSU150July 15Feb 15 ‘114530% S 07-C CUBRC-Fl450June 25Nov 16 ‘109621% S 07-D CUBRC- NY 450May 13Oct 25 ‘ % S 07-E Westat300July 1Nov 8 ‘ % S07-F Battelle450Sept. 17Feb 23 ‘116615% % 9

Topics Addressed by the Four Selected S08 Projects 1.How does the interaction between driver attention and roadway features influence safety on rural two-lane curves? 2.Do offset left-turn lanes (bays) affect turn behavior, e.g., gap acceptance and decision to make a turn?

3.How does driver inattention (as measured by specific performance variables) affect crash risk? 4.One of the following (based on Phase I results)  Driver distraction as a cause of capacity- reducing incidents on congested freeways (preferred by S08 ETG)  Driver gap acceptance in permitted left-turns and the prediction of left-turn crash frequencies on high-speed approaches  Median encroachments and the relationship between median design and the frequency of median-crossing crashes

UPCOMING CONFERENCES of INTEREST Older Driver Safety and Mobility, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2011, Washington, D.C. Road Safety and Simulation, September 14-16, 2011, Indianapolis Sixth SHRP 2 Safety Symposium Keck Center, Washington, DC July 14-15, 2011

TRB New Subcommittees  Joint Subcommittee on Rural Road Safety  Pedestrian Crashes  Speed Management  Global Road Safety

TRB ANNUAL Meeting  467 papers submitted in safety and related areas  10,900 attended  Compendium on line –free to sponsors --all papers --all papers --all powerpoints --all powerpoints --e sessions --e sessions

 Thank you  More information at  Contact: Rick Pain, Rick Pain, Chuck Niessner, Chuck Niessner, Kenneth Campbell, Kenneth Campbell,