UMTRI Experts to Evaluate Employer Based Driving Safety Programs
UMTRI awarded NHTSA project to look at work-related driver safety.
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Behavioral Sciences Group, David W. Eby Renée St. Louis and Jonathon Vivoda at Miami University have received a five year, $2.4m award fromNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA.
The project “Demonstration and Evaluation of Employer Based Driving Safety Programs” will develop interventions and evaluate their effectiveness in three areas (safety belt use, distracted driving, and drowsy driving) in companies that have employees that drive for them. This work may lead to new policies and initiatives to reduce transportation-related crashes, injuries, and fatalities the resulting costs.
Traffic crashes are the most frequent type of workplace-related fatality, accounting for about 38% of all workplace fatalities (2,066 fatalities) in 2022.