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Road Safety Fundamentals
Concepts, Strategies, and Practices that Reduce Fatalities and Injuries on the Road

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

UNIT 3. Measuring Safety

Table 3-3: Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers: Detailed Image Descriptions
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Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers. Description of the table in the image follows.

Table 3-3: Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers (1 of 3)
Academics and Researchers
Data Type Usefulness Accessibility Often Paired
Crash Essential High Road characteristics, Traffic volumes
Road characteristics Essential High Crash, Traffic volumes
Traffic volumes Essential High Crash, Road characteristics
Naturalistic driving Supplemental Moderate
Conflicts / avoidance maneuvers Supplemental Low Road characteristics, Traffic volumes
Citations Supplemental Low Crash, Traffic volumes, Road characteristics
Driving simulator Supplemental Low Road characteristics
Behavior observation Supplemental Low Crash, Road characteristics
Injury surveillance Supplemental Very low
Driver history Supplemental Very low
Vehicle registration Supplemental Very low
Public opinion Supplemental Very low

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Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers. Image description of the table in the image follows.

Table 3-3: Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers (2 of 3)

Safety Professionals for System Level Analysis
Data Type Usefulness Accessibility Often Paired
Crash Essential High Road characteristics, Traffic volumes
Road characteristics Essential High Crash, Traffic volumes
Traffic volumes Essential High Crash, Road characteristics
Public opinion Supplemental High Crash, Road characteristics
Conflicts / avoidance maneuvers Non-essential Low Road characteristics, Traffic volumes
Citations Non-essential Low
Behavior observation Non-essential Low
Injury surveillance Non-essential Very low
Driver history Non-essential Very low
Vehicle registration Non-essential Very low
Naturalistic driving Non-essential Very low
Driving simulator Non-essential Very low

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Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers. Image description of the table in the image follows.

Table 3-3: Data Use by Safety Professionals, Academics, and Researchers (3 of 3)

Safety Professionals for Specific Sites
Data Type Usefulness Accessibility Often Paired
Crash Essential High Road characteristics, Traffic volumes
Road characteristics Essential High Crash, Traffic volumes
Traffic volumes Essential High Crash, Road characteristics
Public opinion Supplemental High Crash, Road characteristics
Conflicts / avoidance maneuvers Supplemental Low Road characteristics, Traffic volumes
Citations Supplemental Low Crash, Traffic volumes, Road characteristics
Behavior observation Supplemental Low Crash, Road characteristics
Injury surveillance Non-essential Very low
Driver history Non-essential Very low
Vehicle registration Non-essential Very low
Naturalistic driving Non-essential Very low
Driving simulator Non-essential Very low

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Contacts

RSPCB Program Point of Contact
Felix Delgado, FHWA Office of Safety
Felix.Delgado@dot.gov
FHWA Office of Safety

Staff and Primary Work Responsibilities
FHWA Office of Safety

Safety and Design Team
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