THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CENTER's goals are to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries through multi-disciplinary collaboration with partner organizations in education, research and outreach. Motor vehicle collisions are a leading cause of death in the United States for all age groups and the number one cause of death for people between the ages of one and 34. In California alone, motor vehicle crashes kill nearly 4,000 people, injure 280,000, and cost $15 billion each year. See, also the TSC Mission Statement and Strategic Plan. Download TSC Brochure.
Volume 5, Number 3: Summer 2009
Going beyond the Numbers: an interview with incoming TSC Director Simon Washington on traffic safety myths and the importance of correcting them.
Pedestrian Safety Training Debuts at Glendale: the location for a targeted, statewide program.
Making Sure that Walking Counts in the Capitol: TSC's Robert Schneider Reports Back on his Summer Eno Foundation Conference.
"The Continuous Risk Profile Approach for the Identification of High Collision Concentration Locations on Highways," to be presented at the 18th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT 18), July 16-18, 2009 in Hong Kong. Presentation by Koohong Chung, of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). View TSC research page on high collision locations.
"Two Steps Ahead," the 2009 National Safe Routes to School Conference, August 19-21, Portland, Oregon. TSC Assistant Director Jill Cooper and Tracy McMillan of PPH Partners will be presenting "The SRTS National Partnership's Local School Project: Preliminary Results."
At the Tenth Crime Mapping Research Conference, August 19-22, 2009, in New Orleans, TSC researcher John Bigham will be presenting, "A Comprehensive Approach to Geocoding Police Collision Report Data in California." Supported by the Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety program of the National Institute of Justice.
10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, September 21-24, 2010, in London, with the theme of "Safe and Equitable Communities." "This theme has been chosen to reflect the disproportionate burden from almost all types of injuries that falls on poorer communities. Such differences are apparent both within countries, between countries and even between global regions. The conference programme will cover all aspects of injuries and safety."
Updated July 2, 2009
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Just added:
• Delano, August 6
• LA-Crenshaw, October 3.
Now Online: 2009-2010 "Next Generation Click It or Ticket" Mini-Grant Applications: due July 15
2008-2009 "Next Generation Click It or Ticket" Seatbelt Mini-Grants
July 2 Headline pick:
Caltrans examines automated speed cams:...[Incoming TSC Director] Dr. Simon Washington of Arizona State University studied the impact of automated speed enforcement on a 6.5 mile stretch of highway in Scottsdale.... He says, "Speed does matter."
Washington presented his results at UC Berkeley in May. His 10-month study showed a 30 to 40 percent reduction in crashes and led to statewide adoption of automated speed enforcement on the freeways. "High rates of speed actually are really related to the severity of crashes that can change lives forever; so speed does matter," he says. (links to video, ABC 7 KGO-TV).
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