Research

The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center*'s research goal is to effectively tap UC Berkeley's diverse community of experts in public health, transportation engineering and planning, vision, human factors, technology and other disciplines to execute research projects that address traffic safety issues in California and beyond.

The Center also sponsors the Traffic Safety Research Seminar.

SafeTREC* Research Areas

Crash Analysis and Methodology

• DUI (Alcohol-Involved) Crashes
• Backing Crashes
• Geocoding Statewide (SWITRS) Crash Data
• High Crash (Collision) Concentration Locations (includes HOV Lane Safety Studies)
• Land Use and Traffic Safety (also under Policy, Practice and Enforcement)

Vulnerable or Underserved Populations

• Child Passenger and Child Pedestrian Safety (see also Seat Belt Use)
• International Traffic Safety
• Latino Traffic Safety
• Older Drivers
• Motorcyle Safety
• Rural Traffic Safety
• Teenage Drivers
• Traffic-Related Burdens of Disease for California Population Groups

Policy, Practice and Enforcement

• Cost-Effectiveness of Traffic Safety Interventions
• Effects of Transportation Corridor Features on Driver and Pedestrian Behavior and on Community Vitality
• High-Visibility Enforcement Programs
• Land Use and Traffic Safety (also under Crash Analysis and Methodology)
• Public Health Preparedness
• Seat Belt Use (see also Child Passenger Safety)
• Speeding

Advanced Technologies Deployed for Traffic Safety

• Intersection Crashes

Traffic Safety in Non-Automobile Modes

• Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety (Multiple sub-topics)
• Public Transportation
• Railroad Crossings
• Workplace Injuries

*(WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that, starting October 26, 2009, the Traffic Safety Center has a new name, SafeTREC, the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center.

Our new name more accurately reflects the manner in which our mission has grown since our founding nearly 10 years ago to encompass safety and travel risk in a multi-modal transportation system; a robust and diverse research agenda across multiple disciplines; and development and enhancement of curriculum, training, and outreach on the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as for professionals and members of the community.)