Driving Risk: For Researchers and Health Care Providers

• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
  FARS is a nationwide census sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to provide yearly data on fatal injuries from motor vehicle crashes. The website provides access to FARS data and includes information on research (including access to technical publications), laws and regulations, and driving and vehicle safety.
  • Access FARS data tables for 1994–2009
• Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
  The GHSA represents the state and territorial highway safety offices that implement programs to address behavioral highway safety issues, including occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding. It maintains resources on distracted driving and tracks state legislation and driving statistics. In 2014, GSHA issued a report that looks at nearly two dozen state policy, enforcement and education initiatives to help keep teen drivers' focus off their smartphones and on the road.
  • Read the report, Distracted & Dangerous: Helping States Keep Teens Focused on the Road
• Preventing Teen Motor Crashes: Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences
  The National Academies Press issued this book based on a 2007 multidisciplinary workshop focused on emerging technology for studying, monitoring, and controlling driving behavior.
• NHTSA
  The NHTSA maintains information on vehicle safety research, including research reports and national and state-specific data.
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  The NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being.
  • Press release: “’Saving Lives’ strategy effective to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths”

Please note: Links to organizations and information included on this page do not indicate endorsement from the NICHD, NIH, or HHS.