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Road Safety Demographics

Road Safety Demographics. Describe the demographic trends underlying the need for comprehensive and integrated road safety management: (e.g., social, cultural, age, gender.). Drinking and Driving. Major Topics. Demographic Characteristics Cultural Factors Demographic and Cultural Trends

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Road Safety Demographics

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  1. Road Safety Demographics Describe the demographic trends underlying the need for comprehensive and integrated road safety management: (e.g., social, cultural, age, gender.) Drinking and Driving

  2. Major Topics • Demographic Characteristics • Cultural Factors • Demographic and Cultural Trends • Social Trends • Future Road Safety Needs

  3. Impact of Demographic, Social, and Cultural Factors • Root Causes of Safety Problems • Emerging Safety Needs • Countermeasure Evaluation

  4. Demographic Factors & Road Safety • Physical Ability • Physical Vulnerability • Risk Taking Behavior

  5. Physical Ability & Vulnerability • Physical Ability • Visual acuity • Perception • Reaction time • Physical Vulnerability

  6. Aging of the US Population Percent Change (2000 – 2030) 2000-2030

  7. Feminization of Aging

  8. Fatal Crash Rates by Age and Gender

  9. Risk Taking Behavior Source: 2006 Speeding Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2006. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810814.PDF

  10. Cultural Factors & Road Safety • Race and Ethnicity • Behavioral Differences among Ethnic Groups

  11. Race and Ethnicity in Fatal Traffic Crashes 845 5,503 977 31,326 5,267 10 10 10 Number of Deaths

  12. Behavioral Differences by Race Alcohol Use

  13. Additional Behavioral Differences by Race Licensing Driving record Safety belt use Helmet use

  14. Growth in Hispanic Population Source: U.S. Census, 2000. In: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2006. Race and Ethnicity in Fatal Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes 1999 – 2004. 13

  15. Social Trends & Road Safety • Increased Travel • Increased Dependence on Automobiles

  16. Rise in Vehicle Miles Traveled

  17. Decentralized Land Development Patterns

  18. Future Road Safety Needs • Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians • Address Ethnicity in Relation to Road Safety • Adjust to Changes in Travel Behavior

  19. Review • Demographic Characteristics • Cultural Factors • Demographic and Cultural Trends • Social Trends • Future Road Safety Needs

  20. Exercise #2 Census Data

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