NTL Record

Title Technical Summary: Federal Highway Administration Focus Area Data Definitions
Record ID 66156
Personal Name
Contributor
Satterfield, Cathy; Eigen, Ana Maria
Corporate Creator United States. Federal Highway Administration
Corporate
Contributor
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 20141201
Language English
Abstract Roadway departure (RwD), intersections, and pedestrians have been focus areas of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) research and safety programs for well over a decade because of elevated motor vehicle crash incidents. Countermeasures within each focus area have evolved as the data are further evaluated, and data-driven thinking has resulted in new processes for applying countermeasures. This analysis has led to an interest in improving not only the data that are used but also the definitions by which FWHA measures the crashes within each of its focus areas. The latter is the focus of this technical summary. The primary objectives of this report are as follows: (1) Inform safety specialists and data analysts of the FHWA revisions to the focus areas and (2) Provide detailed information on the current Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) attributes of each FHWA focus area.
Rosap ID dot:40861
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40861
TRT Terms Definitions; Data analysis; Countermeasures
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1554408
Report Number FHWA-HRT-14-062
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/66000/66100/66156/FHWA-HRT-14-062.pdf
Alternative URL https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/hsis/14062/index.cfm
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository