Distracted Driving: Preliminary Analysis and Survey

This report primarily focuses on an attempt to document the level of driver distraction existing in Kentucky through analysis of crash data and by conducting an observational survey of drivers. Additional research is cited as a means of comparing other studies with results from Kentucky, as well as establishing a definition of distracted driver. The status of laws related to use of cell phones in other states was summarized, and the recently passed legislation in Kentucky was noted by incorporation of the full text as an appendix. It was determined from analysis of Kentucky data that if the three categories of human factors (inattention, distraction, and cell phone) listed on the traffic collision report are combined, the total would be 53,223 collisions and 184 fatal collisions.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.2010.06
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Green, J G
• Publication Date: 2010-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Pagination: 30p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Distraction; Fatalities; Human factors in crashes; Mobile telephones; Traffic crashes; Travel behavior; Travel surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Distracted drivers
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01173194
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: KTC-10-06-SPR56-10-1F
• Contract Numbers: KYSPR-1056
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 2010 12:42PM