Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Onboard Safety Systems (OBSS)

This project will determine the crash rate reductions associated with each onboard safety system (OBSS) and whether the OBSSs are cost-beneficial in order to facilitate outreach and deployment of OBSSs in the trucking industry.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program information: Improve Safety of CMVs

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $664921.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTMC75-09-C-00021

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Project Managers:

  Kwan, Quon

• Performing Organizations:

  Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

  Blacksburg, VA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Hanowski, Rich

• Start Date: 20090420
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110719
• Source Data: RiP Project 35266

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Crash avoidance systems; Crash rates; Trucking safety; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Electronic stability control
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492607
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTMC75-09-C-00021
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Sep 11 2013 1:00AM