NHTSA's Heavy Duty Vehicle Brake Research Program - report no. 6: performance evaluation of a production antilock system installed on a two axle straight truck. Interim report.

Mode of access: Internet.

System design report for the National Driver Register design study. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Programs, Washington, D.C.

Driver and vehicle characteristics as related to the precipitation of accidents. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Traffic safety demonstration program modeling system. Volume II: system manual. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Investigation of driver reactions to tread separation scenarios in the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS).

Decreasing vehicle understeer was strongly associated with the likelihood of control loss following both the unexpected and expected tire failures. Knowledge of the imminent tread separation reduced the overall probability of control loss from 55% to 20% and had a significant effect on how quickly drivers responded as well as on the nature of their initial responses (i.e., steering orbraking). Driver age was marginally associated with increased likelihood of vehicle control loss, but only on unexpected trials. Vehicle speed at the time of first steering input also contributed to the probability of control loss. Neither the location of the tire that failed (left rear vs. right rear) nor the specific instructions about how best to respond to the tread separation influenced the probability of control loss. Differences associated with vehicle understeer conditions observed in the present study were large and consistent, independent of driver expectations and across driver age groups. It is thus fair to conclude that in the event of a complete rear-tire detread, the increased difficulty in vehicle handling and the associated increased likelihood of loss of vehicle control with decreasing vehicle understeer generalize to real-world driving.

Human factors aspects of the transfer of control from the automated highway system to the driver /

"July 1995."

Iowa improved driver licensing procedures demonstration project; closed circuit color television electro-mechanical teaching/testing licensing system. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development of headlight system performance criteria. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Traffic safety facts 1995 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 1996 - a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2000: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2001: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Mode of access: Internet.

Traffic safety facts 2003: a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.

Both systems were designed and developed by NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help identify traffic safety problems, to suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis on which to evaluate the effectiveness of motor vehicle safety standards and highway safety initiatives. Data from these systems are used to answer requests for information from the international and national highway traffic safety communities, including state and local governments, the Congress, Federal agencies, research organizations, industry, the media, and private citizens.

Vehicle anti-theft security system design. Volume II: technical report. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Vehicle anti-theft security system design. Volume I: summary report. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.