Driver Safety Research Reports: Younger Drivers 

NHTSA conducts research and evaluation projects dealing with behaviors and attitudes in highway safety. Program focus is on drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and motorcyclists and their role in the traffic safety. Laboratory and field studies are conducted to identify and measure behaviors involved in crashes or associated with injuries. Scientific research is conducted to develop and refine countermeasures to deter unsafe behaviors and promote safe alternatives.

New Drivers

• Evaluation of the Safety Benefits of the Risk Awareness and Perception Training Program for Novice Teen Drivers
• Automated Feedback to Foster Safe Driving in Young Drivers: Phase 2 (Full Report)
• Automated Feedback to Foster Safe Driving in Young Drivers: Phase 2 (Traffic Tech)
• Automated Feedback to Foster Safe Driving in Young Drivers: Phase 2
• School Start Times and Teenage Driver Motor Vehicle Crashes
• Teen Driver Safety: Review of the Literature on Driver Education Evaluation (2010 Update)
• The Effect of Passengers on Teen Driver Behavior
• Using Haptic Feedback to Increase Seatbelt Use of Service Vehicle Drivers
• Field and Simulator Evaluations of a PC-Based Attention Maintenance Training Program
• Driver Education Practices in Selected States
• Driver License Testing of Young Novice Drivers
• Feasibility Study on Evaluating Driver Education Curriculum
• 2007 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey: Driver Education and Graduated Driver Licensing
• Graduated Driver Licensing in Georgia. The Impact of the Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA)
• National Evaluation of Graduated Driver Licensing Programs
• Parent-Taught Driver Education in Texas: A Comparative Evaluation
• Evaluation of Oregon’s Graduated Driver Licensing Program (Final Report)
• Evaluation and Compliance of a Passenger Restriction in Graduated Driver Licensing Programs
• Evaluation of PC-Based Novice Driver Risk Awareness
• Development and Evaluation of a PC-based Attention Maintenance Training Program
• Teen Driver Crashes: A Report to Congress