Safety

BTS compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on transportation accidents and exposure for use in transportation safety decision making. In addition to analyzing available data, BTS also plays a key role in the USDOT Safety Data Initiative and in the Confidential Close Calls Reporting System for the railroad industry.

• Drunk Driving by the Numbers
• Improving Operational Safety—Confidential Close Call Reporting
• Safety Data Library
  
   

Transportation Risk Analysis

• Motor Vehicle Occupant Fatality Risk Based on Person-Time Exposed: Age, Sex, and Period of Week
• BTS Special Report—Data-Driven Risk Models Could Help Target Pipeline Safety Inspections
• Africa Road Safety Review
• Speed as a Risk Factor in Serious Run-off-Road Crashes: Bayesian Case-Control Analysis with Case Speed Uncertainty