Road Safety
Road and transportation SAfety
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injuries and death around the world.
Our Research and Practice Action Teams (RPATs) are topical areas of focus.
Topics we study:
- Rural road safety/ farm equipment safety
- Older drivers
- Teen driving
- ATVs on and off the roadways
- Bicycle safety
- Motorcycle safety
- Pedestrian safety
- Simulation studies
- Naturalistic studies
- Virtual environments
Labs, technology, and websites
- TRIPS Lab
- Driving Safety Research Institute
- Hank Virtual Environments Lab
- Steering Teens Safe
- SaferTrek
- PedalPortal
Blog posts
- Older adult drivers.
- Child passenger safety: 30 years of data in Iowa.
- Addressing motorcycle safety in Iowa.
- ATV safety & youth
- Preventing child injuries outdoors during COVID-19
- Using real-world technology to study bicycle safety for kids & adults
- Preventing child pedestrian injuries
- Car crashes: When teens are at fault
- Preventing impaired driving among youth
- Preventing child pedestrian injuries
New research
(coming soon)
Policy briefs
- In-person license renewal: An important tool to identify older adults with reduced driving abilities and improve road safety
- Strategies to end bicycle crashes in Iowa: Policy, legislative, and infrastructure solutions
- Iowa Traffic Road Update: Crosswalks (TRIPS Lab)
- Keeping teen drivers and roads safer
Handouts and reports
Infographics
Partners in road safety
- Iowa Department of Transportation
- Governor’s Highway Traffic Safety Bureau
- Blank Children’s Hospital Center for Advocacy and Outreach
- Iowa State University Center for Transportation Research & Education
- University of The Gambia, The Gambia
- University of Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Our Road Safety team includes a UI Research Team Lead and a Practice Team Lead:
- Cara Hamann, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
- Daniel McGehee, PhD, Director of the Driving Safety Research Institute