Distracted Driving Project

Category: General Trends

General Trends:
Statistics/Reports; Traffic; Crashes, Pedestrians, Cyclists, Vision Zero

With ‘increased focus on enforcement’ of handheld ban as drivers return to the road, distracted driving-related citations are up month over month so far this year in Massachusetts

Mass. distracted driving citations spike dramatically
— The Boston Globe, May 25, 2021

Researchers bring tech’s tagging to Minnesota highways — approaching drivers alerted to road construction in precise, real-time

Minnesota trialling Bluetooth ‘tags’ to warn drivers about highway workzones
— Traffic Technology Today, March 19, 2020

Impact of road trauma is development issue — 130 nations back the road safety-focused ‘Stockholm Declaration’

Push to cut speed limit to 30km/h in risky areas by 130 nations
— The Sydney Morning Herald, February 20, 2020

Sharing the road (deaths): Though total fatalities on US roadways about the same, the share of those that are pedestrians or bicyclists has steadily grown

Toll Continues to Mount for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, the Victims in One in Five Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, February 5, 2020

Distracted driving must be treated ‘with the same kind of criminality and public condemnation as impaired driving:’ Op/Ed

It’s time we started treating distracted driving like impaired driving
— Toronto Star, February 5, 2020

Focus of improvements in annual report card on US states’ road safety policies: Occupant safety and children; young drivers and licensing; and preventing impaired and distracted drivers

Report Card for the States Rates Those with Best and Worst Laws to Cut Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, January 29, 2020

NSW officials are zeroed in on how Oslo has advanced efforts to achieve road safety goals as they prevent deaths and injuries

Oslo cut road deaths to one in 2019. Can Sydney do the same?
— The Sydney Morning Herald, January 13, 2020