Injury Prevention

Because there is a higher risk of injuries and fatalities on rural roads than on their urban counterparts, it is critically important for rural road agencies to implement countermeasures to reduce or prevent injuries. Some key strategies for injury prevention include promoting the use of occupant protection, reducing impaired driving, and implementing graduated licensing for young drivers.

This section includes strategies for injury prevention.

Training

Improving the Road Safety Workforce: The Road Safety Champion Program

Created: Wednesday December 15th, 2021
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Crash Records, Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Driver Behavior, Highway Safety Improvement Program (HISP), Human Factors, Injury Prevention, Low Cost Countermeasures, Road Departure, Road Safety Audits, Roadside Design/Safety, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans, Systemic Safety

2021 Fall Webinar Series: Empowering the New Mobility Workforce hosted by the National Network for the Transportation Workforce. Safety is everyone’s job, bu ... [ Read More » ]

Third Rural Road Safety Summit: Virtual Format Leads to Record Attendance

Posted on Monday December 21st, 2020

The National Center for Rural Road Safety hosted the 3rd National Summit on Rural Road Safety from September 30 – October 1, 2020. The summits have become an important national forum for engaging a wide variety ...

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Examining Rural Traffic Safety Culture: An Appalachia Case Study

Created: Tuesday October 27th, 2020
Source: Highway Safety Research Center University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Topic: Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Injury Prevention, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar featured a review of ... [ Read More » ]

The Human Trafficking Tie to Transportation

Created: Wednesday July 22nd, 2020
Source: South West Transit Association
Topic: Education, Engineering, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Injury Prevention, Public Service Announcements/Marketing Campaigns, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Sharing the Road Safely with All Road Users

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description Human traffickers exploit legitima ... [ Read More » ]

Continuing to Address Reducing Rural Roadway Departures

Posted on Tuesday February 12th, 2019

FHWA’s Every Day Counts Round 5 is in full swing, and among the initiatives in this round is Reducing Rural Roadway Departures. Taking a cue from previous EDC rounds, this new set of initiatives continues to ad ...

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Safety for the Rural Aging Road User

Created: Sunday October 28th, 2018
Source: Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Road User
Sub-Topic: Aging Road User, Driver Behavior, Driver Education, Human Factors, Injury Prevention

Webinar Description The safety of all road users must be considered on the “Road to Zero”. In this webinar, we explored the safety needs, challenges, and co ... [ Read More » ]

Did you attend our first Summit? Register now for the second one- we’re bridging the gap!

Posted on Tuesday August 28th, 2018

Rural communities provide food, energy, resources and much more to keep America running. In 2016, attendees at the National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America helped define the future for “Movi ...

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Road to Zero: Getting to Zero Roadway Fatalities: What will it Take?

Created: Tuesday May 29th, 2018
Source: National Safety Council
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Driver Behavior, Driver Education, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Human Factors, Injury Prevention, Low Cost Countermeasures, Organization Culture, Public Service Announcements/Marketing Campaigns, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Grant Writing and Project Development, Sharing the Road Safely with All Road Users

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar provided an overview of the ... [ Read More » ]

General Report

On the Road to Zero, We Cannot Ignore Rural

Created: Thursday May 10th, 2018
Source: National Center for Rural Road Safety
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road User, Safety Culture, Vehicle
Sub-Topic: Commercial Vehicles, Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Driver Behavior, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Human Factors, Injury Prevention, Organization Culture, Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officials, Safety Data, Social Capital within Communities to Support Roadway Safety

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center), a center of excellence supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administrat ... [ Read More » ]

Training

A Public Health Perspective to Rural Transportation Safety

Created: Monday November 6th, 2017
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Topic: EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road User
Sub-Topic: Driver Behavior, Injury Prevention, Occupant Protection, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) are hosting a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar will provide an overview ... [ Read More » ]

How to Address Roadway Safety Issues for ATVs and Other Off-Road Vehicles

Created: Wednesday July 12th, 2017
Source: University of Iowa
Sponsor: National Center for Rural Road Safety
Topic: EMS, Engineering, Road User, Vehicle
Sub-Topic: All Terrain Vehicles -ATVs, Injury Prevention, Safety Countermeasures, Young Drivers

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar provided an overview of ... [ Read More » ]

Research Report

Post-Crash Response

Created: Thursday December 1st, 2016
Source: World Health Organization
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Access to EMS Data, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Injury Prevention, Location of Trauma Centers, Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officials, Safety Data, Social Capital within Communities to Support Roadway Safety

The World Health Organization has released a report that outlines policies for improving health care and other systems to provide the key elements of post-crash ... [ Read More » ]

Training

Defining the Future for Safe Rural Transportation in Rural America

Created: Thursday November 10th, 2016
Source: National Center for Rural Road Safety
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture, Vehicle
Sub-Topic: Access to EMS Data, Bicycle Safety, Commercial Vehicles, Crash Avoidance Technologies, Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Driver Behavior, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Incident Management, Injury Prevention, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Intelligent Vehicle Systems, Location of Trauma Centers, Low Cost Countermeasures, Organization Culture, Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officials, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans, Systemic Safety

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar provided an overview of the ... [ Read More » ]

Research Report

Cannabis & Road Safety: Policy Challenges

Created: Saturday October 1st, 2016
Source: Traffic Injury Research Foundation
Sponsor: Canadian Automobile Association
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Road User
Sub-Topic: Driver Behavior, Driver Education, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Impaired Driving, Injury Prevention

“Drugged driving has been increasingly recognized as a priority in the past decade. Growing discussions among Federal government agencies regarding public ... [ Read More » ]

Emerging Digital Technologies In Emergency Medical Services: Considerations and Strategies to Strengthen the Continuum of Care

Created: Monday September 26th, 2016
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Topic: EMS
Sub-Topic: Access to EMS Data, Incident Management, Injury Prevention, Location of Trauma Centers

The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad review, analysis, and identification of opportunities for the EMS community to address digital technology develo ... [ Read More » ]

Training

National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America

Created: Friday September 9th, 2016
Source: Western Transportation Institute
Sponsor: National Center for Rural Road Safety, American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials, Rutgers - Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture, Vehicle
Sub-Topic: Access to EMS Data, Bicycle Safety, Commercial Vehicles, Crash Avoidance Technologies, Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Driver Behavior, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Incident Management, Injury Prevention, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Intelligent Vehicle Systems, Location of Trauma Centers, Low Cost Countermeasures, Organization Culture, Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officials, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans, Systemic Safety

The National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America was held Sept. 7-9, 2016 in Denver, CO. It was hosted by the National Center for Rural Road Safet ... [ Read More » ]

Research Report

Investigation of Interaction between Traffic Safety, Law Enforcement and Environment

Created: Thursday September 1st, 2016
Source: Mountain-Plains Consortium
Topic: EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Access to EMS Data, Crash Records, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Injury Prevention, Safety Data

“For highways located in different counties and cities across the country, specific conditions of weather, terrain, traffic characteristics, highway condi ... [ Read More » ]

Training

The Public Health Side of Rural Transportation

Created: Tuesday May 31st, 2016
Source: El Paso County, CO
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Enforcement Laws and Policies, Injury Prevention, Occupant Protection, Roles and Responsibilities for Elected Officials, Safety Plans

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5 hour online training event. This Safety Center sponsored webinar explored the publi ... [ Read More » ]

Article

Rural Response Challenges for Fire and EMS

Published: Monday April 23rd, 2012
Source: FireRescue1
Publication: FireRescue1
Topic: EMS
Sub-Topic: Access to EMS Data, Incident Management, Injury Prevention, Location of Trauma Centers

Discussion of the challenges of rural incidents for fire and EMS personnel and strategies for success. ... [ Read More » ]

Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention: A Winnable Battle

Published: Wednesday September 1st, 2010
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Topic: EMS, Enforcement, Road User
Sub-Topic: Distracted Driving, Impaired Driving, Injury Prevention, Occupant Protection, Young Drivers

Motor vehicle crashes affect all Americans. Each year, traffic crashes kill nearly 40,000 people and injure another four million severely enough to require emer ... [ Read More » ]