Transportation Final 4-15-10 -   B - Driver Violations and Intervention

Data Notes
Data Source:	DOL DataMart database, 01/12/09
Target Rationale:	No target is applicable; this is a research project.
Link to Agency Strategic Plan:	This research is linked to DOL’s 2009-11 Strategic Plan objectives of increasing public safety and data-driven decision-making, and the related strategies of developing research-based intervention programs for highest risk groups, educating customers and partners on safety practices, and partnering with others that can impact public safety.
Relevance:	Transportation agencies use multiple strategies to impact driver behavior and safety. This research may lead to identifying a new intervention strategy.
Notes (optional):	This initial research was conducted with data from our preliminary method of extracting “safety-related” violations from driver records.
Also Avaialble
Action Plan:	Yes
Extended Analysis:	Yes

Younger drivers with a pattern of safety-related non-suspending violations may benefit from earlier intervention.  

• In initial research, nearly 19,000 drivers were found with patterns of safety-related non-suspending violations, but were not currently suspended.  Nearly 7,600 of these drivers were under 25. 
• Their age and gender distribution is very similar to the age and gender distribution of drivers with serious injury or fatality collisions.  
•  This suggests an opportunity to predict an individual’s increasing risk of serious collisions by combining violation, age and gender data.  

Key Action Items 

Ongoing research efforts will include: seeking more national data to determine the potential effects of various types of pre-suspension intervention on reducing serious collisions, refining our preliminary research method of defining violation types, and collaborating with related agencies' data experts.