Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

Timeframe

2016-2024

HSRC Team

Laura Sandt, Director
Nancy Lefler, Business Manager
Krista Nordback, Research Program Manager
Jennifer Palcher-Silliman, Professional Development and Outreach Program Manager
Courtney Blake
Kristin Blank
Alessandro Figueroa
Dan Gelinne
Chris Gomola
Katie Harmon
Stephen Heiny
Wes Kumfer
Seth LaJeunesse
Dan Levitt
Richard Lytle
Caroline Mozingo
Sarah O’Brien
Justin Owens
Nancy Pullen-Seufert
Graham Russell
Raghavan (Srini) Srinivasan
Yuni Tang
Nandi Linette Taylor
Jonathon Weisenfeld
Browse recent work by these HSRC researchers on their individual bio page.

Collaborating organization(s)

University of California, Berkeley
UNC-CH Department of City and Regional Planning
UNC Injury Prevention Center
Duke University
Florida Atlantic University
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Summary

“It’s time for a fresh approach.” That was the mantra of the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) from inception, when CSCRS was funded as a safety-focused University Transportation Center by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in 2016. The fresh approach was to apply public health principles and systems science in our work to equip current and future transportation professionals and communities with more effective tools to solve complex safety challenges. This multidisciplinary work advances Safe System concepts—such as accounting for human vulnerabilities and human behavior to proactively limit the chance of fatal injury—through research, education, workforce development, and technology transfer.

Project accomplishments include more than 40 research projects, resource development, two national conferences, multiple online seminar series, college courses, student fellowships and awards, STEM activities, and more. Some of the project team’s most important work was developing a network of partnerships.

Multidisciplinary collaboration is the bedrock of creating a Safe System and was the foundation of CSCRS’s work. The HSRC-led team joined forces with outside researchers, policymakers, private industry, safety non-profits, and multiple other stakeholders to further this work.

Research Impact, Results, and Findings

CSCRS’s cross-cutting research and tech transfer activities cover the focus areas of Vision Zero, mobility justice, public health, technology, data, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, micromobility, behavior change, and implementation.

Highlight reel: Watch this video outlining the U.S. road safety crisis and featuring CSCRS’s Safe System work to address the problem.

Quick read: Review this executive summary which provides an overview of CSCRS with a snapshot of key areas of research and tech transfer and a brief look to what’s next for Safe System implementation.

Deep dive: Read this in-depth report exploring CSCRS’s work, demonstrating the breadth of the safety-focused UTC’s research and outreach activities covering critical aspects of the Safe System approach.

Funding organization(s)

U.S. Department of Transportation

Scope

National

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