Fall 1999 Highway Safety DIRECTIONS
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Fall 1999
college drinking

ped & bike info center

Dr. Forrest Council retires

new director appointed

work in progress

what distracts drivers?

hispanic traffic study

99' publications

A study of traffic safety issues for the Hispanic population involves working with North Carolina communities

HSRC researchers are conducting a project to identify strategies to reduce traffic-related injuries and deaths among members of the Hispanic population in North Carolina. This fall, researchers are collecting seat belt and child restraint observational data in selected areas throughout the state. They also are analyzing North Carolina crash data for information about Hispanic traffic safety problems. Early next year, they plan to conduct focus groups with members of the Hispanic population in North Carolina to share observational and crash data with them, learn more about traffic issues important to them, and find out what highway safety messages and programs they think would be most helpful in reducing deaths and injuries. The final component of the project involves working with a Hispanic community in North Carolina to test promising strategies for reducing traffic-related injuries and deaths.



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