Areas of Focus
Motor Vehicle Crash
The U-M Injury Prevention Center is a leader in the field of transportation safety. We have funded work ranging from young driver safety to child passenger seat safety, as well as bicycle/motor vehicle safety. We are continually working to improve motor vehicle safety. Below you’ll find links to more information about our work in this area, as well as a listing of members doing work or interested in this area. We invite you to explore and join us as we move forward to advance research and prevention.
Checkpoints Teen Driver Safety Program
The Checkpoints Program is an evidence-based, parent-oriented teen-driving intervention, using a sustainable delivery mode that could be adopted and institutionalized nationwide.
Watch a video for parents on the value of using Checkpoints to help keep their teen driver safe during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Click here to download the U-M Injury Prevention Center’s Issues & Solutions Sheet on Checkpoints.
U-M Injury Prevention Center Lunchtime Seminar on Risky Driving
How Multiple Male Peer Passengers Affect Male Adolescent Risky Driving; February 2, 2017
Dr. Anuj Pradhan presented his findings from his recent U-M IPC-funded study on adolescent male driving behavior during a 2017 lunchtime seminar. Dr. Pradhan is interested in the etiology of injuries and fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes from a human factors and behavioral standpoint.
Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention News & Events
11.27.22
SAVE the DATE: Safety 2022 – 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion: Postponed to November 27-30, 2022
Injury prevention and safety promotion is a maturing area. It involves many disciplines and interest…
03.30.22
Save the Date: SAVIR Annual Conference
Mark your calendar for March 30-April 1 2022 – the SAVIR Conference will take place…
03.13.22
Save The Date: Lifesavers Conference
The 2022 Lifesavers Conference will provide a global platform with 70 workshops in nine tracks,…
05.05.22
U-M Injury Prevention Center Newsletter April 2022
This month’s highlights include new IPV-focused visual abstracts in the areas of alcohol-involved overdose deaths…
04.01.22
Featured in PBS Interview: Core Faculty Dr. Erin Bonar Speaks on Cannabis and Driving Under the Influence
Featured in PBS Interview: Core Faculty Dr. Erin Bonar Speaks on Cannabis and Driving Under…
03.31.22
U-M Injury Prevention Center Newsletter February/March 2022
This month’s highlights include a new opioid overdose surveillance toolkit; new IFIP funding and fellowships;…
Latest Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention Publications
Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention Information & Tools
Evidence-Based Teen Driver Safety Program: Checkpoints
The Checkpoints Program is an evidence-based, parent-oriented teen-driving intervention, using a sustainable delivery mode that could be adopted and institutionalized nationwide.
Prevention Resources
Parent Guide for Coaching Teen Drivers
Guide for helping parents supervise their teen’s driving practice throughout the entire learner period, before they begin independent driving. Developed by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, this resource helps guide the process starting with the simplest, safest conditions, progressing slowly to more challenging driving conditions, and practicing the same skills repeatedly and with focus.
Summary of an Evidence-Based Teen Driver Safety Program-Checkpoints™
This handout highlights the Checkpoints™ program, an evidence-based teen driver safety intervention that involves an interactive parent-teen driving agreement. All materials are available for free for all states at youngdriverparenting.org.
Legislative Issues & Policy Briefs
Cell Phone Use & Motor Vehicle Crash Risk in Michigan
This document is about motor vehicle crash risk in Michigan and current law on texting, handheld cell phone use, and all cell phone use in Michigan and all around the United States.
Cost of Fatal Injuries in Michigan
This document describes the cost of fatal injuries in Michigan and the implications for public health practice.
Effect of Michigan’s Helmet Law Repeal
This document describes the impact of Michigan’s universal helmet law’s partial repeal in April 2012 on helmet usage, head injuries and fatalities, and the financial implications.
Funded Research Projects Focused on Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention
The U-M Injury Prevention Center has funded current and past injury research projects focusing on motor vehicle crash prevention. Peruse the projects listed below.
-
Evaluating a Virtual Reality Game Demonstrating How Distractions Cause Performance Drop-Off: A Mixed Methods Approach in Early Teen Drivers
-
AV Occupant ID Optical Based Occupant Identification and Classification for Autonomous Vehicles
-
CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Formal Design of Semi-Autonomous Cyberphysical Transportation Systems
Core Faculty and Practitioners with Expertise in Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention
Please click on a faculty/practitioner’s name to access their full profile with research interests and funded projects.
Carol Flannagan, PhD
Motor Vehicle Crash Content Lead
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,
Director, Statistics and Methods Section, Research Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
Injury Prevention Coordinator, Pediatric Trauma Program, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Child Passenger Safety Technician and Instructor, Pediatric Trauma, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
Research Professor and Head of the Behavioral Sciences Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan
Research Area Specialist Lead, Behavioral Sciences Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Motor Vehicle Crash Content Lead, Research Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
Don B Chaffin Collegiate Research Professor, Biosciences Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Co-Director, Outreach and Translation Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
Associate Research Scientist, Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan
Trauma Injury Prevention Manager, Trauma Services, MidMichigan Medical Center, Midland, MI
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Injury Prevention Program Lead, Pediatric Trauma Program, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
Members with Interest/Expertise in Motor Vehicle Crash Prevention
-
Abdul-Fatawu Shaibu
Guidance and counseling -
Aditi Misra, PhD.
University of Michigan -
Ajmal Khan Khoso, MPH
National Highways & Motorway Police -
Ajmal Khan Khoso, MPH
National Highways & Motorway Police -
Ajmal Khan Khoso, MPH
Government of Pakistan -
Albert King, PhD
Wayne State University -
Allison LeBorgne, MPH
Union County Health Department -
Amanda Wyman
Bronson Methodist Hospital -
Amber Kroeker
Randall Children's Hospital -
Andrea Huseth-Zosel, PhD
North Dakota State University -
Bayu Satria Wiratama, PhD
Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada -
Bridget Fox
St John of God Kerry Services -
Carla Kohoyda-Inglis, MPA
University of Michigan -
Carrie Cantrell, LMSW, MPH
Phoenix Children's Hospital -
Carrie Musolf
University of Michigan -
Chad Engelhardt
Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School -
Chastity Flint, BSN, RN
Driscoll Health Plan -
Christian Lumaj
University of Michigan -
Colleen Peterson, PhD
Transportation Research Institute -
Cynthia Miller, MSN
Bronson Methodist Hospital -
Damilola Abiodun, NVQ
Bin omran -
Daniel Griffith, MBA
Virginia University of Lynchburg -
Daniel Gyaase, MPhil
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology -
David Christensen, MA, JD
Christensen Law -
Devendra Kumar, PhD
Indian Institute of Technology -
Diamond Buchanan
Diamond Buchanan -
Diana Bowman, PhD
Arizona State University -
Dipa Gurung Rai
John Maxwell -
Dominique Leibbrandt, PhD
Stellenbosch University -
Dr. Alex Joseph
SRM School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technolog,y Kattankulathur, India