April 9, 2008.
California Office of Traffic Safety Summit
San Francisco, CA.
May 19, 2009
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
Bloomington, MN
June 23, 2009
Driving Assessment 2009
Big Sky, Montana
June 26, 2009
PRI World Congress
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 27, 2009
Day of Architecture
Utrecht, The Netherlands
July 13, 2009
Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP)
Phoenix, AZ.
August 12-14
Texas Department of Transportation “Save a Life Summit”
San Antonio, Texas
September 2, 2009
Governors Highway Safety Association Annual Meeting
Savannah, Georgia
September 11, 2009
Oregon Transportation Summit
Portland, Oregon
October 8
Honda R&D Americas
Raymond, Ohio
October 10-11
INFORMS Roundtable
San Diego, CA
October 21, 2009
California State University-San Bernardino, Leonard Transportation Center
San Bernardino, CA
November 5
Southern New England Planning Association Planning Conference
Uncasville, Connecticut
January 6
Texas Transportation Forum
Austin, TX
January 19
Yale University
(with Donald Shoup; details to come)
Monday, February 22
Yale University School of Architecture
Eero Saarinen Lecture
Friday, March 19
University of Delaware
Delaware Center for Transportation
April 5-7
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
McMurrin Lectureship
April 19
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (Organization Management Workshop)
Austin, Texas
Monday, April 26
Edmonton Traffic Safety Conference
Edmonton, Canada
Monday, June 7
Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Wednesday, July 6
Fondo de Prevención Vial
Bogotá, Colombia
Tuesday, August 31
Royal Automobile Club
Perth, Australia
Wednesday, September 1
Australasian Road Safety Conference
Canberra, Australia
Wednesday, September 22
Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s
Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Program
Statewide Conference
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wednesday, October 20
Rutgers University
Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
Piscataway, NJ
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre
Injury Prevention Forum
Toronto
Monday, May 2
Idaho Public Driver Education Conference
Boise, Idaho
Tuesday, June 2, 2011
California Association of Cities
Costa Mesa, California
Sunday, August 21, 2011
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Attitudes: Iniciativa Social de Audi
Madrid, Spain
April 16, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Gardens Theatre, QUT
Brisbane, Australia
April 17, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Centennial Plaza, Sydney
Sydney, Australia
April 19, 2012
Institute for Sensible Transport Seminar
Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne, Australia
January 30, 2013
University of Minnesota City Engineers Association Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
January 31, 2013
Metropolis and Mobile Life
School of Architecture, University of Toronto
February 22, 2013
ISL Engineering
Edmonton, Canada
March 1, 2013
Australian Road Summit
Melbourne, Australia
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May 26th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Follow up on survivors of motorcycle crashes has shown that they are at a high risk of serious depression and possibly suicide. (This isn’t published research, it’s followup via hospital outreach) Seems to affect motorcyclists more because they usually aren’t riding as a form of transport but because they enjoy it and if they can’t ride because of injury it hits them hard.
Only counting fatals is a problem for motorcycle safety because the difference between a fatal and a serious injury can be a tenth of a second or a degree of angle. There are fewer bikes, so fewer fatals, so not enough useful information. Also a car to car non-fatal would be a car to bike fatal like as not, but because non-fatals aren’t counted any information from them such as road conditions or driver attitude isn’t counted either. If more attention was paid to nonfatals we might get more attention paid to what is making crashes happen. (Although there will never be the politcal will to tackle the real problem which is the entitlement to drive)
Shouldn’t surprise anyone that a serious injury makes a serious difference. This is an ableist world, ask anyone with limited mobility just how easy life is, and ask anyone who has had that disability more than 15 years how easy it used to be.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:57 am
I would imagine that the non-fatal crashes could have huge impacts on the lives of those in the accident and their families. People are permanently disabled, can’t walk, can’t drive, can’t enjoy their quality of life, live with chronic pain, etc. The social cost of all these injuries must be huge in terms of health care, welfare, mental health services, and much more. Think of the impacts on children. I have some back problems which have been very stressful on my family, I can’t imagine if you had a permanent more serious problem.
Of course, this makes our mission to prevent serious accidents so much more important. It is unacceptable that we have 40,000 deaths and over 2 million injuries each year on our roads. There is so much more that can be done and we need to think differently about how we get around.
May 27th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
As a crash victim who is now unemployable because of my injuries I can state that getting hit with a car definitely lowers your standard of living, and the monetary losses are only the tip of the iceberg.
May 27th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Thanks for drawing attention to this, Tom. The impact is monumental when you look at the numbers of people injured and suffering job loss and medical bills year in and year out. 4.1 million people disabled in the last 25 years is a very rough estimate. In research for our book, Carjacked, we interviewed car crash survivors, and their stories are of job loss, medical bills not covered by insurance, and sometimes bankruptcy. In addition, a family member often becomes caretaker for the more seriously injured crash survivors, and he or she, too, gives up a job as a consequence.
And as Opus and Zebee point out, the emotional toll is huge: 39 percent of the survivors of serious crashes, in one study, suffer PTSD, and depression is also very common.