Vision for a Safer Road System
Our mission is to create and exchange knowledge to advance
transportation safety through a multidisciplinary, systems-based approach.
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 providing an overview of CSCRS with a snapshot of our 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 our research and outreach activities covering critical aspects of the Safe System approach.

CSCRS Co-Director Laura Sandt testifying before U.S. Senate subcommitteeSandt testifies before U.S. Senate Commerce subcommittee

On May 21, 2024, CSCRS Director Dr. Laura Sandt testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports in a hearing titled “Examining the Roadway Safety Crisis and Highlighting Community Solutions.” Read the announcement >

 

UNC HSRC continuing research on Safe Systems

Since 2016 CSCRS has been managed by the UNC Highway Safety Research Center. To follow our continuing work promoting the Safe Systems approach to road safety, visit the HSRC website for the most up-to-date information. Visit the HSRC site >

 

CSCRS consortium is the vanguard of road safety research

Our multidisciplinary team combined UNC’s Department of City and Regional Planning and Injury Prevention Research Center, as well as other leading research programs at Duke, Florida Atlantic and the universities of California, Berkeley and Tennessee, Knoxville. See our team > 

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