Browsing by Author "Lisby, Kathy"

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    2006 Indiana Crash Facts
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Lisby, Kathy; Nagle, Matt; Newby, Bill; Sapp, Dona
    Traffic accidents have claimed the lives of 928 people per year in Indiana in 2004-2006. Unfortunately, many of these fatalities could have been prevented. This book summarizes highway crash statistics for the state of Indiana. It is a tool that can be used to develop and implement traffic safety programs to save lives, injuries, and property damage.
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: County Profiles 2006
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007-08) Lisby, Kathy; Nagle, Matt; Newby, Bill; Wyeth, Debbie
    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: County Profiles 2006
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Occupant Protection, 2006
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Lisby, Kathy
    Indiana’s observed seat belt usage rate has increased from 62 percent in 2000 to 84 percent in 2006. Nevertheless, 54 percent of the persons killed in traffic collisions in Indiana in 2006 (where restraint usage was known) were not wearing seat belts. This fact sheet examines the use of protection devices such as safety belts, child restraint seats, and airbags in motor vehicles, the laws governing their use, and the lives that could have been saved had protection devices been used.
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Pickup Truck Crashes and Restraint Usage, 2005
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Lisby, Kathy; Nagle, Matt; Nunn, Samuel; Sapp, Ben
    Indiana's seat belt law exempts pickup truck and SUVs that have truck licenses, in spite of the fact that safety belts save lives. This traffic safety fact sheet shows that two-thirds of the people involved in fatal pickup truck accidents in Indiana in 2005 were not wearing seat belts.
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    Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Speeding 2006
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Lisby, Kathy
    Speeding is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes. Nationally in 2005, speeding was a contributing factor in 30 percent of all fatal crashes, resulting in a loss of more than 13,000 lives. This report examines data about traffic accidents in Indiana in 2006 related to speeding.