Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Dangerous Driving 2007

Nagle, Matthew; Newby, Bill

Indiana Traffic Safety Facts: Dangerous Driving 2007

Nagle, Matthew ; Newby, Bill

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2450/3539

Keywords: Traffic safety

Date: 2008-05

Cite As: http://www.policyinstitute.iu.edu/PubsPDFs/DangDriving_Pr7_final.pdf

Published As: http://www.policyinstitute.iu.edu/PubsPDFs/DangDriving_Pr7_final.pdf

Found At: IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research

Series/Report: 08-C05

Abstract:

In 2007, 3,044 collisions involving some form of aggressive driving occurred in Indiana. In addition, there were 18,487 collisions involving speed-related driving (nine percent of all collisions). This fact sheet provides summary data on Indiana traffic collisions involving dangerous driving. Though the use of alcohol and/or drugs during driving could be categorized as dangerous driving, the primary focus here is on collisions involving aggressive driving and speeding.