Where to Look & What to Look For: Finding the Occupant Protection Data You Need

Monday, April 3, 2023

10:45am – 12:15pm PDT

Location: Room 613

Track Leader(s)

Tim Kerns, PhD

Director, Highway Safety Office
MDOT/MVA
Dortha Cummins

Deputy Director
LA Highway Safety Commission
Baton Rouge, LA

Moderator(s)

Tim Kerns, PhD

Director, Highway Safety Office
MDOT/MVA

Speaker(s)

US

Umesh G. Shankar (he/him/his)

Program Manager
NHTSA
Washington, DC
JE

Jacob Enriquez
CB

Cindy Burch

Transportation Planner-Safety
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Max Sevareid, MPH

Emergency Medical Services Specialist
NHTSA Office of Emergency Medical Services
Seattle, WA

Are you new to the field of occupant protection or have you been around as long as “Click It Or Ticket”? New and experienced practitioners will see that not all occupant protection data is the same or should be used to inform program countermeasures. Learn how to utilize various data resources including traffic records data available at both the federal and state level to appropriately allocate resources for problem identification and evaluation efforts.