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Safety Training and Analysis Center

The image shows the Safety Training and Analysis Center (STAC) heading. To the right of the title, there are four white lines that become close to each other, mimicking the look of a roadway. Beneath the heading is a blue square. The title in the square is Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) Safety Training and Analysis Center (STAC). Beneath the title and toward the left of center shows a figure at a desk. There is a computer and a phone on the desk. Under the figure and desk is a caption that reads STAC Internal Staff. Beneath and to the fight of the caption is an image of a computer tower and a monitor. Below that image is the caption, “Safety datasets that are accessible or reside at TFHRC.� To the left of that is a long white, double-pointed arrow. Beneath the arrow is the caption, “Secure Enclave - Secure facility allows access to sensitive data while protecting privacy�. The other end of the arrow is pointing to computer equipment, which is outside of the blue box. Beneath the image is the caption, Time-series data including sensitive data�. In the middle of the double-pointed arrow is an image of a padlock. To the right of the image of the computer and monitor, there is a box with three rows. Above the box is the title, “Key Functions�. The top row of the box has the word “Training� in it. The middle row has the words “Technical Assistance� in it. The bottom row has the word “Tools� in it. To the right of the box is a small, white, double-pointed arrow. The arrow is pointing to the box with three columns and to another box, located outside of the blue box, that has “State DOTs and their Research Partners� in it.

 

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has established the Safety Training and Analysis Center (STAC) at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) to assist the research community and State departments of transportation (DOTs) when using data from the second Strategic Highway Research Program’s (SHRP2) Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) and Roadway Information Database (RID).

The STAC will advance the design, development, and execution of training to support research and analysis focused on addressing the safety of the roadway environment, specifically the impact of roadway features on driving behavior. It will also provide technical assistance to highway safety data stakeholders (primarily State DOTs), including access to subject matter experts from the academic and scientific communities working at TFHRC to expand the roadway safety body of knowledge.

FHWA will use the STAC to analyze the data, conduct research, and develop tools to address high priority issues of national significance. The STAC will support the mission of FHWA’s Office of Safety Research and Development to use a data-driven, systematic approach to reducing highway fatalities and making the Nation’s roads safer.

The STAC will provide qualified researchers with secure access to the data without jeopardizing the privacy of those who participated in the study in accordance with consent agreements signed by the study participants.

Mission of STAC

The STAC will serve as an incubator of new ideas throughout the research community, by providing sponsored opportunities for graduate and postdoctoral students, fellows, and other researchers to gain experience working with the data. The STAC will also continue to support the needs of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) by using SHRP2 safety data to conduct research on USDOT priority topics, and by developing tools that enhance data extraction and analytical capabilities.

Through a separate effort, STAC will offer more opportunities for lead researchers who are partnered with State DOTs to conduct additional research using SHRP2 safety data.

 

 

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