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In support of our mission to reduce the road crash problem, the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) undertakes nearly two dozen research projects each year.

Projects currently in progress or recently completed at the Foundation are listed below. For each project we provide a title, the sponsoring/funding agency and a brief description of the purpose and method. The projects are grouped under the headings, bicycles, drinking and driving, drugs and driving, elderly drivers, trends and statistics, women drivers, and young and novice drivers.

Distracted driving
International Conference on Distracted Driving, description

Drinking and driving
A National DWI Strategy for AAA, description
An investigation of the usefulness, acceptability and impact on the lifestyle of alcohol ignition interlocks in drink driving offenders, description
Canadian Interlock Primer, description
Continuous Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring, description
Curriculum on Alcohol Interlocks, description
DWI System Improvements - improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the DWI system for dealing with hard core drinking drivers, description
Strategy to reduce impaired driving (STRID) 2010 monitoring report, description
The Alcohol Crash Problem in Canada, description
Transport Canada leaflet on alcohol use by drivers, description
Workshops on alcohol ignition interlock programs, description

Trends and statistics
Attitudes and perceptions of legal professionals regarding impaired driving and the criminal justice system, description
The Road Safety Monitor, description

Trucks
Investigation into B.C. Truck Collisions, description

Young and novice drivers
Large Scale Evaluation of Beginner Driver Education Programs, description
Youth and Road Crashes: A Program of Research and Prevention, description

View archived projects.


If you would like more information about any of these projects,
contact:
Dean Morin
Manager, Marketing and Communications
Telephone: 613-238-5235
Toll free: 1-877-238-5235
deanm@trafficinjuryresearch.com

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