A Novel Approach to Identify Distracted Drivers: A Case Study in New Jersey

• Completion Date: Current
• Funding Agency: NHTSA through NJDHTS
• Project Goal:  The main objective of this study is to identify the actual distracted driving events in the state of New Jersey. To this end, driver behavior was observed and recorded using video cameras along ten major highway corridors in New Jersey. This report provides a detailed analysis of the state’s crash events involving distraction over the past five years. The event data were analyzed to identify the significance of various temporal features and geometric properties of roadways on the rate of distraction. The video data was analyzed to detect distracted driving using artificial intelligence. Together, this study reflects the status and pattern of distraction events across the selected corridors in New Jersey. A link to the final report can be found here.