Road Safety 101
Road Safety 101 is an online certificate aimed at teaching the fundamentals of road safety. By completing this course, students will be able to understand the elements of successful road safety programs, identify contributing crash factors and how they interact as well as gain a better understanding of road safety data collection and systems.
Road Safety 101 is being pilot tested by the Road Safety Academy and is based on NCHRP 17-40 Model Curriculum for Highway Safety Core Competencies. This pilot offering of Road Safety 101 will be offered at no cost. Space is limited.
Course Requirements
There are no required prerequisites for Road Safety 101, other than an interest in the field of highway safety. This certificate program is designed specifically for working professionals within the fields of road safety, including but not limited to engineering, planning, public health, injury prevention, law enforcement, and emergency management.
This online certificate course begins October 13, 2011. During the course, 100% participation in the course assignments, synchronous and asynchronous sessions will serve as criteria for the Road Safety 101 Certificate of Completion. Course participants are eligible for PDH and CM credits. The course consists of a pre- and post-exam, 5 live sessions, 2 self-paced sessions, and a series of quizzes and exercises.
Since space is limited, interested students should download and complete an application for admission using the PDF below. Please email completed applications to Katy Jones at jones@hsrc.unc.edu by September 23th, 2011. Applicants will be notified of their admissions status by September 28th, 2011.
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION (PDF)
Course Schedule
Course Orientation |
October 13, 2011 |
Unit 1: The Nature of Road Safety |
October 20, 2011 |
Unit 2: History of Road Safety Management |
Self-Paced Modules |
Unit 3: Origins, Characteristics and Uses of Crash Data |
November 3, 2011, |
Unit 4: Contributing Crash Factors, Countermeasure Selection and Evaluation |
November 10, 2011 |
Unit 5: Road Safety Program Management |
Self-Paced Modules |
Instructors
- Forrest Council, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
- Raghavan Srinivasan, Ph.D., Senior Transportation Research Engineer, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
- Daniel Carter, Senior Engineering Research Associate, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
- Carl Sundstrom, Engineering Research Associate, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
- David Harkey, Director, UNC Highway Safety Research Center
