National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence Reports (NSTSCE, VTTI)

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    Developing a Web-Based Return-on-Investment Calculator for Truck Safety Technologies
    Camden, Matthew C.; Medina-Flintsch, Alejandra; Hickman, Jeffrey S.; Feng, Xueting; Hanowski, Richard J. (National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2020-10-08)
    Although large truck advanced safety technologies such as automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, and video-based onboard monitoring are becoming more prevalent, adoption rates and use are lagging due to concerns about return on investment (ROI). To address this, researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) developed an Excel-based ROI calculator and accompanying user manual. This report describes an extension of that original project: a web-based version of that calculator available at https://www.vtti.vt.edu/roicalculator/. The report describes the rationale behind the calculator and an provides an overview of the resources available on the website.
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    Large Truck Technology Return-on-Investment Calculator: User Guide and Instruction Manual
    Camden, Matthew C.; Medina-Flintsch, Alejandra; Hickman, Jeffrey S.; Hanowski, Richard J. (National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2020-04-21)
    In 2015, large trucks were involved in 415,000 crashes in the United States that resulted in approximately 116,000 injuries and 4,067 fatalities. One way to reduce these crashes and their resulting injuries and fatalities is through the adoption of advanced safety technologies (ASTs) such as automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, and video-based onboard safety monitoring. Despite studies showing that ASTs effectively prevent or mitigate crashes, commercial motor vehicle (CMV) carriers often lack data on their associated return-on-investment (ROI). This project offers CMV carriers a research-based ROI calculator in the form of an Excel spreadsheet with an accompanying user guide.