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Overview

The NSC is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental, international public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. The NSC was founded in 1913 as a membership organization and now has more than 45,000 member businesses, labor organizations, schools, public agencies, private groups and individuals.  The U.S. Congress and President Eisenhower granted the NSC a Federal Charter in 1953, (Public Law 259 of the 83rd Congress) that gave the Council a mandate to “arouse the nation” in accident prevention. 

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Driver Training

The NSC developed the first driver improvement program in the nation in 1964.  That program, the Defensive Driving Course (“DDC”) has been taught to nearly 63 million drivers in the U.S., Canada, and abroad.  Since the original DDC program was developed, the NSC has expanded to include more than 30 other driver improvement courses.  Among those are numerous vehicle and/or driver specific courses based on the original DDC.

NSC’s driver improvement/driver education programs are designed and written by NSC staff with the assistance of our International Advisory Committee.  This committee is made up of safety, education, and driver education professionals.

Latest News

Motor-vehicle Fatality Report and Data Tables

Summary of Motor-vehicle Fatality Report and Data Tables for September, 2009

SEP09T1.doc
SEP09T1A.doc
SEP09T2b.doc

State Alcohol-Impaired Driving Estimates

Traffic Safety Fact Sheet is now available on our website entitled State Alcohol-Impaired Driving Estimates -

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811167.PDF

Traffic Crashes as a Leading Cause of Death in the U.S., 2006

Latest News from NHTSA includes a document entitled Traffic Crashes as a Leading Cause of Death in the U.S., 2006 -

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811226.pdf

NHTSA Distraction Driving Related Research Notes

Attached are two Research Notes on distracted driving, and cellphone use.  Both Research Notes have a considerable amount of distraction data from Fars, GES, NMVCCS, 100 car study, MVOSS and NOPUS. 

811216.pdf
811184.pdf

NOPUS Release - Seat Belt Use in 2009–Overall Results

Attached is the most recent NOPUS national survey showing seat belt use at 84%.

811100.pdf