Abbreviations
AAA | American Automobile Association |
AAMVA | American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators |
ALR | administrative license revocation |
ARIMA | autoregressive integrated moving average |
BAC | blood alcohol concentration |
BHSI | Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute |
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BrAC | breath alcohol concentration |
BRFSS | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CIOT | Click It or Ticket |
CODES | Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System |
DMV | department of motor vehicles |
DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
DWI | driving while intoxicated |
DWS | driving while suspended |
DWU | driving while unlicensed |
FARS | Fatality Analysis Reporting System |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
FMVSS | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards |
FTE | full-time equivalent |
FY | fiscal year |
GAO | U.S. General Accounting Office, before July 7, 2004 |
GES | General Estimates System |
GHSA | Governors Highway Safety Association |
ICC | Illinois Commerce Commission |
ICU | intensive care unit |
IDOT | Illinois Department of Transportation |
IIHS | Insurance Institute for Highway Safety |
ITE | Institute of Transportation Engineers |
MAIS | maximum abbreviated injury score |
NASS | National Automotive Sampling System |
NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
NCSL | National Conference of State Legislatures |
NCUTLO | National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances |
NEISS-AIP | National Electronic Injury Surveillance System—All Injury Program |
NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
NightCAP | Nighttime Concentrated Alcohol Patrol |
NOPUS | National Occupant Protection Use Survey |
NSC | National Safety Council |
NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
OLS | ordinary least squares |
OUI | operating under the influence |
PAS | passive alcohol sensor |
PennDOT | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |
PIRG | Public Interest Research Group |
RDP | Rural Demonstration Program |
SBT | selective breath testing |
SFST | Standardized Field Sobriety Test |
S/R | driver with a suspended or revoked license |
STEP | Selective Traffic Enforcement Program |
TBI | traumatic brain injury |
TIRF | Traffic Injury Research Foundation |
UNC | University of North Carolina |
U.S. PIRG | U.S. Public Interest Research Group |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WISQARS | Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System |
Page last reviewed: December 2, 2015