Insurance Institute For Highway Safety

Highway loss data institute (hldi): hldi is a tax-exempt research and educational organization. Hldi performs scientific studies of insurance claims data on motor vehicle losses and publishes insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.

Communications projects: projects undertaken to disseminate information to the public concerning motor vehicles and highway research done by the institute and by other organizations involved in motor vehicle and highway safety. The institute's public website provides information on the institute's research and on the institute's crash testing to evaluate the crashworthiness of vehicles, as well as on new research performed on vehicle based crash avoidance systems.

Research projects: projects undertaken to identify and evaluate methods of reducing the personal injuries and property damage resulting from the use of motor vehicles. Research includes the human factors associated with teenage drivers, alcohol-impaired driving, truck driver fatigue, seat belt use, and other areas. Research about the physical environment includes, for example, assessment of roadway designs to reduce run-off-the-road crashes, and to eliminate roadside hazards.