Carol Flannagan
Research Professor
University of Michigan
About Me
Contact Info
Email: cacf@umich.edu
Phone: 734-936-1102
Office: UMTRI 222
WFH: first choice is to use email; I will get voice mail from office phone (via email)
I am:
Research Professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), Ann Arbor, MI
Director, Center for the Management of Information for Safe and Sustainable Transportation (CMISST), UMTRI
Affiliated Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Marie Curie VINNMER Incoming Fellow, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden 2017-2018
Core Faculty, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)
My research:
Focuses on analysis of data related to transportation, with an emphasis on light-vehicle safety
Uses large and small datasets related to transportation
Centers around statistical methods (development or use) applied to transportation problems
In the News
Receive honorary doctorate from Chalmers University on May 13, 2023 (på svenska här)
Pandemic driving miles were down but fatalities were up--I call it "bonkers" here
New study of advanced technology effectiveness with GM in their press release
Our Michigan Traffic Crash Facts website was given the Richard H. Austin Long-term Service Award by the Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Commission
Our GM-sponsored research on the effectiveness of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems has been in the news in a number of places; here is the video, a tweet from Mary Barra, and a couple of the many articles (here and here); report is here
My work on the Impaired Driving Commission has been in the news lately (e.g., here and here); our report recommending no per se limit for blood THC was released in late March 2019
UM Research Faculty Achievement Award
Michigan Impaired Driving Commission Appointment
Detroit Free Press: 2016 Road Deaths in Michigan
Michigan Daily: 3rd Annual MIDAS Symposium
Holland Sentinel (and others): Michigan crashes and the economy
Intertraffic News: Big Data--The Bigger Picture
Michigan Radio: Effects of Michigan Motorcycle Helmet Law Repeal