About our work
The LRC’s Injury Prevention Team provides legal technical assistance on law and policy that impacts injury incidence and injury-related morbidity and death across the lifespan. We conduct legal and policy research, develop resources, and conduct in-person and virtual training sessions for public health professionals, researchers, advocates, and policymakers in the areas of road safety; education, training, and licensing of novice drivers; child and adolescent injury prevention, including sports and recreational injury; and interpersonal violence prevention. Our injury experts work collaboratively with the National Children’s Safety Network, Partnership for a Safer Maryland, the Brain Injury Association, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Novice Driver Licensing Laws Data
Under a cooperative agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the LRC created two legal mapping data sets of laws governing novice driver licensing in the states. It is our hope that the data will be widely used for outcomes research, policy evaluation, and advocacy to reduce crashes among new drivers.
The data are free and publicly available on the LawAtlas website, and include interactive maps and multiple search functions to facilitate comparisons across jurisdictions. Data codebooks (user guides) and coding protocols are also available on the website.
Novice Driver Licensing Laws Data Instructional Webinars
In 2025, the LRC held a series of three webinars entitled A New Resource for Road Safety Research and Policy: Publicly Available Datasets on State Novice Driver Licensing Laws to describe and demonstrate these new resources. Recordings are available below.
- Novice Driver Licensing Data: State Driver Education Instructor Requirements
- Novice Driver Licensing Data: State Driver Education Curriculum Requirements
- Novice Driver Licensing Data: State Graduated Driver Licensing Laws
Please contact Kerri Lowrey at klowrey@law.umaryland.edu with any questions or data corrections.