The Unit Publications series contains printed material published specifically by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. These publications are defined as being widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. They are arranged by genre of the publication.
The Unit Publications series (1.4 linear feet) includes bibliographies, brochures, ephemera, newsletters, proceedings, proposals, and reports. The bibliographies, arranged chronologically, document the research performed at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute from its beginning in 1966, when it was established as the University of Michigan Highway Safety Research Institute, through 1995. Within these bibliographies the citations are arranged by topics such as general literature, accidents, injuries, biomechanics, emergency medical services, human characteristics, alcohol and drugs, driver-vehicle systems, vehicle dynamics, program management, law and policy analysis, and transportation and marine systems. They are arranged chronologically in these divisions with the most recent research at the end of the category. Under the heading "brochures" the researcher will find, under several titles, project summaries documenting the research done at the institute from 1969 to 1996.
There is an incomplete run of three newsletters published by the Highway Safety Research Institute and the Transportation Research Institute. All three of these newsletters publish transportation and vehicle safety research done at the institute. The Bentley Historical Library holds three issues of Research documenting the period from 1968 to 1969. Volumes 7 through 10 of the HSRI Research Review cover the period from 1977 to 1980. The UMTRI Research Review describes research from the period 1982 to 1993 and a few issues for 1996.
There are multiple reports describing research on various aspects of automobile and highway safety, such as automobile occupant injuries or the identification of problem drivers. In addition there are several reports about the Highway Safety Research Institute and the Transportation Research Institute including a report written in 1966 by the Faculty Program Advisory Committee describing the framework and function of the new Highway Safety Research Institute. There are also three reports written in 1985, 1993 and 1998 to assess and review the status of the Transportation Research Institute.