Way To Drive Validation Study

Validation Study of Penn's Way to Drive Telematics Research Application

Way to Drive is a smart phone-based driving telematics application. Research participants are invited to download the app, which uses phone sensors to track driving behaviors including mileage, hard breaking events, and handheld phone use while driving, measured as the phone screen being unlocked while the phone is in the hand and the vehicle is in motion. Before the study team launches a clinical trial using the app, the researchers will test its capabilities and reliability.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Distracted Driving; Validity; Driving Behaviors

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 62

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • University of Pennsylvania

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Adults who completed in the study team's recent clinical trial with User Based Insurance customers and stated interest in being contacted about further research opportunities. The adults participated in a driving monitoring study (May 2021) and met the eligibility criteria, including 4 trips per week.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 or older (only adult drivers will be invited)
• Willing to download Way to Drive and allow it to track the user's location while the user is in motion (i.e. over 5mph)
• Will make at least 4 driving trips per week for the duration of the study.
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 Cannot complete online surveys
• Does not have smart phone
• Not willing to download Way to Drive app and allow location tracking while in motion
• Will not be driving at least 4 times per week during the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of driving trips classified correctly (driver/passenger) by the Way to Drive Telematics App	Measured by the driving and behavior when the car is in motion by the Way to Drive app.	28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of driving events accurately captured (trip captured or missing) by Way to Drive Telematics App	Measured using phone sensor data to detect when the vehicle is in motion.	28 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mucio Delgado, University of Pennsylvania

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 17, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 13, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): August 13, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 13, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 13, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 16, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 5, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 1, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 849755

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Deidentified participant data will be made available to other researchers upon request.
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Data will be made 5 weeks after request and indefinitely thereafter.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: SAP

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No