Naturalistic Engagement in Secondary Tasks (NEST) Dataset

The Naturalistic Engagement in Secondary Tasks (NEST) data set is the product of a collaboration between the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and the Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center (Toyota CSRC). The purpose of the project was to develop a dataset that would enable users to study multiple aspects of secondary task involvement including factors which may contribute to distraction and to distraction-related safety-critical events (SCEs) that include a crash or near-crash (C/NC). The dataset also includes baseline epochs to aid in future research. The dataset will eventually be available to the public and will allow researchers access to de-identified, highly detailed time-series data as well as additional high-level data about both secondary task engagement and distraction-related SCEs during real-world driving. Further information about the construction of this data set can be found in Owens, Angell, Hankey, Foley, & Ebe (2015), and information regarding specific variables in the data set can be found in the accompanying NEST Data Dictionary.