aashto strategic highway safety plan

AASHTOAASHTOStrategic Highway Safety Strategic Highway Safety

PlanPlanAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS

STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN

The Problem - TodayThe Problem - Today

Highway deaths 43,443 in 2005

The fatality rate is unacceptably high:

1.47 deaths per 100 million VMT


The Problem – TomorrowThe Problem – Tomorrow

70 of every 100 will be injured in a crash during their lifetimes…some more than once.

Of every 90 children born this year…One will die

violently in a highway crash during

his/her lifetime.


The GoalThe Goal

Reduce the incidence and severity of motor vehicle crashes.

Lower the rate to not more than 1 fatality per 100 million VMT

And…


Save LivesSave Lives

Reduce the highway death rate by one-third.

Prevent 9,000 deaths each year in traffic crashes.


Added Benefit to SocietyAdded Benefit to Society

Drive down the costs to society of motor vehicle crashes.

Total economic cost of roadway crashes: $230

billion a year.


How Can We Do It?How Can We Do It?

Involve all agencies with a safety mission

Engineers, law enforcement, EMS, licensing, judiciary, behavioral

Establish Integrated Safety Management Process

Identify Significant Safety Problems

Focus on road users, highway, vehicle, environment, and management system

Launch Coordinated Attack on Problems


Driving Down FatalitiesTOOLS FOR LIFE


THE PLANCost-effective

Proven StrategiesInnovation


Strategic Highway Safety PlanStrategic Highway Safety Plan

Created with input from a wide range of public and private sector national safety experts in driver, vehicle and highway issues.


Contributors to the Strategic Plan

Contributors to the Strategic Plan

American Association of Retired Persons

American Traffic Safety Services Assn.

Transportation Research Board

Bicycle Federation of America

General Motors Corp.

Academia

American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Insurance Industry

Roadway Safety Foundation

Railroad Industry

Private Sector Consultants

U.S. Department of Transportation

States and Counties

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

National Safety Council

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

American Automobile Association Traffic Safety Foundation

Governors Highway Safety Association

American Trucking Associations

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

National Transportation Safety Board


AASHTOStrategic Highway Safety

Plan

AASHTOStrategic Highway Safety

Plan

A Comprehensive Plan to Substantially Reduce Vehicle-Related Fatalities and Injuries on the Nations

Highways


What the Plan Focuses OnWhat the Plan Focuses On

A comprehensive approach:

Drivers Other Users Vehicles Highways Emergency Medical Services Management


Emphasis Areas & StrategiesEmphasis Areas & Strategies 22 key emphasis areas and more than 90 strategies, with emphasis on

Existing, cost-effective strategies

Enhancements to improve effectiveness of existing programs

Major and emerging safety categories

Integration of effort is the key


DRIVERS

8 Emphasis Areas

Instituting GDL for young drivers

Ensuring drivers are fully licensed and competent

Sustaining proficiency in older drivers

Curbing aggressive driving

Reducing impaired driving

Increasing driver safety awareness

Increasing safety belt use and improving air bag effectiveness

Keeping drivers alert


Special USERSSpecial USERS

2 Emphasis areas

Make Walking and Street Crossing Safer

Ensuring Safer Bicycle Travel


VEHICLESVEHICLES

3 Emphasis Areas

Improving Motorcycle Safety

Making Truck Travel Safer

Increasing Safety Enhancements in Vehicles


HIGHWAYSHIGHWAYS

6 Emphasis Areas Reducing vehicle-train collisions

Keeping vehicles on the roadway

Minimizing consequences of leaving the roadway

Improving design and operation of highway intersections

Reducing head-on and across-median collisions

Designing safer work zones


Emergency Medical ServicesEmergency Medical Services

1 Emphasis Area Enhancing emergency medical capabilities to increase survivability


ManagementManagement

2 Emphasis Area Improving Information and Decision Support Systems

Creating More Effective Processes and Safety Management Systems


Moving Toward the GoalMoving Toward the Goal

Significantly reducing crashes, deaths, injuries, and lost resources will require:

Deployment of existing and innovative cost-effective strategies

Comprehensive, team-based approach

New emphasis on emerging safety categories

A process for integrating and coordinating efforts




THE PROCESSComprehensive Approach to

Maximize Road Safety


Integrated Safety Management Process

Integrated Safety Management Process

Comprehensive approach Cuts across organizational boundaries Promotes cooperation Guides plan development Establish a death reduction goal


Developing a Comprehensive PlanDeveloping a Comprehensive Plan Four hallmarks of a Comprehensive

Highway Safety Plan:

Data driven

Collaborative

Comprehensive

Management

NCHRP Report 501 is an excellent guide


Working Together Is KeyWorking Together Is Key

Advantages of an Integrated Safety Management Process New insights—relationships between organizations and functions Helps participants see the “bigger picture” Pooled resources Sheds light on inefficiencies Interaction between participants




IMPLEMENTATIONGUIDES

Blueprints for a Safer Future


NCHRP Report 500 SeriesNCHRP Report 500 Series

Developed by recognized safety experts.

Latest research and demonstration results.

Identifies strategies to address problem areas.

Provide process for implementing guides


17 Emphasis Area Guides Now Available


Run-Off-Road

Head-On

Trees in Hazardous Locations

Unsignalized Intersections

Unlicensed Driver Suspended/Revoked

Aggressive Driving

Horizontal Curves

Utility Poles




Older Drivers

Pedestrians

Seat Belt Use

Signalized Intersections

Heavy Trucks

Alcohol Impaired Drivers

Work Zones

Rural Emergency Management Services

Distracted/Fatigued Drivers


Scheduled for Late 2006 Early 2007

Scheduled for Late 2006 Early 2007

Motorcyclists

Head-on Crashes on Freeways

Young Drivers

Bicyclists

Speed

Data


Strategic Highway Safety PlanTOOLS FOR LIFE


THE SELF ASSESSMENT

TOOL


Self Assessment ToolSelf Assessment Tool

Determine level of implementation of SHSP

Flexible, adaptable to different types of agencies

Quick, easy, inexpensive

Promotes cooperative assessment of problems

Helps agencies judge how to focus or re-direct safety activities


What Difference Will It Make?

What Difference Will It Make?

Widespread implementation of the Strategic Highway Safety Plan can result in:

9,000 fewer deaths each year

More than 300,000 fewer serious injuries

$20 billion or more savings in societal costs of crashes


Achieving ‘1.0’…What It Will Take?Achieving ‘1.0’…

What It Will Take?

Stretching our effort.

A new way of going about our business. Dramatic cultural changes in 4 areas: How we approach the problem

How we use available resources

How innovative we allow ourselves to be

How well we field a safety “team”


What Approach is Needed?What Approach is Needed?

Focus on reducing fatalities and serious injuries

Evidence-based deployment of strategies

System improvements

Keying on cost effective improvements


Focusing on High Payoff Strategies

Focusing on High Payoff Strategies

CoreLane Departures

Intersections

Safety Belt Use

Alcohol

Speed Enforcement

Young Driver

DesirablePedestrian Safety

Older Drivers

Trucks

Bicyclist

Repeat Offenders

Rural EMS


To Sum It Up…To Sum It Up…

Develop and implement comprehensive, performance-based plans Identify and work toward fatality reduction goal Address both state and local road problems Deploy low-cost, targeted, systematic and cost-effective strategies Make use of innovative solutions and strategies Work with local officials and planning partners Use Available Resources

What we need to:




Strategic Highway Safety Plan

http://safety.transportation.org

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