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AASHTOStrategic Highway Safety Plan

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS


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STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN

The Problem - Today

Highway deaths

43,443 in 2005

The fatality rate is unacceptably high:1.47 deaths per 100 million VMT


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The Problem Tomorrow

70 of every 100 will be

injured in a crash duringtheir lifetimessomemore than once.

Of every 90 children born this year

One will die violentlyin a highway crash

during his/her

lifetime.


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The Goal

Reduce theincidence andseverity ofmotor vehicle

crashes.

Lower the rate tonot more than 1fatality per 100million VMT

And


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Save Lives

Reduce the highway death rate by one-third.

Prevent 9,000 deaths each yearin traffic crashes.


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Added Benefit to Society

Drive down

the costs to societyof motor vehiclecrashes.

Total economic cost ofroadway crashes: $230

billion a year.


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How Can We Do It?

Involve all agencies with a safety missionEngineers, law enforcement, EMS,licensing, judiciary, behavioral

Establish Integrated

Safety Management Process

Identify SignificantSafety Problems

Focus on road users, highway, vehicle,

environment, and management system

Launch Coordinated Attack on Problems


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Driving Down FatalitiesTOOLS FOR LIFE

THE PLANCost-effective

Proven Strategies

Innovation


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Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Created with input

from a wide range ofpublic and private

sector national safetyexperts in driver,vehicle and highwayissues.


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Contributors to theStrategic Plan

American Association of RetiredPersons

American Traffic Safety Services Assn.

Transportation Research Board

Bicycle Federation of America

General Motors Corp.

Academia

American Road and TransportationBuilders 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 HighwaySafety

American Association of State

Highway and Transportation Officials

American Automobile AssociationTraffic Safety Foundation

Governors Highway Safety Association

American Trucking Associations

American Association of Motor Vehicle

Administrators National Transportation Safety Board


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AASHTOStrategic Highway Safety Plan

A Comprehensive Plan to SubstantiallyReduce Vehicle-Related Fatalities and

Injuries on the Nations Highways


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What the Plan Focuses On

A comprehensive approach:

Drivers

Other Users Vehicles

Highways

Emergency Medical Services Management


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Emphasis Areas & Strategies

22 key emphasis areas and more than90 strategies, with emphasis on

Existing, cost-effective strategies

Enhancements to improve effectiveness of existingprograms

Major and emerging safety categories

Integration of effort is the key


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DRIVERS

8 Emphasis Areas Instituting GDL for young

drivers

Ensuring drivers are fullylicensed and competent

Sustaining proficiency inolder drivers

Curbing aggressive driving

Reducing impaired driving

Increasing driver safety

awareness Increasing safety belt use

and improvingair bag effectiveness

Keeping drivers alert


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Special USERS

2 Emphasis areas

Make Walking and StreetCrossing Safer

Ensuring Safer BicycleTravel


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VEHICLES

3 Emphasis Areas

Improving Motorcycle Safety

Making Truck Travel Safer

Increasing Safety

Enhancements in Vehicles


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HIGHWAYS

6 Emphasis Areas

Reducing vehicle-train collisions

Keeping vehicles on the roadway

Minimizing consequences of leaving the roadway

Improving design and operation of highwayintersections

Reducing head-on and across-median collisions

Designing safer work zones


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EmergencyMedical Services

1 Emphasis Area

Enhancing emergency medicalcapabilities to increasesurvivability


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Management

2 Emphasis Area

Improving Information andDecision Support Systems

Creating More Effective Processesand Safety Management Systems


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MovingToward 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


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THE PROCESSComprehensive Approach to

Maximize Road Safety


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Integrated Safety Management Process

Comprehensive approach

Cuts across

organizational boundaries Promotes cooperation

Guides plan development

Establish a death reduction goal


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Developing a Comprehensive Plan

Four hallmarks of a Comprehensive HighwaySafety Plan:

Data driven

Collaborative

Comprehensive

Management

NCHRP Report 501

is an excellent guide


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Working Together Is Key

Advantages of an IntegratedSafety Management Process

New insightsrelationshipsbetween organizations andfunctions

Helps participants see thebigger picture

Pooled resources

Sheds light on inefficiencies

Interaction between participants


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IMPLEMENTATION

GUIDESBlueprints for a Safer Future


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NCHRP Report 500 Series

Developed by recognized safetyexperts.

Latest research and demonstrationresults.

Identifies strategies to addressproblem areas.

Provide process for implementingguides


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17 Emphasis Area GuidesNow Available

Run-Off-Road

Head-On

Trees in HazardousLocations

UnsignalizedIntersections

Unlicensed DriverSuspended/Revoked

Aggressive Driving

Horizontal Curves

Utility Poles


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17 Emphasis Area GuidesNow Available

Older Drivers

Pedestrians

Seat Belt Use

SignalizedIntersections

Heavy Trucks

Alcohol ImpairedDrivers

Work Zones

Rural EmergencyManagementServices

Distracted/FatiguedDrivers


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Scheduled for Late 2006Early 2007

Motorcyclists

Head-on Crashes on Freeways

Young Drivers

Bicyclists

Speed Data


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Strategic Highway Safety PlanTOOLS FOR LIFE

THE

SELF ASSESSMENT

TOOL


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Self Assessment Tool

Determine levelof implementation of SHSP

Flexible, adaptable to differenttypes of agencies

Quick, easy, inexpensive Promotes cooperative

assessment of problems

Helps agencies judge how to

focus or re-direct safety activities


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What Difference Will It Make?

Widespread implementation of the StrategicHighway Safety Plan can result in:

9,000 fewer deathseach year

More than 300,000fewer serious injuries

$20 billion or moresavings in societalcosts of crashes


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Achieving 1.0What 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


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What Approach is Needed?

Focus on reducing fatalities and serious injuries

Evidence-based deployment of strategies System improvements

Keying on cost effective improvements


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Focusing on High PayoffStrategies

Core Lane Departures

Intersections

Safety Belt Use

Alcohol

Speed Enforcement

Young Driver

Desirable Pedestrian Safety

Older Drivers

Trucks

Bicyclist

Repeat Offenders

Rural EMS


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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-effectivestrategies

Make use of innovative solutions and strategies

Work with local officials and planning partners Use Available Resources

What we need to:


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Strategic Highway Safety PlanTOOLS FOR LIFE

Strategic Highway Safety Plan

http://safety.transportation.org

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