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AASHTOStrategic Highway Safety Plan
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
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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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Driving Down FatalitiesTOOLS FOR LIFE
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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