DRAFT
Tennessee’sStrategic Highway Safety
Plan (SHSP)
Driving Down Fatalities
Why and What? Its Mandated for funding
› Strategy, activity or project
It is a Guide› How to
It is a story› History (where we were)› Possible look into our future
It is a Plan to reduce the number of lives lost, human suffering, and the economic costs associated with motor vehicle crashes in Tennessee
2004
2004
MISSION: Through coordination of education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency response initiatives reduce the number of crashes that result in fatalities, injuries, and related economic losses on Tennessee’s roadways.
VISION: All roadway users arrive safely at their destination.
GOAL: Reduce the fatality rate by 10 percent by the FY 2008-09
2004
Tennessee was the FIRST State DOT to create a SHSP.› From 1998 to 2002, Tennessee experienced an
annual average of more than 170,000 reported traffic crashes. In 2002, 74,814 injuries and 1,175 fatalities occurred on Tennessee’s roads.
› In 2013, Tennessee experienced ~220,000 reported traffic crashes, 62,721 injuries and 995 fatalities
2014
2014VISION: Federal, state, and local agencies, civic groups, and private industries unified as safety partners and all working together toward zero fatalities and serious injuries on Tennessee roadways. MISSION: Using education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency response initiatives, work toward zero deaths and serious injuries by reducing the number and severity of crashes on Tennessee’s roadways. GOALS: Fatalities: Reduce the number of fatalities by 10% within the next five years. Fatality Rate: Reduce the rate of fatalities by 10% within the next five years. Serious Injuries: Reduce the current trend of increasing serious injuries by not exceeding the 2012 total value of 7,574 as an average over the next five years. Serious Injury Rate: Reduce the current trend of an increasing serious injury rate by not exceeding the 2012 total value of 10.65 serious injuries per hundred million vehicle miles traveled as an average over the next five years.
Reduce Fatalities
Reduce Serious Injuries
What’s New Meets MAP-21 requirements Reduce Fatalities and Serious Injuries Past Performances Towards Zero Deaths (1 of 36 states) Captured Emphasis Area groups (data driven)
› Infrastructure Improvements› Driver Behavior› Vulnerable Road Users› Operational Improvements
Organizational Structure to define responsibilities
Illustration trend lines and projections
What’s New
5 year comparison
Crash Type %’s
Safety PartnersSteering Committee
Source: Kentucky Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2011-2014
• Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)• Tennessee Department of Safety and
Homeland Security (TDOSHS)• Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP)• Governor’s Highway Safety Office
(GHSO)• Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA)• Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO)• Tennessee Regional Safety Council
(TRSC)• Tennessee Transportation Assistance
Program (TTAP)• American Automobile Association (AAA)
Safety PartnersAdditional Safety
Partners
Source: Kentucky Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2011-2014
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)• Tennessee Sheriffs' Association (TSA)• Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police
(TACP)• Motor Cycle Awareness Foundation of
Tennessee (MAFT)• Tennessee Department of Health (TDOH)• National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)• Tennessee Trucking Association (TTA)• AARP• Insurers of Tennessee• Tennessee Education Association (TEA)• Rural Planning Organizations (RPO)• Tennessee District Attorney General’s
Office• Safe Routes to School National
Partnership – Tennessee Network
Emphasis Areas
Current Emphasis Areas› Crash Data› Lane Departures› Intersections› Work Zone Safety› Motor Carrier Safety› Driver Behavior› Legislation
Suggested Emphasis Areaso Traffic Records
• Crash• Drivers License• Vehicle Registration
o Motor Carrier Safetyo Infrastructure Improvements
• Intersections• Lane Departure• R.R. Crossings
o Vulnerable Road Users• Bike/Pedestrian• Motorcycles• Senior Drivers
o Driver Behavioro Operational Improvements
• Incident Management• Work Zone Safety• Congestion Management
Organizational Structure and Emphasis Area Teams
Safety Partners
Technical Group Driver
Behavior
Kendall Poole
Infrastructure Improvements
Brian Hurst
Traffic Records
Chris Osbourn
Motor Carrier Safety
Jon Dierberger
Vulnerable Road Users
Jessica Wilson
Operational Improvements
Brad Freeze
Organizational Structure and Emphasis Area Teams
Governor
TDOT Commissioner
TDOT Executive Leaders
Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Traffic Records
TDOS Safety Traffic Records Systems
Chris Osbourn
Infrastructure Improvements
TDOT ProjectSafety OfficeBrian Hurst
Motor Carrier Safety
FMCSA
Jon Dierberger
Driver Behavior
GHSO
Kendall Poole
Vulnerable Users
TDOT Multimodal Jessica Wilson
Operational Improvements
TDOT Traffic OperationsBrad Freeze
Safety Partners
Emphasis Areas
FHWAReview/Approval
Source: Pennsylvania Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2012
Strategy/Countermeasure Example
Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
2014 Update
Making Tennessee’s Highways Safer
Brian Hurst, TDOT Project Safety Office