White Papers for Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety

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• Creators:
  Ward, Nicholas J. ; Linkenbach, Jeff W. ; Keller, Sarah ; Otto, Jay
• Corporate Creators:
  Western Transportation Institute ; Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). College of Engineering
• Contributors:
  Heidkamp, Kate
• Corporate Contributors:
  VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Countermeasures
  • Fatalities
  • Highway safety
  • Safety programs
  • Stakeholders Highways
  • Safety and Human Factors
  • Accidents and the Human Factor
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Montana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Western Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  While many highway safety stakeholder organizations have their own strategic highway safety plans, there is not a singular strategy that unites all of these common efforts. FHWA began the dialogue towards creating a national strategic highway safety plan at a workshop in Savannah, Georgia, on September 2-3, 2009. The majority of participants expressed that there should be a highway safety vision to which the nation aspire; even if at that point in the process it was not clear how or when it could be realized. The Savannah group concluded that the elimination of highway deaths is the appropriate goal, as even one death is unacceptable. With this input from over 70 workshop participants and further discussions with the Steering Committee following the workshop, the name of this effort became “Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety.” The National Strategy on Highway Safety is to be data-driven and incorporate education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency medical services. It can be used as a guide and framework by safety stakeholder organizations to enhance current national, state, and local safety planning and implementation efforts.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-05-D-00024
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36774/dot_36774_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.15 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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