Let’s Work Together To Save Lives: Life-Saving Strategies for America’s Highways

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety ; Federal Highway Administration Resource Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic safety
  • Highway safety
  • Fatalities
  • Traffic crashes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-04-001
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Abstract:
  Safe highways are an essential element of American quality of life and economic vitality. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is strongly committed to continuous improvements in highway safety. Even as our Nation's mobility has increased, safer vehicles and improved roadway design and operations have contributed to a 21% decline in the traffic fatality rate between 1991 and 2003 (from 1.9 per 100 million highway vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to 1.5). Despite these improvements, someone is killed every 12 minutes on American highways. In 2003 alone, more than 43,000 people died in highway crashes. The economic Joss is staggering-more than $230 billion per year- a cost of $819 to every American. Highway crashes destroy promising lives and shatter families. The FHWA shares national highway safety goals with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66021/dot_66021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 618.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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