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North Dakota Statewide Traffic Safety Survey, 2024: Traffic Safety Performance Measures for State and Federal Agencies
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2024-07-01
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Abstract:The United States trails other developed countries in several transportation safety metrics. One metric, road traffic death rate, is higher than in other developed countries (World Health Organization 2024) (Figure 1.1). Progress has been made to reduce the number of traffic-related fatalities, but crashes resulting in death, injury, and property damage continue to occur due to preventable factors. These factors include driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, distracted driving, speeding, and operating a vehicle without a seat belt, among others. The metric highlighted in Figure 1.1, which presents the most recent data from the World Health Organization, suggests that more work is needed to improve driver behavior and overall safety on roadways in the United States. One critical asset in monitoring and communicating traffic safety priorities is a reliable and comprehensive means to set and measure goals (Government Accounting Office 2010). In a nationwide effort to improve transparency and quantify metrics for behavior-based investments designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) established a set of performance measures to support traffic safety priorities and demonstrate progress related to behavioral safety plans and programs (Hedlund 2008).
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