Implementing Systemic Safety Improvements with HSIP — 2020: Saving Lives by Proactively Identifying Risks and Implementing Low-Cost Improvements

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Highway Safety Improvements Safety Programs Strategic Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-22-022
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  The traditional approach to safety looks for individual locations or corridors that see a high number or rate of fatal or serious-injury crashes. In alignment with the Safe System principle "Safety is Proactive," the systemic approach to safety asks why crashes happen and where they may happen in the future. This approach examines different crash types and looks for infrastructure risk factors—curves or narrow medians, for example. Agencies use the results of a systemic safety analysis to identify and apply countermeasures to mitigate those risks. By looking at the whole system, this approach helps areas currently experiencing problems as well as areas with similar characteristics that have the potential for future crashes. Because systemic safety improvements are typically lower in cost, they help maximize safety benefits over an entire community or network.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89938/dot_89938_DS1.pdf
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