Highway Safety Innovations in Kentucky

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Highway Safety Innovations in Kentucky

• FHWA/KYTC/ACEC-Kentucky Partnering Workshop
• August 18, 2004
• Tony L. Young
• Transportation Safety Specialist
• Federal Highway Administration

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FHWAs Vital Few Safety Areas

• State Strategic Safety Plans (ISMP)
• Safety Belts (support NHTSA)
• Reduce Roadway Departure Crashes
• Keep Drivers on the road
• Minimize harm when they leave the road
• Improve Intersection Safety
• Improve Pedestrian Safety

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Tracking the Vital Few

• Road Departure Fatalities
• Single Vehicle ROR up 5
• 32 States showed increases
• Intersection Fatalities
• Up 3
• 30 States showed increases
• Pedestrians
• Down 1.5
• 3 of 10 focus States showed increases

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Number of Highway Fatalities - 2002
127
659
216
78
270
97
657
436
459
264
1,522
803
180
176
1,277
84
1,614
404
322
307
1,418
773
381
47
792
328
1,411
4,078
742
439
124
914
512
1,208
915
659
1,575
1,175
734
1,117
449
640
1,053
1,523
1,033
885
3,725
875
87
3,132
119
510
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Fatality Rate - 2002
1.01
1.20
1.47
0.81
2.60
1.32
1.20
1.26
0.86
1.14
1.86
1.37
2.12
1.95
1.28
1.03
1.54
1.31
1.03
1.64
1.31
1.11
2.12
1.33
1.09
1.34
1.34
1.27
1.70
2.19
1.40
1.18
1.80
1.77
1.95
1.23
1.70
1.72
1.61
2.18
1.97
2.13
2.23
1.41
1.80
2.43
1.69
2.02
1.78
1.76
1.34
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Who Owns this Problem?

• Federal Government
• State Government
• Counties
• Cities
• Private sector
• Automobile manufacturers
• Insurance companies
• Individuals

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Rethinking FHWAs ApproachMoving the numbers
for Safety

• Developing a focused approach
• National focus
• State level focus

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A National Goal 1.0 Fatalities per 100M VMT by
2008
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Partners for a National Goal of 1.0 Fatalities
per 100M VMT by 2008

• American Association of State Highway and
  Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
• Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
• American Association of State Motor Vehicle
  Administrators (AAMVA)
• Individual State DOTs

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2008 Goal Is Challenging
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Strategic Approach to Highway Safety

• Involve All Safety Stakeholders
• Be Data-Driven with Decision Making
• State-Based Strategic Safety Plans
• Comprehensive 4E Approach Engineering,
  Education, Enforcement, Emergency Services
• Consider Needs of All Roadways
• Inclusive of All Users such as Older Road Users
• Improve Safety Conscious Planning
• AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan Can Serve as
  Model

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NCHRP Report 501
ISMP A Model for States
http//gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_r
pt_501.pdf
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Implementing the Plan
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The ISMP is

• an integrated management system to reduce highway
  injuries and fatalities across a jurisdiction
• a model formal process for developing a strategic
  highway safety plan.
• a strategic plan which follows a comprehensive
  process.
• a process where the Implementation Guides are a
  critical part of the big picture.
• a process unique for each state

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What Is the Value of an ISMP?

• Focuses safety efforts Data-Driven
• Biggest bang for your buck, or Do more with
  less
• Ensures all possible players are involved
• Publicly stated vision
• Defines measures of success
• Establishes a sustainable process
• Leads to a Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan for
  Kentucky

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Keys to an ISMP

• Vision
• Safety Program Leadership - integration
• Data analysis group
• Action plan and evaluation
• Made-in-Kentucky process

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Integration at all Levels

• Integration starts at the decision making level
  with top management of various agencies working
  together
• Integration involving the 4 Es Enforcement,
  Engineering, Education and Emergency Services
• Integration across safety agencies and
  jurisdictions
• Integration during implementation

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Establishing an ISMP

• Report 501 identifies 10 success factors
• Remember
• The ISMP is an model process
• Kentuckys ISMP will be unique
• Kentuckys IMSP will build on existing structure

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An ISMP is not

• a rigid process
• an all or nothing proposition
• a process that has to be initiated in the exactly
  the same way in each state
• a document that must be followed
• a Frankenstein's Monster committee
• a label that will be required to satisfy SAFETEA

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U.S. Roadway Departure Crashes

• Three roadway departure fatalities every hour
• One roadway departure injury every minute
• Three roadway departure crashes every minute

6,925
16,214
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Roadway Departure Fatalities - 2002
97
414
161
59
206
56
382
308
293
158
767
477
124
131
650
54
1,082
242
213
197
845
270
204
21
431
180
754
2,053
456
312
72
549
280
761
649
334
1,006
799
492
550
251
420
852
871
723
708
2,032
514
53
1,665
63
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Fatalities Roadway Departure - 2002
76
63
75
76
76
58
58
71
64
50
60
59
69
74
51
64
67
60
66
64
60
35
54
45
54
53
55
50
61
71
58
60
55
63
71
51
64
68
67
49
56
66
81
57
70
80
55
59
61
53
53
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Implementing the Plan
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Roadway Departure Solutions
Crashworthy Devices
Removing Roadside Hazards
Improved Visibility
Rumble Strips
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Roadway Departure Solutions

• Remove / Relocate Obstacles

BEFORE
BEFORE
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Roadway Departure Solutions
Shield / Delineate Obstacle
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Roadway Departure Solutions

• Reduce impact severity with Crashworthy Devices

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How Can YOU Help?

• Understand that improving safety is both
• Improving driver behavior
• Improving Infrastructure
• Know its about the 4 Es
• Know where your problems are
• What does the data say
• How does it compare
• What can you do about it

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Safety Goal a Role for Everyone
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Everyone Has a Role in Achieving Success

• Recognize the significance of your role to drive
  improvements become a Safety Champion
• Have good data on the problems, analysis tools,
  and measures of success
• Every decision you make can impact safety even
  No decision is a decision
• Leverage resources by working together, with key
  partners and among disciplines
• Build upon current efforts, allow time for
  success to occur

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In the End, its NOT About Numbers

• 1 fatality every 12 minutes
• 1 injury every 11 seconds
• 1 crash every 5 seconds

• Its About People