Nebraskas Strategic Highway Safety Plan Strategies Workshop Process

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Nebraskas StrategicHighway Safety
PlanStrategies Workshop Process Expected
Outcomes

• Randy Peters, NDOR
• Howard Preston, CH2M HILL
• May 16, 2006

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Highway Users pay the bill!
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SHSP
Stronger Teamwork Better Results!
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Strategic Highway Safety is a Process

• Leadership initiative
• Identify agency champions
• Gather data
• Analyze data
• Establish a working group
• Bring safety partners together
• Adopt a strategic goal

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Strategic Highway Safety is a Process

• Identify key emphasis areas
• Set performance based goals
• Identify strategies and countermeasures
• Determine priorities for implementation
• Write the SHSP plan
• Implement the plan
• Gather feedback, evaluate, repeat

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Emphasis Areas

• Reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes on
  all Nebraska roads.
• Increase occupant restraint use statewide.
• Reduce the number of run off the road crashes on
  the state highway system.
• Improve the safety of highway intersections.
• Reduce young drivers involvement in fatal and
  injury accidents.

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Emphasis Areas

• Increase Work Zone safety.
• Improve the accuracy, timeliness and completeness
  of traffic records.
• Increase Commercial Vehicle Safety

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Introductions

• Howard Preston Eagan, MN
• Over 30 years of transportation experience with
  continuous involvement in safety research and
  development of safety programs.
• He really likes things that use gas, make noise
  and go fast.

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What is a SHSP?

• States vision/goal for reducing the number of
  fatal and life changing injuries
• Identifies the key strategies that when
  implemented will be most effective at achieving
  the goal.
• A guide for safety investments.

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Why Prepare a SHSP?

• The Previous Approach to Safety isnt Working

There is a trend of an increasing number of
traffic fatalities.
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The National Highway Safety Goal

• Reduce the Highway Fatality Rate from 1.5 to 1.0
  per 100 million vehicle miles
• Reduce in absolute numbers highway fatalities by
  5000 to 7000 per year (from current 43,000)

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Where does Nebraska stand?

• In 2002, Nebraska ranked near the middle for
  fatality rate.

A 38 reduction in Nebraskas fatality rate is
needed to reach the national goal
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Model SHSP Process
Guiding Sources
SHSP and NCHRP 500
National Statewide Crash Data
Review by Working Committee
5 Critical Emphasis Areas
Develop Comprehensive List of Strategies
Adopt a Goal
Effectiveness Implementation Costs
Critical Strategies Summit
Develop Strategy Plan Summaries
Implementation, Evaluation, Refinement
Critical Strategies
Develop Deployment Plan
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Screening the 22 Key Emphasis Areas
Work Zones
Aggressive Driving
Vehicle Safety Equipment
AASHTOs 22 Key Emphasis Areas in the
SHSP. The 22 Emphasis were screened using -
Number of fatal crashes, - Review and selection
by Working Committee. The CEAs represent the
areas with the greatest potential to
significantly reduce the number of traffic
fatalities in Nebraska. - Represent over 65 of
traffic fatalities in Nebraska.
Older Drivers
Licensed Competent Drivers
Pedestrians
Vehicle-Train Crashes
Driver Safety Awareness
Motorcycles
Alert Drivers
Bicyclists
Truck Travel
EMS
Safety Management Systems
Improving Information Systems
Nebraskas 5 Critical Emphasis Areas
Impaired Driving
Seat Belt Use
Design and Operation of Intersections
Lane Departure Head-On / Across Median
Crashes, Minimize Consequences of Leaving the
Road, Keeping Vehicles on the Road
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Young Drivers
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Note Double counting of fatalities not allowed
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Nebraska Safety Goals
Tony Kane, AASHTO, listed establish a stretch
goal as the first point for success.

• Adopt the National Goal of a 1.0 Fatality Rate
  (1.6 ? 1.0).
• For Nebraska, a change in the fatality rate from
  1.6 ? 1.0 would be approximately a 38 reduction.
• Would expect annual fatalities to decrease from
  275 (2000-2004 avg.) to 200 (2008 forecasted).

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How do Nebraskas Fatal Crashes Stack-Up?
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Model SHSP Process
Guiding Sources
SHSP and NCHRP 500
National Statewide Crash Data
Review by Working Committee
5 Critical Emphasis Areas
Develop Comprehensive List of Strategies
Adopt a Goal
Effectiveness Implementation Costs
Critical Strategies Summit
Develop Strategy Plan Summaries
Implementation, Evaluation, Refinement
Critical Strategies
Develop Deployment Plan
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Screening - Initial Strategies
AASHTOs SHSP, NCHRP Report 500 Implementation
Guidelines, and input from Safety
Partners. The strategies will be screened
using - Crash data, - Effectiveness, - Cost,
and - Input from Safety Summit. The Critical
Strategies should have the greatest potential to
significantly reduce the number of traffic
fatalities in Nebraska.
Intersections 68 Strategies
Lane Departure 44 Strategies
Impaired Drivers 22 Strategies
Young Drivers 16 Strategies
Seat Belts 11 Strategies
Nebraskas Critical Strategies
Education Strategies
Data Systems Strategies
EMS Strategies
Engineering Strategies
Enforcement Strategies
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Example Lane Departure Strategies
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Illustration Lane Departure Prioritization

• 40 Initial Strategies
• Keep vehicles from encroaching into the opposite
  lane
• Centerline rumble strips
• Center two-way left turn lanes
• Keep vehicles from encroaching on the roadside
• Edgeline rumble strips
• Midlane rumble strips
• Delineation of sharp curves
• Horizontal curve geometry
• Reduce the severity of the crash
• Roadside hardware
• Clear zone
• Breakaway devices

• 2 Critical Strategies
• Keep vehicles from encroaching into the opposite
  lane
• Centerline rumble strips
• Keep vehicles from encroaching on the roadside
• Edgeline rumble strips

• 10 High Priority
• Keep vehicles from encroaching into the opposite
  lane
• Centerline rumble strips
• Keep vehicles from encroaching on the roadside
• Edgeline rumble strips
• Delineation of sharp curves
• Reduce the severity of the crash
• Roadside hardware
• Clear zone

• 5 Top Voted
• Keep vehicles from encroaching into the opposite
  lane
• Centerline rumble strips
• Keep vehicles from encroaching on the roadside
• Edgeline rumble strips
• Delineation of sharp curves
• Reduce the severity of the crash
• Roadside hardware

Small group discussion and prioritization.
Large group discussion and voting.
Selection by NE Interagency Safety Committee.

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• Universe of Alternatives
• 11 Seat Belt Strategies
• 44 Lane Dep. Strategies
• 22 Impaired Drivers Strategies
• 68 Int. Strategies
• 16 Young Driver Strategies

• Comprehensive Short List of 10-15 Highest
  Priority Strategies
• Enforcement
• Education
• EMS
• Engineering
• Data Systems Mgmt.

Data Driven Screening Process Safety Partner
Input
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Breakout Group Assignments

• Seat Belts
• Facilitator
• Bob Corner (DMV)
• 11 Initial Strategies

• Lane Dep.
• Facilitator
• Rudy Umbs (FHWA)
• 44 Initial Strategies

• Impaired Dr.
• Facilitator
• Simera Reynolds (MADD)
• 22 Initial Strategies

• Intersections
• Facilitator
• Karen Amen (Olsson)
• 68 Initial Strategies

• Young Drivers
• Facilitator
• Laurie Klosterboer (NSC)
• 16 Initial Strategies

Breakout Groups to Screen Comprehensive List
Identify High Priority Strategies
Large Group Voting Exercise to Reflect Safety
Partners Priorities
Reminder Todays objective is to identify the
short list of key strategies
that have the greatest probability of
helping achieve Nebraskas safety goal.