Highway Safety Challenges

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Highway Safety Challenges and Opportunities
Terry Schiavone NHTSA Southeast Region
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Congratulations
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National Regional Kentucky
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National Numbers - 2004

• Total Fatalities- 42,636
• Fatality rate per 100 vehicle miles traveled
  1.44
• Safety Belt Use Rate 82
• Alcohol-related fatality rate per 100 million
  VMT 0.56

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Nationally
Total US Fatalities from 2000 - 2004
Occupant and Non-Motorists
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Regional Numbers - 2004

• Total Fatalities- 11,787
• Fatality Rate per 100 vehicle miles traveled -
  1.9
• Safety Belt Use Rate 77.1
• Alcohol-related fatality rate per 100 million
  VMT 0.65

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Fatalities Southeast Region 2001-2004
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Fatality Rates Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles
Traveled SE Region - 2001-2004
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SE Region Safety Belt Use by State 2001-2005
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SE Region alcohol-related fatality rate per 100
million VMT
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Biggest Contributors to Crash Fatalities
One third of fatalities are caused by Impaired
Driving
One-third is caused by everything else
One-third of fatalities are caused by not wearing
safety belts
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So what do we need to do to address these
challenges?
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We need to look at Kentuckys data.
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Kentuckys 2004 Occupant Protection Challenges

• 66 2004 Safety belt use rate for Kentucky
• Of the 527 Occupants killed, 66.5 were
  unbelted

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Kentuckys 2004 Alcohol Challenges

• 308 Fatalities were alcohol related
• 225 (73.1) Drivers with a .08 BAC or
• higher were involved in fatal crashes
• 169 Drivers with a .08 BAC or higher
• were killed

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One third of Kentuckys challenges are
Everything Else

• Aggressive Driving / Speeding
• Youth
• Motorcycles and Lack of Helmet Law
• Commercial Motor Vehicles
• Infrastructure Challenges
• Etc.

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Solutions

• Identify crash problems and their locations
• Identify the ages of those involved
• Assemble partners to develop goals, objectives,
  
• strategies and countermeasures
• Using PIE, inform the public of your plan to
• address these crash problems
• Develop enforcement strategies and corridors
• Notify the public of results of enforcement
  activities

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Some Key Highway Safety Partners
Law Enforcement
State Commissioners
NHTSA
GR KY HSO
Regional and Metropolitan Transportation
Organizations
Working Group
FHWA
Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC)
EMS
FMCSA
Motor Vehicle Safety
KY Transportation Cabinet
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Southeast Regional Office [phone]
Atlanta, GA