DRAFT

Tennessee’sStrategic Highway Safety

Plan (SHSP)

Driving Down Fatalities

Why and What? Its Mandated for funding

› Strategy, activity or project

It is a Guide› How to

It is a story› History (where we were)› Possible look into our future

It is a Plan to reduce the number of lives lost, human suffering, and the economic costs associated with motor vehicle crashes in Tennessee

2004

2004

MISSION: Through coordination of education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency response initiatives reduce the number of crashes that result in fatalities, injuries, and related economic losses on Tennessee’s roadways.

VISION: All roadway users arrive safely at their destination.

GOAL: Reduce the fatality rate by 10 percent by the FY 2008-09

2004

Tennessee was the FIRST State DOT to create a SHSP.› From 1998 to 2002, Tennessee experienced an

annual average of more than 170,000 reported traffic crashes. In 2002, 74,814 injuries and 1,175 fatalities occurred on Tennessee’s roads.

› In 2013, Tennessee experienced ~220,000 reported traffic crashes, 62,721 injuries and 995 fatalities

2014

2014VISION: Federal, state, and local agencies, civic groups, and private industries unified as safety partners and all working together toward zero fatalities and serious injuries on Tennessee roadways. MISSION: Using education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency response initiatives, work toward zero deaths and serious injuries by reducing the number and severity of crashes on Tennessee’s roadways. GOALS: Fatalities: Reduce the number of fatalities by 10% within the next five years. Fatality Rate: Reduce the rate of fatalities by 10% within the next five years. Serious Injuries: Reduce the current trend of increasing serious injuries by not exceeding the 2012 total value of 7,574 as an average over the next five years. Serious Injury Rate: Reduce the current trend of an increasing serious injury rate by not exceeding the 2012 total value of 10.65 serious injuries per hundred million vehicle miles traveled as an average over the next five years.

Reduce Fatalities

Reduce Serious Injuries

What’s New Meets MAP-21 requirements Reduce Fatalities and Serious Injuries Past Performances Towards Zero Deaths (1 of 36 states) Captured Emphasis Area groups (data driven)

› Infrastructure Improvements› Driver Behavior› Vulnerable Road Users› Operational Improvements

Organizational Structure to define responsibilities

Illustration trend lines and projections

What’s New

5 year comparison

Crash Type %’s

Safety PartnersSteering Committee

Source: Kentucky Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2011-2014

• Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)

• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)• Tennessee Department of Safety and

Homeland Security (TDOSHS)• Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP)• Governor’s Highway Safety Office

(GHSO)• Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA)• Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning

Organization (MPO)• Tennessee Regional Safety Council

(TRSC)• Tennessee Transportation Assistance

Program (TTAP)• American Automobile Association (AAA)

Safety PartnersAdditional Safety

Partners

Source: Kentucky Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2011-2014

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)• Tennessee Sheriffs' Association (TSA)• Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police

(TACP)• Motor Cycle Awareness Foundation of

Tennessee (MAFT)• Tennessee Department of Health (TDOH)• National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA)• Tennessee Trucking Association (TTA)• AARP• Insurers of Tennessee• Tennessee Education Association (TEA)• Rural Planning Organizations (RPO)• Tennessee District Attorney General’s

Office• Safe Routes to School National

Partnership – Tennessee Network

Emphasis Areas

Current Emphasis Areas› Crash Data› Lane Departures› Intersections› Work Zone Safety› Motor Carrier Safety› Driver Behavior› Legislation

Suggested Emphasis Areaso Traffic Records

• Crash• Drivers License• Vehicle Registration

o Motor Carrier Safetyo Infrastructure Improvements

• Intersections• Lane Departure• R.R. Crossings

o Vulnerable Road Users• Bike/Pedestrian• Motorcycles• Senior Drivers

o Driver Behavioro Operational Improvements

• Incident Management• Work Zone Safety• Congestion Management

Organizational Structure and Emphasis Area Teams

Safety Partners

Technical Group Driver

Behavior

Kendall Poole

Infrastructure Improvements

Brian Hurst

Traffic Records

Chris Osbourn

Motor Carrier Safety

Jon Dierberger

Vulnerable Road Users

Jessica Wilson

Operational Improvements

Brad Freeze

Organizational Structure and Emphasis Area Teams

Governor

TDOT Commissioner

TDOT Executive Leaders

Steering Committee Co-Chairs

Traffic Records

TDOS Safety Traffic Records Systems

Chris Osbourn

Infrastructure Improvements

TDOT ProjectSafety OfficeBrian Hurst

Motor Carrier Safety

FMCSA

Jon Dierberger

Driver Behavior

GHSO

Kendall Poole

Vulnerable Users

TDOT Multimodal Jessica Wilson

Operational Improvements

TDOT Traffic OperationsBrad Freeze

Safety Partners

Emphasis Areas

FHWAReview/Approval

Source: Pennsylvania Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2012

Strategy/Countermeasure Example

Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)

2014 Update

Making Tennessee’s Highways Safer

Brian Hurst, TDOT Project Safety Office