 |
|
AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
|
In 1997, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standing Committee for Highway Traffic Safety, along with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Safety assembled a group of national safety experts in driver, vehicle and highway issues from various organizations. The specific purpose of this group was to develop a strategic plan that would impact the nation’s present and predicted statistics on vehicle-related deaths and injuries. The end result was the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) which focuses on 22 key emphasis areas and contains strategies designed to improve each area’s major problem areas or to advance effective practices by means that are both cost-effective and acceptable to a significant majority of Americans.
|
The AASHTO SHSP divides the 22 key emphasis areas into six major categories: Drivers, Special Users, Vehicles, Highways, Emergency Medical Services and Management. A review of the key emphasis areas shows that with a few exceptions, all of these are directly applicable to North Carolina’s needs as revealed by preliminary analysis of historical crash data.
|
AASHTO SHSP Key Emphasis Areas
PART 1: DRIVERS
- Instituting Graduated Licensing for Young Drivers
- Ensuring Drivers are Licensed and Fully Competent
- Sustaining Proficiency in Older Drivers
- Curbing Aggressive Driving
- Reducing Impaired Driving
- Keeping Drivers Alert
- Increasing Driver Safety Awareness
- Increasing Seat Belt Usage
PART 2: SPECIAL USERS
- Making Walking and Street Crossing Safer
- Ensuring Safer Bicycle Travel
PART 3: VEHICLES
- Improving Motorcycle Safety and Increasing Motorcycle Awareness
- Making Truck Travel Safer
- Increasing Safety Enhancements in Vehicles
PART 4: HIGHWAYS
- Reducing Vehicle-Train Crashes
- Keeping Vehicles on the Roadway
- Minimizing the Consequences of Leaving the Road
- Improving the Design and Operation of Highway Intersections
- Reducing Head-On and Across Median Crashes
- Designing Safer Work Zones
PART 5: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
- Enhancing Emergency Medical Capabilities to Increase Survivability
PART 6: MANAGEMENT
- Improving Information and Decision Support Systems
- Creating More Effective Processes and Safety Management Systems
|
|
|
|
NC DOT
NC DOH
NC GOV
