Category: Plans

  • May 5th, 2020

Statement by GHSA Executive Director Jonathan Adkins WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that 36,120 people were killed on U.S. roadways in 2019, a 1.2% decrease from 2018 and the third straight year of modest declines. This is good news, but clearly much work remains. Tens of thousands of […]

  • April 17th, 2020

Traffic Safety Community Urges Safer Driving During Coronavirus Pandemic WASHINGTON, D.C. – Emptier streets may be encouraging some drivers to flout traffic safety laws, including speed limits. Despite there being far fewer vehicles on the road due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, state highway safety officials across the country are seeing a severe spike in speeding. […]

  • April 15th, 2020

This pdf document outlines previous and potential traffic safety measures on the Federal level in the following areas. Encouraging Safer Driving Behavior Vehicle Safety Improvements Roadway Safety Improvements Commercial Transportation Safety Options for Congress State of Traffic Safety in America Driving is one of the riskiest activities the average American engages in. Deaths and serious […]

  • October 17th, 2019

It is with great pleasure that I present the 2019 edition of the Annual Report of the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) which contains the most recent road safety data and up to-date information for 41 countries. The large majority of IRTAD countries recorded a decrease in the number of road deaths […]

  • April 16th, 2019

The United Nations Road Safety Strategy is designed to guide the United Nations system to improve road safety in a sustainable and coordinated manner. The need for this strategy is clear. Road crashes have been a leading cause of death and serious injury to United Nations personnel. In line with the Decade of Action for […]

  • December 13th, 2018

Summary of Recommendations Major PI&E Effort  Consequences of the current situation The mounting death and injury toll Everyone think they are the exception Focus of effort: no exceptions – no use of cell phones by driver Like smoking, it must become socially unacceptable Drivers need understanding of cognitive effects of any and all cell use […]

  • November 30th, 2018

This course will present current guidance for implementing traditional and emerging countermeasures to reduce wrong-way driving (WWD) crashes on freeways and divided highways in the state of Alabama. Each year, hundreds of fatal WWD crashes occur across the United States, and thousands of injuries are reported in crashes caused by wrong-way (WW) drivers. After collecting […]

  • July 1st, 2018

The overall objectives of this research were to identify and explore alternative safety data sources and analysis perspectives, and demonstrate the potential utility of these alternative approaches in increasing understanding of precipitating events and predisposing factors for crashes occurring on horizontal curves and at unsignalized intersections along rural two-lane roads. The project team executed the […]