01850544

Monograph

https://dx.doi.org/10.17226/26627

In June 2014, eight associations that represent government agencies involved in highway safety released the document "Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety." This national strategy describes a long-term vision of zero traffic-related deaths and outlines the current challenges that need to be tackled. Some of these challenges include the size of the nation’s road network, the variety of road users, and the complexity of the driving task. It is similar to previous national safety plan efforts in its discussion of key safety areas and associated strategies to address them. Safety areas listed in the document deal with drivers (impaired driving, speeding, belt usage, and distraction), roadways (roadway departure and intersections), vulnerable users (pedestrians and bicyclists), and vehicles (motorcycles and large trucks). The national strategy calls for committed and sustained collaboration among all highway safety stakeholders, as well as for reaching out to new partners who have not previously engaged in these efforts. In addition, this strategy places emphasis on promoting a positive traffic safety culture for organizations and society that supports the TZD vision. As in previous plans, the discussion of implementation in the TZD national strategy document stays at a high level, with a focus on national leadership and direction, and leaves the details of implementation to the states. The data (the nearly steady number of traffic fatalities over the past five years) suggest that states may be finding it difficult to do what needs to be done to drive the numbers down and help move them Toward Zero Deaths. This may be caused in part by there not being enough specific guide on how states can implement new TZD programs, tools, and techniques. The objective of this project is to provide that guide to states and other highway safety stakeholders in order to advance the implementation of the TZD national strategy.

Submitted June 2020.

NCHRP Project 17-64

English

70p

2022

NCHRP Web-Only Document

9780309690676

Digital/other

Figures; Tables

Guidelines; Highway safety; Plan implementation; States; Strategic planning

Toward Zero Deaths

Highways; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 27 2022 2:30PM