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Toward Zero Deaths A National Strategy on Highway Safety

Toward Zero Deaths A National Strategy on Highway Safety. Stakeholder Workshop Welcome and Introductions. August 25, 2010 Tom Sorel, Minnesota Department of Transportation Vernon Betkey, Maryland Highway Safety Office. Welcome. Introductions Overview of TZD Effort Purpose of Workshop

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Toward Zero Deaths A National Strategy on Highway Safety

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  1. Toward Zero DeathsA National Strategyon Highway Safety Stakeholder Workshop Welcome and Introductions August 25, 2010 Tom Sorel, Minnesota Department of Transportation Vernon Betkey, Maryland Highway Safety Office

  2. Welcome • Introductions • Overview of TZD Effort • Purpose of Workshop • Logistics: • Plan for the day • Concurrent webinar

  3. Overview • Progress has been made in improving highway safety… • Lowest fatality levels in 50 years • Safety partnerships have been strengthened • Greater leadership focus on safety • …But we still face significant challenges • 33,963 fatalities in 2009 • Legislative and other barriers to implementing proven strategies

  4. Fatalities and Fatality Rate, by Year -16.4% -10.5% -10.9% -8.9% 33,963 1.16

  5. Why Now? • New political leadership • Reauthorization • Uncertain trend for the future • Better use of limited resources • Build on our success

  6. National Strategy • Build on existing foundation of proven strategies, relationships, and leadership • Cultural change: change Americans’ attitudes toward highway safety • Involvement from wide variety of highway safety stakeholders • “Owned” by all stakeholders

  7. Two Key Products • National Safety Plan and Outreach Program • A data-driven plan that includes key emphasis areas, projection of future needs, promising countermeasures, and expected improvements • Goal: adoption by safety stakeholder organizations in 2011 • Implementation Process • Strategies for developing strong leadership and champions • Support from and for organizations that directly impact highway safety • A program for changing highway safety culture in the United States

  8. Steering Committee

  9. Lessons Learned • Setting aggressive interim goals is a powerful tool • High visibility enforcement has demonstrated its ability to change driver behavior • Secretary LaHood’s recent activity has demonstrated what a “champion” can do for an issue • State experiences: • Washington State’s Target Zero has met all intermediate goals to eliminate traffic deaths by 2030 • Minnesota is expanding successful state-level program to districts and counties

  10. The New Approach • All Roads • All Four E’s (Education, Enforcement, Engineering and Emergency Medical Services) • Proactive and Systematic

  11. MN Roadway Fatalities

  12. Purpose of the Workshop • Gather stakeholder input for the national strategy • Facilitate discussion on strategies that will make significant contributions to reducing highway fatalities • Begin forming commitment to implementation of national strategy • Build partnerships among stakeholders

  13. Logistics • Plan for the day: • Plenary presentations and discussions • Keynote speaker – Victor Mendez, FHWA Administrator • Breakout sessions • Report-back and discussion • Reception • All plenary and breakout sessions will have concurrent webinars to allow for remote participation

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