Transcript 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
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Welcome
 Introductions
 Overview of TZD Effort
 Purpose of Workshop
 Logistics:
 Plan for the day
 Concurrent webinar
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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
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Fatalities and Fatality Rate, by Year
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-10.5% -8.9%
-10.9%
50,000
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40,000
4
30,000
3
20,000
2
10,000
33,963
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Fatality Rate
-16.4%
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Fatalities
60,000
Fatalities
Fatality Rate per 100M VM T
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Why Now?
 New political leadership
 Reauthorization
 Uncertain trend for the future
 Better use of limited resources
 Build on our success
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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
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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
Steering Committee
Members:
AASHTO
AAMVA
GHSA
CVSA
IACP
NACE
NASEMSO
Tom Sorel (Tony Kane)
Neil Schuster
Vern Betkey (Barbara Harsha)
Steve Keppler
Richard Ashton
Tony Giancola
John Bixler
Ex-Officio Members:
FHWA
Joseph Toole
NHTSA
Marlene Markison
FMCSA
William Quade
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
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The New Approach
 All Roads
 All Four E’s (Education, Enforcement,
Engineering and Emergency Medical
Services)
 Proactive and Systematic
MN Roadway Fatalities
800
700
657
650
600
600
597
625
655
626
568
576
Base Year
594
559
567
510
500
494
Reduce Fatalitites less than 10 per year*
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Reduce Fatalities by 10 to 30 per year
SHSP Target 2008
400
2008 Target
500
2010 Target
400
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3-Year Average
Annual Fatalities
1995 - 2003 Trendline
300
* Reduction in fatalities less than 10 per year, or if
fatalities exceed target after 3 years.
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
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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
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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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