AASHTO SLF-5-2011 AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V - Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Aggressive Plans to Meet Aggressive Goals.pdf

1、Final Report August 2011 Sponsored by: National Cooperative Highway Research Program Toward Zero Deaths (TZD): Aggressive Plans to Meet Aggressive Goals AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V May 5, 2011 Las Vegas, NevadaNCHRP Project No. 17-51 (02) AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V Toward Zero Deaths (TZD

2、): Aggressive Plans to Meet Aggressive Goals FINAL REPORT Prepared for National Cooperative Highway Research Program Transportation Research Board of The National Academies by: Betty J. Mercer, J.D. Mercer Consulting Group LLC East Lansing, MI July 2011 American Association of State Highway and Tran

3、sportation Officials 444 N Capitol St. NW, Suite 249 Washington, DC 20001 Pub Code: SLF-5 ISBN: 978-1-56051-524-1 2011 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V: Final

4、Report iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SPONSORSHIP This work was sponsored by the American Association of state Highway and Transportation Officials, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, and was conducted in the National Cooperative Highway Research Program which is administered by the Tran

5、sportation Research Board of the National Academies. AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The research reported herein was performed under NCHRP Project 17-51 (02) by the Mercer Consulting Group (MCG) LLC. Betty J. Mercer, President of MCG LLC, was the Project Director and author. The work was guided by a plannin

6、g committee which included: Anthony Kane, Kelly Hardy, and Rosemary TenEyckAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Erin KenleyFederal Highway Administration; Jack Kostelnik Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Barbara HarshaGovernors Highway Safety Association; To

7、m Louizou and Barbara SauersNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Chuck ReiderNevada Department of Transportation; and Robert Hull Utah Department of Transportation. The project was managed by Charles W . Niessner, NCHRP Senior Program Officer. DISCLAIMER The opinions and conclusions expre

8、ssed or implied in the report are those of the research agency. They are not necessarily those of the Transportation Research Board, the National Academies, or the program sponsors. 2011 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a

9、violation of applicable law.AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V: Final Report v Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Working Together Toward Zero Deaths: Welcoming Remarks 3 Motor Vehicle Crash Data Trends 4 Public Health and Achieving the Fatality Goals 5 Mapping the Path to Achieving AASHTOs Safety

10、Goal .6 Figure 1. Mapping the National Strategy: .7 “The Nature of the Problem Will Direct How We Tackle It” State CEO Conversation Circles-Sharing Challenges and Success Stories .8 Conversation Circle I: Proven State Strategies to 8 Reduce Fatalities Using an Aggressive Goal Approach Conversation C

11、ircle II: Contributing to the Implementation of the .9 National Highway Safety StrategyA Collective Commitment Working Toward the Zero Deaths Goal with AASHTOs Partners . 11 A Shared Commitment to Safety 11 TZD Steering Committee Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Call to Future Action: Commitment to the CEO Safety Actions Checklist . 13 Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13、 . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Following the Forum 14 Appendix A. Safety Leadership Forum V Agenda . 15 Appendix B. CEO Safety Actions Checklist 17 2011 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.AASHTO Saf

14、ety Leadership Forum V: Final Report 1 Working within an existing framework of an aggressive goal to reduce traffic fatalities by one half in 20 years, the AASHTO membership gathered for the Fifth Safety Leadership Forum to review successes, engage key partners, andmost importantlytake the next key

15、step in the development of a national highway safety strategy. Named “Toward Zero Deaths (TZD), ” the initiative strives to ensure that the end product is built upon the past successes achieved by the AASHTO strategic highway safety plan (SHSP) which was adopted in some form by many states and safet

16、y partner associations. TZD also looks forward to tap into new knowledge, advancing technology, and a more broadly-based partnership network. Although the country has recently experienced a record low number of traffic-related deaths, the lives of too many families are still being shattered daily by

17、 preventable crashes. Primary causation continues to be driver error. Increased seat belt use, further reductions in impaired driving, infrastructure improvements, and crash avoidance technology can continue to play a part in saving lives. To work toward an aggressive highway safety goal, the messag

18、e must be made much more personal. Referred to as the fifth “E” (the 4Es being education, engineering, enforcement, and emergency medical services), everyone needs to become a part of the solution. The new focus is to better understand the strong influence of traffic safety culture within the United

19、 States and take action to change it. By doing so, the TZD strategy hopes to generate widespread and continuously growing support for these key strategies: implementation of proven countermeasures to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, full deployment of available technologies, and strengthening

20、 public policy at all levels of government. Successful strategies which have been supporting state and local efforts to reduce fatalities were showcased Executive Summary in a round of conversational circles. Federal resources have been made available and continue to be developed to provide technica

21、l tools and programs to be used by state and local agencies. Once again, the common theme of partnerships as a key to success received recognition. And since the majority of fatal crashes occur on rural roads, it was acknowledged that all roads must be addressed. In some cases, a state organizationa

22、l structure has been designed to ensure high-level collaboration in all traffic-safety related funding and decision making. Other states have used high-visibility enforcement programs to reduce impaired driving and increase seat belt use working with a network of state and local law enforcement agen

23、cies. Technical resources, guidance on low-cost engineering safety solutions, and funding have been shared with local governments to understand the data and target efforts to make roadways safer to travel. Traditional partnerships, at the Federal, state, and local level, have been the foundation of

24、past positive outcomes. Although not a new partner, all aspects of the public health community now need to be welcomed to the table in recognition of their key role in achieving the TZD vision. The majority of unintentional injury deaths in the United States among young people are caused by traffic

25、crashes. Injury care is the most expensive medical care. Addressing this aspect of the national highway safety strategy will be essential. Some of the public health strategies are increased and timely access for victims to appropriate trauma care, accountable care systems, and crash trauma data syst

26、ems linked to crash outcome measures. Public health agency partners can also be recruited to assist with prevention activities by delivering traffic safety educational programs to current and future road users where they live, work, go to school, and socialize. Throughout the year, AASHTO will work

27、vigorously with its partners to complete the successful development of the national highway safety strategy. The active involvement of all states is needed to provide 2011 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of ap

28、plicable law.Toward Zero DeathsTZD: Aggressive Plans to Meet Aggressive Goals 2 input into the plan and comment through the draft stages. When the plan is completed, a full commitment to aggressive implementation will be asked of all. States should examine each of the plans strategies, determine whe

29、re their data shows they can derive the greatest benefit, and incorporate those programs into their own SHSPs. To make traffic safety a national priority, it has become clear that the traffic safety culture must be better understood and more highly influenced by the TZD community. Work has already b

30、egun with universities to have them share their knowledge in understanding the American mind-set and how to better affect behavior change. The experience and success already achieved by other countries can also be instructive. For the families, the friends, the co-workers, the high schooler who live

31、s down the block, and the person just walking down the street to buy a newspaper, the TZD vision must become a reality. The path is being mapped, the partners are being rallied, and the resources are being assembled. It is time for state transportation leaders to fully embrace the vision and move mo

32、re swiftly together toward the vision. 2011 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V: Final Report 3 AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum V Toward Zero Deaths (TZD): Aggress

33、ive Plans to Meet Aggressive Goals: Final Report Working Together “Toward Zero Deaths”Welcoming Remarks AASHTO President Susan Martinovich, P .E., secretary of the Nevadas Department of Transportation, opened the fifth AASHTO Safety Leadership Forum with a thank you to the state CEOs for their conti

34、nuous commitment to the objective of this Forumthe reduction of traffic safety-related fatalities and serious injuries within our nation. During 2009, the United States continued its five year trend of a reduction in fatalities. In that year, there were three percent fewer fatalities than in 2008les

35、s than 34,000 deaths. The significance of the continued reduction becomes even more impressive when compared to 2005, when the United States experienced over 43,500 fatalities. This success can be traced in large part to AASHTO members strong leadership and synergistic ability to build and participa

36、te in robust collaborative relationships with many traffic safety partners at the state, local, and federal level. There is no time however to rest on past success. An improving national economy will result in more vehicles on the roadways and a predictable increase in traffic crashes. In order to r

37、each AASHTOs goal of “reducing fatalities by half in 20 years, ” the membership must stretch their partners efforts and their departments resources to even greater heights. Perhaps even to a realm beyond that of what is quickly becoming dated wisdomand work together “Toward Zero Deaths, ” referred t

38、o as TZD. AASHTO has been instrumental in promoting on a national level what began as an individual state theme. The setting of aggressive goals must be embraced in order to continue the recent historic reductions in traffic-related deaths. The concept will need to be molded to fit the specific them

39、es, strategic direction, and marketing strategies of the individual states. Building upon this theme, President Martinovich then shared with attendees a new video developed by Nevada to announce the states new “Zero Fatalities” highway safety program. The video presents a series of thought- provokin

40、g questions posed to citizens concerning how many traffic-related deaths should be “accepted” first within the United States, then within their state, then within their local community, and finally, within their own family. The responses given begin with very large numbers, but, the closer the death

41、s came to the citizens personal life, the answer became more personal. The final response was that “zero deaths” was the only acceptable goal for their own families. Attainment of AASHTOs goal is strengthened when unified strategies are implemented, current partnerships are fortified, and new opport

42、unities are pursued. AASHTOs members are working with Congressional leaders to propose statutes relating to driver behavior, federal administrative rules favoring traffic safety issues, and “Over the past several years, one very positive trend in safety has come out from the collaboration between AA

43、SHTO and its safety partners. That trend is the willingness of all to work toward common goals and mileposts in safety.”b Susan Martinovich, AASHTO President 2011 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable

44、law.Toward Zero DeathsTZD: Aggressive Plans to Meet Aggressive Goals 4 promulgating enhanced highway engineering standards. AASHTOs reauthorization agenda is ambitious and calls for a national traffic safety summit, greater flexibility in funding to allow additional resources for safety projects, an

45、d continuing the successful strategic highway safety plan (SHSP) initiative. The association continues to work with one of its closest partners, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), for the establishment of a new national safety center of excellence. The core of the SHSP initiative has b

46、een reliance on a broad-based coalition of partners from throughout the traffic safety communitythe 4Es (education, engineering, enforcement, and emergency medical services). This years Forum continues to build upon the earlier foundations by providing another opportunity for state CEOs to learn abo

47、ut successful programs designed to support aggressive goals. And for the first time, the platform has shifted to focus on the national stage where lessons learned by the states can be brought together to form the framework of a national highway safety strategy. A complete Safety Leadership Forum V A

48、genda can be found in Appendix A. Motor Vehicle Crash Data Trends To provide a snapshot of the most recent national crash trends, Ronald Medford, Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA), gave an update on the traffic crash rates as well as current efforts to const

49、ruct safer roadways, improve vehicle safety standards, and educate drivers on risk-taking driving behavior. He also discussed the U.S. Department of Transportations (DOT) executive leadership efforts to continue building stronger partnerships with the states. Medford expressed Secretary Ray LaHoods strong backing for the efforts of AASHTO. The partnership between the U.S. DOT and the states received an unprecedented opportunity with the $1.27 billion infusion of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). State departments of tra