1、aashto: the safety journey American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.aashto: the safety journey American Association of State High
2、way and Transportation Officials 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law. 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a viol
3、ation of applicable law.We Cant Do Enough To Drive Down Deaths on Our HighwaysThe latest highway fatality statistics have been released and they tell a tragic story a nationwidetotal of 42,815 traffic deaths in 2002 the highest level since 1990. Despite our best efforts 604 moremen, women and childr
4、en were killed than in the prior year. The causes are certainly not a mystery. Forty one percent of those deaths were alcohol related. And59 percent of those who died were not wearing safety belts. NHTSA officials have estimated that thor-ough national enforcement of drunken-driving laws, coupled wi
5、th stringent seat-belt requirements,could save about two-thirds of the lives being lost on U.S. roads.What is needed, as Deputy Secretary of Transportation Michael Jackson said in our SafetyLeadership Forum in Lexington, Kentucky, is passion the determination to make a difference, and theperseveranc
6、e to pursue that goal every day. When I became President of AASHTO in 2002, I madeimproving highway safety one of the top priorities for the association. I have received the whole-heart-ed support of my colleagues, the chief executive officers of the state departments of transportation, theDistrict
7、of Columbia and Puerto Rico. They have invested their time and energy in research, in educa-tion, in policy and in efforts in their own state legislatures. The many safety initiatives of AASHTO which are highlighted in this publication provide new oppor-tunities to do still more to advance safety on
8、 the nations highways. I urge you to consider them. InKentucky on September 29, we will convene our State Leadership Forum, patterned on our nationaleffort, to bring together all the parties who must work together to improve our highway safety record.The consequences of inaction are unbearable. Our
9、mobile society is becoming ever more so, andwith increased travel will come increased deaths unless we change what we see coming. I invite youto renew your commitment, and to become the help bring about the change we all seek.James Codell, IIIAASHTO PresidentSecretary of the Kentucky Transportation
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11、ashto: the safety journey 1United in a Cause:Saving Lives on the HighwaysFederal and state transportation officials, law enforcement officials, motor vehicle administrators,safety and industry leaders gathered in Lexington, Kentucky on June 2 to commit to a comprehensiveeffort to drive down highway
12、fatalities. The Safety Leadership Forum was the concept of AASHTO President James Codell, III, Secretary ofthe Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, who has made improving highway safety one of his top priorities,both in his state and nationwide. It was cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportatio
13、n, and featured an array of key administrators of federal agencies, as well as state and association leaders. Theday-long conference also drew lessons from successful state programs, and concluded with each personsigning a commitment form to advance transportation safety in their own states.The foll
14、owing remarks are excerpts from the forum. A complete proceedings will soon be publishedand made available at www.safety.transportation.org.“Handle this like a crisis. Give it part of your heart. Dont let a week go by without yourattention. And call upon us to help.” Michael Jackson, Deputy Secretar
15、y of the U.S. Department of Transportation Rallying state transportation officials and other agencies to commit to a moral cru-sade to reduce highway fatalities, Jackson said that while its a huge and multi-vari-able problem, the danger is in thinking its too complex a puzzle. If each issue isattack
16、ed, the problem gets smaller. While safety programs have long focused on aformula of three “Es” engineering, education and enforcement fourth and fifthEs are needed energy, and enthusiasm. “We need a few leaders with passion intheir bones to make this work. You can be that person.”“There can be only
17、 one agenda safety, saving lives, and eliminating the accidentsthat are happening on our highways.” James Codell III, AASHTO President , Secretary of the Kentucky Transportation CabinetAs AASHTO President, Codell made highway safety one of his key emphasis areas forthe association, focusing attentio
18、n on the areas of policy, engineering, and publiceducation. Under his leadership AASHTO: Adopted a new safety goal of 1.0 fatalities per one hundred million miles; Collaborated with other safety organizations in safety recommendations for Reauthorization of the federal highway and transit program; C
19、onvened national groups for a leadership forum; and Promoted safety through campaigns such as National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week. 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.2 aashto: the safet
20、y journey“Safety is the number one commitment of the U.S. Department of Transportation.Secretary Norman Mineta has given the department one goal - to reduce the highwayfatality rate by one-third by the year 2008. Achieving that goal will require the effortsof the entire highway community.” Dr. Jeff
21、Runge, National Highway Traffic Safety AdministratorRunge has long campaigned on a platform of “Belts and Booze” as the primary causeof highway deaths. He said that if impaired driving were reduced by one third, andsafety belt use increased to 90 percent nationwide, two-thirds of the new fatality go
22、alcould be achieved. “Seat belt use cuts your chance of death or injury in half,” he said.“For every one percent increase in seat belt usage, 250 lives are saved,” he said, not-ing that states with primary seat belt laws have the greatest rate of seat belt use.“Its the little things. Its the big thi
23、ngs. Its everything coming together.” Doug McDonald, Director, Washington State Department of TransportationWashington States Multi-Agency Program for Highway Safety was modeled on theAASHTO Highway Safety Strategic Plan and aims to achieve a vision of no deaths ordisabling injuries on the states hi
24、ghways by the year 2030. The program broughttogether the efforts of 10 agencies and 16 stakeholders to focus on public support,funding commitment and coordination, and implementation of 12 safety prioritiesranging from seat belt use to work zone safety. Seat belt use is the top priority of theprogra
25、m, and while the state has a 92 percent usage rate, the state is planning aggres-sive messages and real enforcement to capture the remaining eight percent.“Resolve to look back on this day as the take off point where we committed to really,really make this happen, dedicating ourselves and organizati
26、ons to make sure we reachthe goal - 1.0 equals 9,000 lives.” Mary Peters, Federal Highway Administrator Three roadway fatalities occur every hour, and three roadway departure crashesoccur every minute. One roadway departure injury occurs every minute. Pedestrianfatalities kill 13 people every day, w
27、ith 80 percent occurring at non-intersections.FHWA safety priorities are to reduce roadway departure fatalities, reduce intersectionfatalities, and reduce pedestrian fatalities. Those three focus areas would save morethan 3,500 lives per year.“It is through all of your efforts that we will see those
28、 9,000 lives per year saved.” Annette Sandberg, Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministratorThere has been a decline in the last five years in truck-related fatalities, as a result ofgreater state motor carrier law enforcement and other factors. Nonetheless, 5,000 ofthe annual death toll on the nation
29、s highways are truck-related. Safety enforcementis the core activity of the FMCSA, relying on the inspections carried out by the states. 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.aashto: the safety
30、 journey 3“Safety is everybodys business, a coordinated effort, organization-wide, and a strategic focus.” Allen Biehler, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of TransportationPennsylvanias safety program is results-focused, data-driven, and includes goals andmeasures. Each strategic goal has an owner
31、 and a technical lead responsible forreporting progress. The departments goal is to achieve a rate of one death per 100million miles traveled by 2008. Since 35 to 40 percent of crashes occur on 4 percentof the states highways, the strategy is to large numbers of innovative and effectiveimprovements
32、at targeted locations. Safety initiatives are being focused on youngdrivers, drivers education, aggressive driving, truck safety, pedestrian safety, anddrunk driving.Highway safety is not the responsibility of any single state agency, andyet there has never previously been a chance for all those inv
33、olved in safety to meet and to commit to go forward together to achieve significant improvements. Kathryn Swanson, Chair, Governors Highway Safety AssociationImproved data can be used to keep dangerous drivers off the road. Anall-drivers system is needed to allow states to share real-time driversrec
34、ords and technology is required to share digital photos across thestates to improve security, and enforcement. Betty Serian, Chair, Motor Vehicle Administrators Association Each organization has a role to play in the common goal of reducing thecarnage on the nations highways. Law enforcement officia
35、ls need helpin convincing state legislators to enact primary seat belt laws. Dennis Garrett, Regional Chair, International Association of Chiefs of Police Road side safety inspection programs have helped to reduce truck-related fatalities. Improvements are needed in data and record collec-tion, tech
36、nological advances to share information, training and auditingfor new entrants, and improved surface transportation security. Steve Campbell, Executive Director, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Dup
37、lication is a violation of applicable law.4 aashto: the safety journeyState departments of transportation are tak-ing the first step in launching a new comprehen-sive effort to drive down fatalities on the nationshighways enlisting lead states to put provensafety solutions identified by research int
38、o action.The research effort sprang from AASHTOsStrategic Highway Safety Plan, and was funded bystates through the National Cooperative HighwayResearch Program (NCHRP) as a multi-yearinvestment of $xx million. The first products ofthat research effort were released earlier this year,and states are n
39、ow being asked to serve as leads toevaluate the research recommendations for usein state highway safety plans.“The lead state approach is one of the mosteffective ways to implement research findings,”said Tony Kane, AASHTO Director of Engineeringand Technical Services. “States become the testbed for
40、 innovative approaches and share theirexperience with other departments.”Three new “tools for life” have emerged fromthe NCHRP 17-18 research effort: The first six of a series of guides addressing 22 key emphasis areas where highway safety can be improved, as identified by the Strategic Highway Safe
41、ty Plan. A Self-Assessment Tool to assist agencies in judging how best to focus safety activities to reduce fatalities; and An Integrated Safety Management Processwhich provides a means of systematically addressing highway safety, by integrating education, engineering and law enforcement,regardless
42、of where these responsibilities life in an organization. In addition to serving as “lead states” on thesafety guides, states are also being given theopportunity to serve as pilots for the IntegratedSafety Management Process. As part of thisprocess they will form working groups andalliances that repr
43、esent all the elements of thesafety system, to apply combined expertise tosave lives.Putting Safety Research into Action: States Take the Lead 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.aashto: the
44、safety journey 5Safety guides now available include: Run-off-Road Collisions Head-on Collisions Collisions with Trees in Hazardous Locations Unsignalized Intersection Collisions Collisions Involving Unlicensed Drivers and Drivers with Suspended or Revoked Licenses Aggressive-Driving Collisions Integ
45、rated Safety Management System to Reduce Highway Injuries and FatalitiesGuides to be release late in 2003 will addressolder drivers, safety belts, heavy trucks, pedestri-ans, utility poles, signalized intersections, andhorizontal curves. Slated for release next year areguides on motocylists, work zo
46、nes, rural emer-gency management services, distracted/fatigueddrivers, head-on crashes on freeways, youngdirvers, alcohol and bicyclists.Thomas Bryer, who retired from thePennsylvania Department of Transportation asDirector of Safety and Traffic Engineering, chairedthe NCHRP panel overseeing the res
47、earch todevelop the guides. He said he is pleased theproducts are now ready for use in saving lives.“The freedom of transportation we enjoy inAmerica is unparalleled in world history butthere can be no joy in that for a family that haslost a mom or dad, a son or daughter, a sister orbrother in a roa
48、d crash,” Bryer said. “We need tobring all the research we have to bear on keepingthis benefit beneficial for everyone.”Copies of the guides, the plan and other infor-mation may be obtained at www.safety.transportation .org. 2003 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offici
49、als.All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.6 aashto: the safety journeyWork Zone Safety:The Life You Save May Be Your OwnMore than a thousand Americans now losetheir lives annually in crashes that occur in highway work zones. More than four-fifths of thepeople being killed are drivers or passengers incars passing through the work zones. AASHTOhas joined with the Federal HighwayAdministration and the American Traffic SafetyServices Association (ATSSA) for the past fouryears, to publi
