Safety Management System Needs Assessment

The safety of the traveling public is critical as each year there are approximately 200 highway fatalities in Nebraska and numerous crash injuries. The objective of this research was to conduct a needs assessment to identify the requirements of a statewide safety management system for Nebraska. When fully operational, the envisioned system will allow staff from different Nebraska public agencies to remotely access the system and input and output crash data, identify and analyze high crash locations, identify countermeasures, conduct economic analysis, provide project implementation priority, and evaluate implemented solutions. To achieve the objective, the available literature on traffic safety management systems and software packages were reviewed first. Next, identification of the safety management system stakeholders in Nebraska was conducted, which resulted in the consideration of all Nebraska counties and cities as stakeholders. An online questionnaire was then designed for a survey in which the stakeholders were invited to participate. In this survey, stakeholders were asked about the possible needs they have in a traffic safety management system, and their responses were used to compile their needs. Based on the results of the survey, a conceptual design of a highway safety management system was prepared. This system is based on a database and a set of analysis modules that public agencies can use to improve public safety in their affiliated counties and cities.

• Record URL:
  http://www.roads.nebraska.gov/media/5839/finalreportm025.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  Nebraska Transportation Center
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68588

  Nebraska Department of Roads

  Lincoln, NE  United States  68509-4759

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Transit Administration

  Washington, DC    20590
• Authors:
  • Khattak, Aemal J
  • Iranitalab, Amirfarrokh
• Publication Date: 2016-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 46p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Databases; Literature reviews; Needs assessment; Safety management; Software; Stakeholders; Surveys; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Nebraska
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01613790
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SPR-M025, 26-1121-0021-001
• Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 21 2016 4:35PM