HIGHWAY SAFETY STRATEGIC PLAN 1991-2000

This strategic highway safety plan has been developed to address the critical safety issues of the 1990s. Numerous discussions with representatives of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Safety, the Transportation Research Board's Planning and Administration of Transportation Safety Committee, and Federal Highway Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials resulted in the identification of 19 specific safety strategies. Within each of these strategies, opportunities have been identified which, if implemented, have the potential to reduce the frequency or severity of future accidents. These 19 issues were consolidated into ten categories of recommendations. These ten categories and the proposed annual authorizations are as follows: Safe Driving Performance - $300 million; Improved Pedestrian Safety - $50 million; Corridor Safety Improvements - $200 million; Improved Highway Safety - $500 million; Enhanced Vehicle Safety - $50 million; Safe Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations - $100 million; Vehicle Crash Avoidance - $100 million; Enhanced Rural EMS - $100; Strategic Research for Safety - $40 million; and Safety Management - $25 million. The program, if fully funded, will cost approximately $1.46 billion annually. This estimate represents the amount of Federal funds required to implement the recommended program. The estimate assumes that current state, local and regular Federal-aid funded safety efforts will continue at or above their existing levels and that they will be shifted in emphasis toward newer more effective strategies as they develop. It is estimated that this investment can save a minimum of 64,000 lives during the last decade of this century, and will prevent an economic loss of at least $96 billion.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1990-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost estimating; Estimates; Finance; Financing; Highway safety; Identification systems; Recommendations; Safety programs; Savings; Strategic planning
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00602607
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM