Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide For State Highway Safety Offices

This guide is a basic reference to assist State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) in selecting effective, science-based traffic safety countermeasures for major highway safety problem areas. The guide: describes major strategies and countermeasures that are relevant to SHSOs; summarizes their use, effectiveness, costs, and implementation time; and provides references to the most important research summaries and individual studies. The guide contains a chapter for each problem area. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the problem area's size and characteristics, the main countermeasure strategies, a glossary of key terms, and a few general references. Next a table lists specific countermeasures and summarizes their use, effectiveness, costs, and implementation time. Each countermeasure is then discussed in approximately one page. Some countermeasure areas are covered in more depth that others due to the availability of published research. For example, impaired driving has a long and rich research history while other topics, such as driver distraction and fatigue, have received less attention. Highway safety problem areas covered include the following: alcohol-impaired driving, seat belts, aggressive driving and speeding, distracted and fatigued driving, motorcycle safety, young drivers, older drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/nhtsa_static_file_downloader.jsp?file=/staticfiles/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/811081.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1778
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hedlund, James H
  • Leaf, William A
• Publication Date: 2007-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Second Edition
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 246p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Aggression; Alcohol use; Costs; Countermeasures; Cyclists; Distraction; Drivers; Drunk driving; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Highway safety; Impaired drivers; Implementation; Pedestrians; Seat belts; Speeding; State highway departments; States; Strategic planning; Teenage drivers; Traffic safety; Utilization; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Motorcycle safety
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01105378
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-810 710
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 2008 2:45PM