SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: A NATIONAL STATUS

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) required each state to establish a Safety Management System (SMS). This statewide coordinated safety management process was expected to further increase the already high levels of safety on the Nation's highways. ISTEA established definitions and guidelines as to what states must do to meet this new requirement. However, the legislation recognized the uniqueness of each state and, as a result, was not unduly prescriptive. The years immediately following the enactment of ISTEA witnessed the development of state work plans as the states attempted to create SMSs consistent with the legislative requirement. In 1995, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation Safety Management surveyed the states to gain a national perspective on the progress toward implementation of the SMS mandate. This Circular summarizes the Committee's findings. The results of the survey provide a snapshot of where the states stood in 1995 as they attempted to establish Safety Management Systems.

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• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 65 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 452
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Implementation; Safety management; States; Surveys; System safety
• Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00721421
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 10 1996 12:00AM