MANAGING AND ORGANIZING COMPREHENSIVE HIGHWAY SAFETY IN EUROPE

Effective development and implementation of a roadway strategic safety plan typically require the coordination of a variety of safety elements, funding sources, and people. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study of Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to investigate management and organization of comprehensive highway safety programs. The U.S. delegation observed that the countries view highway safety as a public health or quality of life issue and base safety decisions on a common philosophy. The countries take a proactive approach to highway safety that includes a fully integrated and nationally accepted plan with measurable fatality and injury reduction targets. The scanning team's recommendations for U.S. application include developing a national safety plan with achievable safety improvement targets, creating a safety performance incentive program, and implementing a demonstration project involving corridor or area-wide safety improvements.

• Record URL:
  http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/pl03006.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of International Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Trade Initiatives

  P.O. Box 8228
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22306-8228
• Authors:
  • WILSON, E
  • Van Buren, D
  • Rice Jr, G
  • KNAPP, K
  • Harwood, D
  • Halladay, M
  • Griffith, M C
  • Costales, T
  • Crow, M
  • BAXTER, J
  • Bower, D
• Publication Date: 2003-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 72 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Fatalities; Highway safety; Incentives; Injuries; Management; Organization; Performance; Public health; Quality of life; Recommendations; Safety programs; Strategic planning; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Geographic Terms: Germany; Netherlands; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961960
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PL-03-006, HS-043 775
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-99-C-0005
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 2003 12:00AM