Topic 8 - Transportation Safety

Transportation Safety

A required factor in the planning process and transportation planners are key partners ensuring that safety is an integral component of all planning processes.

Goal of Safety

Reduce fatalities and serious injuries

Safety Planning

A collaborative and integrated approach that brings together safety partners to leverage resources for a common safety goal

1. Engineering

2. Enforcement

3. Education

4. Emergency Medical Service

4 E’s of Safety

Engineering

They play a critical role in identifying and recommending solutions to address safety performance of the transportation infrastructures.

Enforcement

These personnel are responsible for collecting crash data, traffic flow enforcement, behavioral safety campaigns, and sharing information with transportation professionals.

Emergency Medical Service

Provide insight into health and trauma data recorded at the crash scene and updated at the hospital to more accurately report fatalities and serious injuries, etc.

Education

The main purpose is to administer, advocate for, and implement safety education programs for all road users.

1. Health Department Personnel

2. Safety Advocates

3. Tribal Governments

4. Planners

5. Elected Officials

Safety Stakeholder

Health Department Personnel

They provide safety insights, share public health lessons, and offer guidance on healthy, accessible transportation.

Safety Advocates

This locally based group typically consist of citizens, law enforcement, public health, medical, diverse groups, government, business, civic and service groups whose duty is committed to address transportation safety concerns and can be effective in driving awareness and change

Tribal Governments

They handle their citizens’ transportation needs, often face disproportionately the high fatality rates, and must be directly involved in the safety planning process

Planners

Includes participating in highway safety plan development and implementation to discuss and collaborate on safety issues, crash data collection and management, and data analysis tools, such as geographic information system (GIS) crash mapping.

Elected Officials

Decision makers sometimes serve as powerful advocates for road safety. They may also champion safety needs and direct resources towards the most pressing safety issues, attend ceremonies to publicize newly constructed safety project and vocalize support for safety efforts.

1. Crash Prevention (before the crash)

2. Crash Injury and Fatality Mitigation (during the crash)

3. Improving Emergency Response and Medicine (after the crash)

Types of Safety Strategies