The AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan describes twenty-two emphasis areas. Figure 14 presents the number of HSIP projects categorized by AASHTO SHSP emphasis area. For consistency and national reporting purposes, each State's SHSP emphasis areas were assigned to the AASHTO SHSP emphasis areas, where possible. A complete description of each emphasis area is included in Appendix B. Please note that States often times categorize a single project by several SHSP Emphasis Areas. Therefore, for the purpose of Figure 14 , a single project may be counted more than once. For example, the State recently completed an intersection improvement project that enhanced safety for pedestrians. This project could be categorized as EA 9 Making Walking and Street Crossing Safer as well as EA 17 Improving the Design and Operation of Intersections and is therefore counted once in each category.

The top five SHSP Emphasis Areas guiding HSIP investments for 2013 were:

• EA 17 Improving the Design and Operation of Intersections
• EA 16 Minimizing the Consequences of Leaving the Roadway
• EA 15 Keeping Vehicles on the Roadway
• EA 9 Making Walking and Street Crossing Safer
• EA 21 Improving Information and Decision Support Systems

Figure 14. Number of Projects by AASHTO SHSP Emphasis Area