Arkansas
SHSP Key Components
Emphasis Areas
- Explore implementing roadside technology infrastructure projects for CAV and monitor CAV program reports and crash trends.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Research needed CAV standards and specifications for safe operations.
Education
Promote and expand CAV awareness and education.
Promote and expand CAV awareness and education.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Prepare agency staff and law enforcement to support the safe operations of CAV.
- Reduce distracted driving fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase enforcement of distracted driving laws
Education
Include distracted and drowsy driving in the statewide communications campaign and expand education efforts.
Engineering
Increase the use of warning signs in problem areas to reduce distracted driving incidents and engineering design to help drowsy drivers stay on the road.
- Maintain certification for at least 85% of EMS providers and reduce crash clear times by 5%.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Enforce state laws that enhance EMS safety and response.
Education
Educate the public to promote EMS safety and quicker response times.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Improve the Arkansas Trauma System.
- Reduce impaired driving fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase enforcement of impaired driving laws.
Engineering
Use engineering design to help impaired drivers maintain vehicles in the roadway.
Education
Make the public aware through education of the dangers and penalties involved with impaired driving.
- Reduce intersection fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Engineering
Implement proven safety countermeasures and low cost solutions to mitigate consequences of intersection crashes.
Implement countermeasures for signalized and un-signalized Intersections with high crash rates.
Increase signing and pavement markings on grade crossing approaches to decrease crashes at grade crossings.
- Reduce large CMV fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Reduce the risk of CMV crashes due to driver fatigue.
Education
Provide education and outreach to the public and industry on how to safely operate in and around commercial motor vehicles.
Engineering
Identify high crash corridors and develop engineering solutions to reduce CMV crashes.
- Reduce motorcycle fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Education
Encourage helmet and high visibility clothing usage, safe riding behavior, and motorcycle safety training.
Educate motorists on sharing the road with motorcycles.
Engineering
Deploy motorcycle friendly roadway design and maintenance practices.
- Reduce non-motorist fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Engineering
Continue to improve statewide infrastructure and design to protect non-motorists.
Continue to implement countermeasures, programs, and policies to protect non-motorists.
Education
Focus education efforts aimed at safety and awareness of laws regarding non-motorist traffic.
- Reduce unrestrained fatalities and serious injuries by 26% annually.
Education
Educate the public on the benefits of the use of occupant protection devices as well as the penalties and dangers associated with non-compliance.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Strengthen the existing occupant protection law and increase seat belt enforcement.
Continue to improve and expand the availability and accessibility of child restraint system inspection stations.
- Reduce older driver fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Create ARDOT standard(s) to improve visibility to reduce crashes involving older drivers.
Identify older drivers who are at an elevated crash risk.
Promote and expand transportation alternatives that allow older drivers to stay mobile and safe.
- Reduce roadway departure fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Engineering
Use proven safety countermeasures and low cost systemic improvements to prevent or mitigate the consequences of roadway departures.
Conduct road safety audits to address areas with high roadway departure crashes.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase enforcement in problem areas to reduce roadway departure crashes.
- Reduce speeding and aggressive driving fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Engineering
Use engineering design and technology to reduce speeds.
Education
Use a multimedia advertising approach to educate drivers about the dangers of aggressive driving.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase high visibility enforcement to reduce crashes associated with aggressive driving.
- Achieve 100% of agencies using electronic crash reporting and achieve 100% of agencies participating in eCITE Reporting.
Data
Improve crash data collection tools to provide more timely and accurate data to aid in problem area identification.
Improve data accessibility and integration.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Require all law enforcement to adopt MapClick and eCrash as their sole means of crash reporting.
- Reduce younger driver fatalities and serious injuries by 2% annually.
Education
Increase awareness of Arkansas’ Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Law.
Increase awareness of risks to younger drivers amongst teens, college age students, parents, and community members.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Revise or add additional legislation for younger drivers.