Colorado
SHSP Key Components
Lead Agency:
Colorado Department of Transportation
Time Period Plan Covers:
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Vision:
The future of Colorado is zero deaths and serious injuries so all people using any transportation mode arrive at their destination safely.
Mission:
Colorado agencies and partners will cooperatively implement strategies that eliminate transportation system fatalities and serious injuries.
Plan's Goals:
Five percent annual reduction in fatalities and serious injury crashes.
Emphasis Areas
EA Type:
Incident Management/EMS
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Data
Improve collection of post-crash care data
Incident Management/EMS
Improve quality of care
Education
Provide education on post-crash care best-practices
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Enhance programs in light of differences in post-crash care outcomes
Support statewide traffic incident management (TIM) activities
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes that involve aggression by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
- Bring focus on better understanding and influencing human behaviors and actions by all road users.
Education
Deploy anti-aggressive driving campaigns
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Prioritize high-risk aggressive driving corridors
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
- Reduce the number of fatal and serious injury crashes that involve distraction by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
- Bring focus on better understanding and influencing human behaviors and actions by all road users.
Education
Provide education on hands-free law
Data
Enhance data collection
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes that involve impairment by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
- Bring focus on better understanding and influencing human behaviors and actions by all road users.
Education
Provide polydrug impairment education
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Prioritize high-risk impaired driving corridors
Enforcement/Adjudication
Continue high-visibility enforcement
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes that involve improper restraint use or improper helmet use by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
- Bring focus on better understanding and influencing human behaviors and actions by all road users.
Communications
Promote proper use through media campaigns
Education
Educate on primary seat belt law
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes that involve speeding by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
- Bring focus on better understanding and influencing human behaviors and actions by all road users.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Prioritize high-risk speeding locations
Enforcement/Adjudication
Deploy speed safety camera systems
EA Type:
Vulnerable Users
Goals:
- Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries involving aging drivers by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Engineering
Improve visibility of traffic control devices
Improve sight distances
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Expand community-based mobility options
Enhance and expand resources for aging drivers
EA Type:
Incident Management/EMS
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes that involve first responders by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Provide resources and support for first responders
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes involving motorcyclists by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Education
Expand motorcycle operator safety training
Increase public awareness of motorcycle safety
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Improve motorcycle licensing and endorsement
Increase helmet and other personal protective equipment (PPE) use
EA Type:
Ped/Bike
Goals:
- Reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
- Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries that involve bicyclists by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Data
Analyze pedestrian and bicycle crash types
Improve VRU exposure data
Analyze VRU crash demographic data
Inventory VRU infrastructure
Expand VRU data sources
Engineering
Conduct Road Safety Audits (RSAs)
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Perform regional pedestrian/bicyclist studies
Conduct VRU before-and-after studies
Evaluate VRU priority locations
Education
Educate traffic safety professionals on VRU best practices
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes occurring in work zones by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Create work zone safety committee
Goals:
- Reduce the number of severe crashes involving young drivers by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Education
Expand access to driver’s education
Improve quality of driver’s education
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
- Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries that occur at intersections by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Engineering
Reduce intersection conflicts
Perform Intersection Control Evaluations (ICE)
Incorporate VRU designs
Implement improved traffic controls
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Prioritize high-risk intersection locations
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
- Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries caused by lane departure crashes by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Engineering
Install traffic controls and safety barriers
Improve roadway geometry
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
- Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries that occur on off-system roadways by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Provide local agency assistance
Encourage community-specific plans
EA Type:
Infrastructure
Goals:
- Reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries occurring at high speed by five percent from the previous year through 2029.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Engineering
Promote appropriate speeds
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Set safe and realistic speed limits
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Conduct organizational safety culture assessments
Support local agency programs (LTAP and Safety Circuit Rider)
Expand public engagement
Consider communities with below average safety outcomes when making transportation safety investment decisions
Enhance collaboration and information sharing among traffic safety professionals
EA Type:
Behavioral
Goals:
The plan does not list goals for this Emphasis Area.
Objectives:
The plan does not list objectives for this Emphasis Area.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Pilot community-level safety culture partnerships
Build capacity among the public
Education
Educate through media campaigns