North Carolina
SHSP Key Components
Emphasis Areas
- Reduce intersection-related fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Engineering
Increase implementation of all-way stop intersections at appropriate locations.
Consider the exposure of pedestrians, bicyclists, and users of personal mobility when designing intersections and manage speeds at conflict points.
Increase implementation of quick-build intersection safety countermeasures.
Education
Support ongoing and new campaigns for public acceptance of intersection safety treatments and designs.
Educate roadway designers, planners, law enforcement, and officials/decision-makers on intersection design principles proven to reduce fatalities and serious injuries.
- Reduce lane departure-related fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Engineering
Implement lane departure countermeasures.
Education
Conduct outreach to educate the public, agencies, and officials on critical issues related to lane departure crashes.
Data
Continue research to better understand the contributing factors in lane departure crashes and to identify opportunities to mitigate the problem.
- Reduce motorcyclist-involved fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Engineering
Update highway design policies and practices to accommodate the unique vulnerabilities and characteristics of motorcyclists.
Data
Improve data collection to better understand motorcycle crash and injury contributing factors.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Build a foundation to strengthen motorcycle endorsement/training practices, legislation, and policy.
Update maintenance and operation policies and practices to accommodate the unique vulnerabilities and characteristics of motorcyclists.
- Reduce older driver-involved fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Engineering
Design a roadway system that better accommodates the needs of older drivers.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Implement strategies and programs that assess cognitive abilities of older drivers and identify adequate alternatives to driving.
Education
Educate older drivers on factors that increase crash risk and alternatives to driving.
Educate the public and agency stakeholders on older driver issues.
- Reduce pedestrian, bicyclist, and personal mobility fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Develop and adopt formal policies, practices, and guidance documents supporting the implementation of pedestrian- and bicyclist-focused safety improvements.
Data
Improve pedestrian, bicyclist, and personal mobility data collection practices to support safety analysis and decision-making.
Engineering
Improve funding and project development strategies that support effective multimodal safety infrastructure.
Explore, demonstrate, and implement innovative and emerging tools to support improving safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and users of personal mobility devices.
Education
Develop and promote public education programs that support education for all road users on safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and personal mobility users.
- Reduce speed-related fatalities and serious injuries by 50 percent by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Data
Improve speed-related data collection, completeness/ coverage, accessibility, and applications.
Use the results of data analysis to identify and address speed-related issues.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Enhance state-local partnerships in addressing speed-related issues.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Implement and expand the use of available technology options to enforce and limit speeds for highway safety in North Carolina.
- Reduce unrestrained or improperly restrained fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Education
Improve Child Passenger Safety outreach to at-risk and underserved communities.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Strengthen statewide Child Passenger Safety Program.
Increase seat belt use and car seat use statewide.
- Reduce substance impaired driving-related fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Education
Work with the North Carolina Governors Highway Safety Program to educate the public on the risks of impaired driving.
Increase training for prosecutors and law enforcement officers on different forms of impaired driving.
Enforcement/Adjudication
Increase the number of drug recognition experts (DRE) across the state.
Legislative/Policy/Programmatic
Strengthen intervention policies to reduce recidivism.
Data
Research lowering BAC levels for driving in North Carolina.
- Reduce younger driver-involved fatalities and serious injuries by half by 2035, moving towards zero by 2050.
Education
Reinforce the driver education curriculum and licensing procedures to promote safe driving habits and how to share the road with all users.
Educate the public and agency stakeholders on younger driver issues and safe driving habits.
Data
Continue research to better understand the contributing factors in younger driver crashes and to identify opportunities to mitigate the problem.