Incorporate safety enhancements in urban design such as designated left turn lanes, raised medians to provide physical barriers between opposing lanes of traffic, and/or slower posted speed limits/design speeds

Engage all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) aggressive driving and speed enforcement.

Employ High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) techniques to enhance awareness of enforcement efforts.

Support aggressive driving and speed enforcement efforts with strong multiple channel messaging to discourage improver speed and aggressive driving.

Implement warning sign strategies to advise motorist of geometric conditions where traveling at the posted is not advised (e.g. curve signs, vertical grade signs, weather condition signs, etc.).

Dynamic speed display/feedback signs.

Systemic use of rumble strips to alert drivers that stray from the travel lane.

Involve all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) cell phone driving enforcement.

Increase law enforcement training for Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE), and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).

Involve all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in enhanced drug and alcohol-related driving and speed enforcement.

Increase the use of sobriety checkpoints, High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) techniques, and integrated enforcement.

Continue and expand the use of alternative transportation programs for all ages.

Support targeted normative impaired driving messaging during non-mobilization time periods.

Improve intersection signing, markings, and/or street lighting at rural intersections to increase intersection visibility (larger signs, dual signs, reflective tape on sign posts, etc.).

Review sight triangles and eliminate obstructions.

Reduce delay and stops in signalized corridors with signal coordination or adaptive traffic signals.

Use protected left-turns at signalized intersections.

Provide left- or right-turn lanes, including offset turn lanes whenever possible to improve sightlines

Consider installing roundabouts at select location to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes and/or improve traffic operations.

Install reduced conflict intersections on 4-lane divided highways with high volume side street traffic to eliminate left turn and through movement conflicts from the side street.

Implement a roadway reconfiguration, by converting an existing 4-lane undivided roadway to a 3-lane roadway consisting of 2 through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane (TWLTL).

Realign intersection approaches or create an offset T intersection to reduce or eliminate intersection skew.

Use leading pedestrian intervals or pedestrian scramble phases at signalized intersections.

Use lane constrictor design, which narrows the lane width for mainline approaches via a striped median with centerline rumble strips, to slow approaching traffic and bring attention to the intersection.

Install centerline, shoulder, or edge line rumble strips on rural roads, including county roads

Widen and/or pave shoulder to provide drivers a recovery area.

Install Median Cable Barriers for locations with crash history identified as high-risk for median crossover-crashes.

Provide enhanced curve delineation, such as chevrons and pavement markings, for select horizontal curves and other roadway features.

Remove or relocate fixed objects in the roadside.

Utilize High Friction Surface Treatment to increase traction through select horizontal curves with wet/winter road condition crash history.

Deploy enhanced pavement markings (wider or wet reflective material.

Replace and Enhance pavement markings by embedding wet reflective materials.

Install a centerline buffer area to provide extra space between the two solid center line markings, further separating opposing directions of traffic.

Provide lighting on curves.

Work with local agencies with funding assistance to install, enhance, or maintain centerline and edge line pavement markings.

Identify top locations of head-on collisions and centerline crossover crashes to install climbing/passing lanes on high-risk locations with high traffic volumes.

Involve all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in enhanced speed and impaired driving enforcement, especially during motorcycle rallies or events.

Encourage attendance and improve access to basic and advanced motorcycle training courses to teach safe riding habits.

Prepare roadways before major motorcycle events (sweep roadways, clean/replace pavement markings, and update high-visibility signing).

Install High Friction Surface Treatments (HFST) on select horizontal curves on roads that are known for higher motorcycle traffic.

Retrofit guardrails to add motorcycle protection systems (flat top guard), to protect riders that have hit the top of the guardrail, from lacerations from the sharp edges.

Support speed and impaired riding enforcement efforts with strong multiple channel messaging that includes safe riding information.

For major motorcycle events, develop and implement a road safety and awareness communications plan through social media and dynamic message signs (DMS) that provide travelers with information about unique driving conditions, events, or alerts.

Encourage enrollment in formal courses for older drivers that have classroom and on-road feedback.

Educate law enforcement, physicians, and the public about the ability and processes to refer older drivers to South Dakota Driver Licensing for driver screening restrictions.

Include low-cost improvement elements (oversized signing or supplemental signing) to increase elderly drivers’ ability to be aware of roadway configuration and conditions.

Continue and enhance alternative transportation programs for elderly and disabled persons.

Improve transit opportunities through door-to-door services.

Engage all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in including referrals of struggling drivers to South Dakota Driver Licensing for driver screenings in traffic enforcement involving older drivers.

Encourage employer-based programs that require seat belt use.

Involve all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in short-term High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) and integrated seat belt enforcement during both day and nighttime.

Involve all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in short-term High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) and integrated child passenger safety law enforcement.

Support occupant protection enforcement efforts with strong multiple channel messaging to encourage greater use of age-appropriate occupant protection.

Implement targeted campaigns that address low-use (seat belt) groups.

Involve all South Dakota law enforcement agencies, including tribal and sheriff’s departments, in Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) enforcement.

Support Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) enforcement efforts with strong multiple channel messaging to encourage greater use and understanding of licensing requirement for young drivers.

Encourage greater parental involvement in young driver training and supervision.