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FHWA Highway Safety Programs

Resources

Federal Web Sites

Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety Web Site:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety

Federal Highway Administration Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty Web Site:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/

Federal Highway Administration Resource Center Web Site:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/resourcecenter/

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Web Site:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Web Site:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/

Chapter 2 – Leadership, Collaboration, and Communication

SHSP Champion’s Guide to Saving Lives:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/legislative-safety-programs/hsip/strategic-highway-safety-plan-shsp-guidance

Supporting the Establishment of Safe Transportation Networks:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scp/ec041scp.htm

Chapter 3 – Collecting, Analyzing, and Sharing Data

FHWA Office of Safety Link to Data and Analysis Tools:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/data-analysis-tools/rsdp/

State Traffic Safety Information:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/USA%20WEB%20REPORT.HTM

Using Data for Better Decision-making (SEMCOG):
http://tsp.trb.org/assets/BP18_SEMCOG.pdf

Bahar, G., et al. (September 2008). Desktop Reference for Crash Reduction Factors. Federal Highway Administration,
FHWA-SA-08-011. https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA_Desktop_Reference_Guide.pdf.

Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) Web Site:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/Data/State+Data+Program+&+CODES

FARS Web Site:
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

Harper, Ogle, J. (2007). NCHRP Synthesis 367: Technologies for Improving Safety Data. Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_367.pdf.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Records Improvement Program Reporting System (TRIPRS). https://data.transportation.gov/Automobiles/TRIPRS-/97t5-j3wi/data?no_mobile=true

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (January 2009). National Model for the Statewide Application of Data Collection and Management Technology to Improve Highway Safety web site: http://www.tracsinfo.us/.

NEMSIS web site:
http://www.nemsis.org/

Chapter 4 – Emphasis Area Action Plans

Strategic Intersection Safety Program Guide:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42600

FHWA Office of Safety Informational Web Site on Intersections:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/intersection-safety/intersection-types

Roadway Departure Strategic Action Plan (Sample Plan):
http://www.fhwa.dot.govhttps://cms8.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/rwd/resources/sample-roadway-departure-safety-implementation-plan

FHWA Office of Safety Informational Web Site on Roadway Departure Safety:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/roadway-departure-safety

How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (FHWA-SA-05-12; March 2009):
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/pedestrian-bicyclist/how-develop-pedestrian-safety-action-plan

FHWA Office of Safety Informational Web Site on Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/pedestrian-bicyclist/pedestrian-bicycle-safety

FHWA Office of Safety Informational Web Site on Speed Management:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/speed-management-safety

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide for State Highway Safety Offices, Fifth Edition (2010), DOT HS 811 258. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1894.

Transportation Research Board. (2003-2009). NCHRP 500: Implementation Guides, Volumes 1-23. http://safety.transportation.org/guides.aspx.

Chapter 5 – Integration into Other Transportation Plans and Programs

Implementing the Strategic Highway Safety Plan:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scp/impstrhwsp.htm

Long-Range Transportation Plans and Transportation Improvement Programs (LRTP and S/TIP)

Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty TSP Web Site:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scp/

Office of Safety TSP Web Site:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/zero-deaths/transportation-safety-planning-tsp

The Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues, A Briefing Books for Transportation Decision-Makers, Official, and Staff: http://www.planning.dot.gov/documents/briefingbook/bbook.htm.

NCHRP 546: Incorporating Safety into Long-Range Transportation Planning:
http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=5906

The Transportation Planner’s Safety Desk Reference:
http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=7259

Highway Safety Improvement Programs (HSIP)

Highway Safety Improvement Program Manual:
https://highways.dot.gov/safety/hsip/highway-safety-improvement-program-manual

Highway Safety Manual:
http://www.highwaysafetymanual.org

SafetyAnalyst:
http://www.safetyanalyst.org

Crash Reduction Factors:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safety/data-analysis-tools/rsdp/about-roadway-safety-data-program

Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse Web Site:
http://www.cmfclearinghouse.org/

Highway Safety Peer-to-Peer Program:
https://rspcb.safety.fhwa.dot.gov/technical.aspx

Highway Safety Plans (HSP)

Traffic Safety Performance Measures for States and Federal Agencies (DOT HS 811 025; August 2008):
http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/Traffic%20Injury%20Control/Articles/Associated%20Files/811025.pdf

Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide for State Highway Safety Offices:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/enforcement/pdf/Countermeasures_HS811258.pdf

Commercial Vehicle Safety Plans (CVSP)

FMCSA Analysis and Information On-Line:
http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/

MCSAP Forms:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/safety-initiatives/mcsap/mcsapforms.htm

Chapter 7 – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Feedback

The Art of Appropriate Evaluation: A Guide for Highway Safety Program Managers (DOT HS 811 061; December 2008):
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1864.