Spring 2023 – Safety stakeholders coordinate on setting calendar year (CY) 2024 safety targets. All safety targets are based on 5-year rolling averages. 

August 31, 2023 – State DOTs report CY 2024 safety targets to FHWA in the HSIP Annual Report and report serious injury data for the CY 2022 target assessment.

January 1, 2024 – CY 2024 targets commence, based on the 5-year average for 2020-2024.

February 27, 2024 – Last day for MPOs to establish CY 2024 safety targets.

Spring 2024 – Safety stakeholders coordinate on setting CY 2025 safety targets.

August 31, 2024 – State DOTs report CY 2025 safety targets to FHWA in the HSIP Annual Report and report serious injury data for the CY 2023 target assessment.

December 31, 2024 – CY 2024 safety performance targets conclude.

January 1, 2025 – CY 2025 targets commence, based on the 5-year average for 2021-2025.

February 27, 2025 – Last day for MPOs to establish CY 2025 safety targets.

Spring 2025 – Safety stakeholders coordinate on setting CY 2026 safety targets.

August 31, 2025 – State DOTs report CY 2026 safety targets to FHWA in the HSIP Annual Report and report serious injury data for the CY 2024 target assessment.

December 31, 2025 – CY 2025 safety performance targets conclude.

Safety Target Assessment Determination

December 2023 – FHWA determines whether a State has met or made significant progress toward meeting CY 2022 safety targets. FHWA uses 2018-2022 data as the period for assessing significant progress.

March 2024 – FHWA reports findings to States indicating whether the State has met or made significant progress toward meeting CY 2022 safety targets.

June 30, 2024 – States that did not meet or make significant progress toward meeting CY 2022 safety targets must submit an HSIP Implementation Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to FHWA.

October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 – States that did not meet or make significant progress toward meeting CY 2022 safety targets must use obligation authority equal to the FY 2021 HSIP apportionment only for highway safety improvement projects in FY 2025.

December 2024 – FHWA determines whether a State has met or made significant progress toward meeting CY 2023 safety targets. FHWA uses 2019-2023 data as the period for assessing significant progress.

March 2025 – FHWA reports findings to States indicating whether the State has met or made significant progress toward meeting CY 2023 targets.

Safety Performance Target Assessments

FHWA will publish the State Safety Performance Target Assessment determinations annually on the Transportation Performance Management website at: https://highways.dot.gov/safety/hsip/spm/state-safety-performance-targets.