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FHWA Highway Safety Programs

Urbanized and Nonurbanized Safety Target Setting: Final Report

fhwasa15067.pdf (2.4 MB)

June 2015

Final Report


Technical Report Documentation Page

1. Report No.
FHWA-SA-15-067

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle
Urbanized and Nonurbanized Target Setting Final Report

5. Report Date
June 2015

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)
Audrey Wennink

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name And Address
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
Cambridge, MA 02140

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH61-10-D-00020

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Final Report, September 2013- June 2015

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes
The contract manager for this project was Keith D. Williams.

16. Abstract
This report reviews the role of transportation safety target setting in a performance management framework, summarizes the state of the practice in safety target setting and presents a framework for developing urbanized and nonurbanized safety targets.

17. Key Words
Performance Measures, Safety, Urban, Urbanized, Rural

18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions

19. Security Classif. (of this report)
Unclassified

20. Security Classif. (of this page)
Unclassified

21. No. of Pages
58

22. Price
N/A

Reproduction of completed page authorizedForm DOT F 1700.7 (8-72)