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FHWA Highway Safety Programs

Minnesota County Road Safety Plans

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Original publication: National Roadway Safety Awards: Noteworthy Practices Guide; 2011

Description of Practice

In order to meet Minnesota's Toward Zero Deaths goal, roadway safety at the local-level needed to be addressed. County highway departments in Minnesota didn't have the experience with carrying out system-wide crash analysis or linking crash causes with mitigation strategies at specific locations. The County Road Safety Plans (CRSP) Program was created by MnDOT to more effectively involved local highway agencies in the safety planning process and provide them with technical assistance needed to apply for State and Federal funding.

Key Accomplishments and Results:

  • Crash analysis and system-wide risk assessment of road and traffic characteristics for each county
  • Identification of low-cost, infrastructure-based safety project for specific at-risk locations on county roads
  • Project prioritization and training about the Highway Safety Improvement Program solicitation process
  • First set of 20 country road safety plans identified $70 million worth of projects with 90% focused on roadway departure crashes

"Two photographs of local highway agency meetings"

Contact

Sue Groth
Minnesota Department of Transportation
651-234-7004
Sue.Groth@state.mn.us