Roadway Departure Safety Additional Resources

RwD Noteworthy Practices

Roadway Departure Focused Approach to Safety

Roadway departure (RwD) is one of three safety focus areas (along with intersection and pedestrian/bicyclist crashes) with the greatest potential to reduce highway fatalities when using infrastructure-oriented improvements. FHWA’s ...

FHWA Crash Emphasis Areas

• Brochure for Roadway Departure Crash Emphasis Areas (Coming soon)
• Rollover Crashes –...

Roadway Departure Safety

FHWA defines a roadway departure (RwD) crash as a crash which occurs after a vehicle crosses an edge line or a center line, or otherwise leaves the traveled way. Another term our partners often use is lane departure, which is synonymous with RwD, since both include head-on collisions when a...

SHSP Noteworthy Practices

Many States are approaching the SHSP process with unique and innovative solutions. Learn more about these practices at our Roadway Safety Noteworthy Practices Database at ...

Driving FoRRwD to a Safe System

FoRRRwD Promotional Materials and Tools

Rural Roadway Departure Countermeasure Pocket Guide

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Safer Journey - FHWA Safety

• Pedestrian Safer Journey helps educators, parents and others who care about pedestrian safety to get the conversation started with children and youth. Three videos – one for each of three age groups – accompanied by a quiz or discussion and an educator's resource library can be used as an...

Pedestrian Bicyclist Research

• Evaluation of Pedestrian Countermeasures in...

Hispanico Bicyclist Aviador