Executive Summary

Speeding, defined as traveling too fast for conditions or in excess of the posted speed limits, contributes to nearly one-third of all roadway fatalities, and this proportion has remained largely unchanged for the past decade. Practitioners and communities working to reduce speeding-related crashes need the latest information and tools to guide their efforts.

Appendix D – Gaps and Needs in Research

A list of gaps and needs relating to speed management, effectiveness of countermeasures, and speeding-related crash risks emerged during the comprehensive literature review, crash data analysis, and focus group interviews.

The following table lists some critical gaps in our understanding of the problem and initiatives needed to more effectively manage speed to improve roadway departure, intersection, and pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

Chapter 5. Conclusion

Over the past decade, the United States has made great strides in reducing roadway fatalities. While the reduction in fatalities is significant and to be commended, additional focus on speed management is needed to continue the trend. Since roadway departure, intersection, and pedestrian and bicycle crashes have been identified by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as the three areas with great potential to reduce fatalities, States are encouraged to integrate speed management into these three safety focus areas.

Chapter 4. Integrating Speed Management within the Three Safety Focus Areas

With roadway departure, intersections, and pedestrian and bicycle crashes accounting for approximately 90 percent of the traffic fatalities in the United States, these key focus areas are a vital link in managing speed and targeting speeding-related crashes.¹⁴ Using the results of this research project's crash analysis report,¹⁵ this chapter includes crash trends involving speeding-related fatal crashes and potential strategies to assist agencie

Chapter 3. Program Level Strategies for Integrating Speed Management

Prior to exploring the detailed, specific strategies for managing speed within the three safety focus areas, FHWA encourages agencies to take a broad look at their speeding-related policies and programs to identify opportunities for integrating speed management throughout the planning, project development, construction, and maintenance stages and for institutionalizing speed management through agency policy.

There are a number of program-level strategies agencies may pursue. These are identified and discussed below.

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Integrating Speed Management within Roadway Departure, Intersections, and Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Focus Areas

April 2016

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A. References

1. Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
2. Federal Highway Administration. Technical Advisory, Pavement Friction Management, T 5040.38, June 17, 2010.
3. American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guide for Pavement Friction.