The National Highway

Traffic Safety

Administration

New from NHTSA

August 2015

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Drunk Driving National Enforcement Crackdown

August 19 - September 7, 2015

The 2015 national drunk driving enforcement

crackdown, "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over",

goes into effect across the country from August

19 to September 7, 2015.

As law enforcement professionals and highway

safety advocates, your efforts will help reduce the

number of drunk drivers on the roads and save

lives. By increasing state enforcement efforts,

raising public awareness through paid, earned,

and social media, and maximizing your local

resources, you can make a marked difference in

our national campaign to save more lives on our

roadways.

Campaign materials can be found here:

http://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/

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New from NHTSA

Middle School Winner: Montgomery

County Middle School FCCLA from

Montgomery City, MO for its seat belt

safety presentation

High School Winner (pictured left): Keota

FCCLA from Keota, OK for its distracted

driving conference

Runner-Up: Brookings Senior FCCLA

from Brookings, SD for its texting and

driving awareness campaign

Administrator Rosekind addressed close to 5,000 Drug and DWI Court professionals during the Opening Ceremonies of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) Annual Training Conference at National Harbor on Tuesday. He focused on the importance of DWI Courts in the fight to reduce impaired driving fatalities and crashes, saying “Legal and judicial resources dedicated to understanding and addressing the unique challenge of impaired driving have made a major difference in the fight, and the importance of drug and DWI courts will only grow. ”

The Administrator was joined by Director Michael Botticelli, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Director Denise E. O'Donnell, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Administrator Pamela Hyde, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in addressing the success and promise of problem solving courts across the nation.

On July 6th Administrator Rosekind participated in the Opening General Session of the 70th National Family,

Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Leadership Conference. Among FCCLA’s initiatives,

Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety (FACTS) is a national peer education program through which

students educate youth and adults about traffic safety and support the enforcement of local traffic safety

rules and regulations. Administrator Rosekind co-presented plaques to the 2015 winners:

NHTSA at NADCP Annual Training Conference

Administrator Rosekind Honors FACTS Award Winners

2013 Traffic Safety Fact Sheet Rural/Urban Comparison (DOT HS 812 181):

There were 30,057 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes resulting in 32,719 fatalities in 2013. Of these 30,057 fatal traffic crashes, there were 15,998 (53%) that occurred in rural areas, 14,026 (47%) that occurred in urban areas, and 33 (<0.5%) that occurred in un-known areas.

This publication contains a comparison of

2013 fatal crashes in urban and rural settings,

including a section on alcohol-impaired driving

crashes, fatalities and BAC levels.

New from NHTSA

NHTSA/GHSA Report “Mapping to MMUCC: A Process for Comparing Police Crash Reports and State Crash Databases to the MMUCC” (DOT HS 812 184): The Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline, Fourth Edition (2012), is a voluntary guideline designed to help States determine what crash data to collect on their police accident reports (PARs) and what data to code and carry in their crash databases. To assist States in evaluating their consistency with MMUCC, NHTSA and GHSA have developed a methodology for mapping the data collected on PARs and the data entered and maintained on crash databases to the data elements and attributes in the MMUCC Guideline. This meth-odology is intended to standardize how States compare both their PARs and their crash data-bases to MMUCC. The process recognizes that while state data systems often use different terminology and formatting, different data sets often can be mapped to the recommended MMUCC data elements and attributes.

FREE Webinar

National

TSRP Series

Traffic

Tuesdays

August 2015

August 18, 2:00-3:00pm Central time

The 7 Deadly Sins Committed by Impaired Drivers

National arrest statistics reveal more than 10,000 people died in alcohol impaired driving crashes in 2013 – one every 51 minutes. In 51 minutes, this webinar will explore lessons learned in the trenches from 7 real impaired driving prosecutions from the beginning of the investigation to the end of the courtroom trial. Wisdom will be shared regarding the 7 deadly sins committed by impaired drivers and what we can do as law enforcement officers and prosecutors to better hold these offenders accountable. Please join us for an important hour worth of education and instruction.

Registration link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1845608695814275074

On July 23, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) hosted a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill to raise awareness about teen traffic safety issues. The event coincided with SADD SPEAKs (Students for Policy, Education, Advocacy, and Knowledge), a 4-day leadership and advocacy training program at which students from across the country learned advocacy skills, NHTSA’s role in national traffic safety efforts, and how public policy – specifically MAP-21 – has changed the culture of teen safe driving. Mike Brown, Director of NHTSA’s Office of Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection, shared the critical work that NHTSA is doing to keep teen traffic safety a priority.

SADD posted a recorded video of the event on its YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SADDNational.

Partner’s Corner

Lifesavers Conference

NOW Accepting

workshop proposals!

The Lifesavers Conference Planning Committee (LPC) is now accepting speaker proposals for

the 2016 Conference. Proposals must be submitted via Lifesavers’ online system (click here) and

will be accepted until September 15, 2015. All speaker proposals are carefully reviewed for their

applicability to the Lifesavers Conference audience with a particular focus on “research to prac-

tice” and “vigorously evaluated programs." Researchers, academicians, students, and practi-

tioners are also welcome to submit a poster in lieu of or in addition to a speaker proposal; the

same review process applies.

For more information, visit: www.lifesaversconference.org

Questions? Call 703-922-7944 or email Lofgren@meetingsmgmt.com

Last month, SAMHSA Administrator Pam

Hyde presented the 2014 Report to Congress

on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage

Drinking. This is the 6th Report to Congress,

which highlights the activities of the federal

agencies – including NHTSA – that participate

in the Interagency Coordinating Committee on

the Prevention of Underage Drinking.

Underage drinking contributes to a wide range

of costly health and social problems, including

motor vehicle crashes—the greatest single

mortality risk for underage drinkers. In 2012,

28% of young drivers (ages 15-20) who were

killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes had

alcohol in their systems.

To read more about the state policies, enforce-

ment activities, and prevention programs to

address underage drinking, visit http://

www.stopalcoholabuse.gov The site offers

free digital downloads including the full report,

an executive summary, and state reports.

Partner’s Corner

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Diane Wigle

Chief,

Impaired Driving Division

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE

Washington, DC 20590

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