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AASHTO Vision for Highway Safety
Joel McCarroll, P.E.AASHTO
Chicago, IllinoisJuly 28, 2009
AASHTO Safety Goal• In May 2008, the AASHTO Board of
Directors established a Towards Zero Death safety goal.
• The goal is to reduce fatalities by half in 20 years.
Outreach Efforts• AASHTO has worked with other safety
organizations to achieve a national consensus on the safety goal.
• The State Safety Partners (GHSA, IACP, AAMVA, and CVSA) have all adopted this goal or a similar goal.
• AASHTO is working to include the safety goal as a national safety goal in the new authorization.
• Development of a National Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
Authorization Proposals• Increased Funding for Safety Efforts
• Commitment to the Strategic Highway Safety Plan Effort
• National Center for Safety Excellence
• Performance Management
• Flexibility
• Research
Internal Efforts• Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety
• Subcommittee on Safety Management
• Subcommittee on Traffic Engineering (Safety Task Group)
• Subcommittee on System Operations and Management (VII, ITS)
• Standing Committee on Performance Management
Subcommittee on Safety Management
• The goal of the Subcommittee is to support the national goal of reducing fatalities by half in 20 years.
• Task Groups– Technical Information & Resources– Technical Safety Publication Oversight & Outreach– Oversight of National Strategic Highway Safety Plan– Safety Data Systems & Analysis and Workforce
Development– Safety Informational Packages and Implementation of
the SHSP– Research
Support for the HSM• Completing the HSM and making it
an AASHTO publication.
• Identifying data gaps and other user concerns for future editions of the HSM.
• Safety Analyst – AASHTOware
Support for the HSM (Cont.)• www.highwaysafetymanual.org will
become an AASHTO maintained website.
• Research Support– Keeping AMF/CRF’s up to date– Developing new AMF/CRF’s where none exist
today– International and Domestic Scans to Identify
New or Cutting Edge Solutions
Other Safety Activities• Updating the Series 500 Guides• Promoting networking and
information sharing:– Standing Committees and
Subcommittees– Safety Leadership Forums– http://safety.transportation.org
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