Related Safety Initiatives

• IHSDM

  The Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) is a road safety evaluation software that marshals available knowledge about safety into a more useful form for highway planners and designers. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has been developing IHSDM with initial focus on two-lane rural highways. The 2003 release of IHSDM for two-lane rural highways is now available for testing and evaluation purposes.

• SafetyAnalyst

  SafetyAnalyst will provide state-of-the-art analytical tools for use in the decision-making process to identify and manage a system-wide program of site-specific improvements to enhance highway safety by cost-effective means. There are four modules planned for SafetyAnalyst: (1) Network Screening for sites with promise", "Diagnosis and Countermeasures", "Project Ranking and Prioritization", "Evaluation of Measures Effectiveness". The interim tools will be available in late 2004 and will be tested in 2005. The final tools should be available in 2006.

• Human Factors Guide

  The purpose of the HFG is to provide the best factual information and insight on road users' characteristics, in a useful CD-ROM format, to facilitate safe roadway design and operational decisions. The HFG is envisioned to complement design guides such as the AASHTO Geometric Design Guide, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the proposed Highway Safety Manual, and other key resources that are largely void of illustrative human factor principles and concepts needed by highway designers and traffic engineers. The ultimate goal is to develop a comprehensive set of human factor safety guidelines to assist engineers and others to achieve safer and more useable design, operation, and maintenance of roadways.

• PIARC Road Safety Manual

  This manual, written by experts of the World Road Association (PIARC), is a basic reference for all transportation engineers concerned about road safety problems. In more than 500 pages, the work presents an easy-to-read, up-to-date summary of the accumulated knowledge of the last several decades. The work is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the reader to the road safety field. The second part describes a complete safety analysis process (from data collection to assessment). The third part explains in detail the relationship between various components of the road and safety (horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, etc.). The fourth part describes all the steps required to complete technical studies (sight distances, spot speed, etc.). Ordering Information.

• AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan

  In 1998, AASHTO approved its Strategic Highway Safety Plan, which was developed by the AASHTO Standing Committee for Highway Traffic Safety with the assistance of the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Safety Management. The plan includes strategies in 22 key emphasis areas that affect highway safety. Each of the emphasis areas includes strategies and an outline of what is needed to implement each strategy.

• Guidance for Implementing the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (NCHRP Project 17-18(3))

  This NCHRP project will result in a series of guides to assist state and local agencies in reducing injuries and fatalities in targeted emphasis areas. The guides correspond to the emphasis areas outlined in the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Each guide includes a brief introduction, a general description of the problem, the strategies/countermeasures to address the problem, and a model implementation process. This series of guides includes relevant information assembled into the following thirteen single volumes, each pertaining to specific types of highway crashes:

• Volume 01: A Guide for Addressing Aggressive-Driving Collisions
• Volume 02: A Guide for Addressing Collisions Involving Unlicensed Drivers and Drivers with Suspended or Revoked Licenses
• Volume 03: A Guide for Addressing Collisions with Trees in Hazardous Locations
• Volume 04: A Guide for Addressing Head-On Collisions
• Volume 05: A Guide for Addressing Unsignalized Intersection Collisions
• Volume 06: A Guide for Addressing Run-Off-Road Collisions
• Volume 07: A Guide for Reducing Collisions on Horizontal Curves
• Volume 08: A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Utility Poles
• Volume 09: A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Older Drivers
• Volume 10: A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Pedestrians
• Volume 11: A Guide for Increasing Seat Belt Use
• Volume 12: A Guide for Reducing Collisions at Signalized Intersections
• Volume 13: A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Heavy Trucks