Navigating the Traffic Safety Topics of Safe System Approach, Equity in Traffic Safety, and Traffic Safety Culture
The Safe System Approach, Equity, and Traffic Safety Culture: These traffic safety topics underpin current approaches to traffic safety management. Each supports the vision of Toward Zero Deaths. A transportation system free of fatalities and serious injuries. That’s why we’ve added new sections to the TZD website to explore each topic. Safe System Approach (SSA): […]
USDOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy Progress Report
On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a progress report on the first year of the National Roadway Safety Strategy. The report outlines the Department’s comprehensive approach to its goal of significantly reducing serious injuries and deaths on our nation’s highways, roads, and streets. As Allies in Action with this strategy, we wholeheartedly support […]
Spotlight on the Michigan DOT Safe System Approach
Many traffic safety professionals have wondered how the Safe System Approach fits in with existing safety programs, Toward Zero Deaths, and Traffic Safety Culture. Here’s an example from the Michigan Department of Transportation on why the Safe System Approach is an important part of their safety program. Don’t miss the paragraph at the end that […]
Maryland Traffic Slows Down Following Anti-Speeding Effort
At the AASHTO Committee on Safety Meeting in April 2022, Tim Kerns and Vivian Berra Figuereo of the Maryland Department of Transportation reported on a speed management demonstration project in Bishopville, Maryland. The project was funded by a grant from GHSA, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and the National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF). The project combined enforcement, engineering, and public outreach, resulting in a 9% decrease in average speeds. During […]
New Zealand Speed Management Guide
At the 2023 TRB Annual Meeting in January, Shane Turner presented to the ACS10 Transportation Safety Management Systems committee, informing them of New Zealand and Australia’s approach to speed management. Dr. Turner, the Technical Director for Safe Systems at Abley (a transportation planning and engineering firm based in New Zealand), discussed updates to the guide […]
Delaware Department of Transportation: Context-Sensitive Speed Limit Setting
The Delaware Department of Transportation is adjusting its approach to speed limit setting.
GHSA Rural Roads Report
In September 2022, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) published a report on traffic safety on rural roads throughout the United States. The report includes many examples of promising practices for traffic safety efforts, especially related to traffic safety culture and behavioral safety issues. Additionally, the report shares examples of how different agencies are addressing […]
Organizational Readiness for the Safe System Approach
Montana State University and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) partnered to share their take on readiness for adopting the Safe System Approach and growing safety culture – an initiative where Washington is at the forefront. The article, published in July 2022, shares Washington’s implementation of the approach, and the lessons they’ve learned along the […]
TowardZeroDeaths.org has a new look
Welcome to the new and improved TowardZeroDeaths.org and thank you for spending time to learn, improve and share your traffic safety strategies. Toward Zero Deaths: The National Strategy in Highway Safety remains the cornerstone of the website, but with improvements to functionality and navigation across the entire site. The website has been restructured with you […]
TZD Participates in New Road To Zero Coalition to End Roadway Fatalities
In 2016 alone, more than 40,000 people died on U.S. roads, a number that saw a 6 percent increase from 2015 and a 14 percent increase from 2014, according to the National Safety Council. This increase is the highest in more than five decades. On top of that, more than 4.5 million motor vehicle injuries […]
