DRAFT
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Its Mandated for funding
› Strategy, activity or project
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It is a Guide
› How to
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It is a story
› History (where we were)
› Possible look into our future
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It is a Plan to reduce the number of lives lost,
human suffering, and the economic costs
associated with motor vehicle crashes in Tennessee
MISSION: Through coordination of education,
enforcement, engineering, and emergency response
initiatives reduce the number of crashes that result in
fatalities, injuries, and related economic losses on
Tennessee’s roadways.
VISION: All roadway users arrive safely at their destination.
GOAL: Reduce the fatality rate by 10 percent by the FY
2008-09
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Tennessee was the FIRST State DOT to
create a SHSP.
› From 1998 to 2002, Tennessee experienced an
annual average of more than 170,000 reported
traffic crashes. In 2002, 74,814 injuries and 1,175
fatalities occurred on Tennessee’s roads.
› In 2013, Tennessee experienced ~220,000
reported traffic crashes, 62,721 injuries and 995
fatalities
VISION:
Federal, state, and local agencies, civic groups, and private industries unified as
safety partners and all working together toward zero fatalities and serious injuries
on Tennessee roadways.
MISSION:
Using education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency response initiatives,
work toward zero deaths and serious injuries by reducing the number and
severity of crashes on Tennessee’s roadways.
GOALS:
Fatalities: Reduce the number of fatalities by 10% within the next five years.
Fatality Rate: Reduce the rate of fatalities by 10% within the next five years.
Serious Injuries: Reduce the current trend of increasing serious injuries by not
exceeding the 2012 total value of 7,574 as an average over the next five years.
Serious Injury Rate: Reduce the current trend of an increasing serious injury rate
by not exceeding the 2012 total value of 10.65 serious injuries per hundred million
vehicle miles traveled as an average over the next five years.
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Meets MAP-21 requirements
Reduce Fatalities and Serious Injuries
Past Performances
Towards Zero Deaths (1 of 36 states)
Captured Emphasis Area groups (data driven)
› Infrastructure Improvements
› Driver Behavior
› Vulnerable Road Users
› Operational Improvements
Organizational Structure to define responsibilities
Illustration trend lines and projections
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5 year comparison
Safety Partners
Steering Committee
• Tennessee Department of Transportation
(TDOT)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Tennessee Department of Safety and
Homeland Security (TDOSHS)
• Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP)
• Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO)
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA)
• Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO)
• Tennessee Regional Safety Council (TRSC)
• Tennessee Transportation Assistance
Program (TTAP)
• American Automobile Association (AAA)
Source: Kentucky Strategic
Highway Safety Plan 2011-2014
Safety Partners
Additional Safety Partners
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
• Tennessee Sheriffs' Association (TSA)
• Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police
(TACP)
• Motor Cycle Awareness Foundation of
Tennessee (MAFT)
• Tennessee Department of Health (TDOH)
• National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)
• Tennessee Trucking Association (TTA)
• AARP
• Insurers of Tennessee
• Tennessee Education Association (TEA)
• Rural Planning Organizations (RPO)
• Tennessee District Attorney General’s
Office
• Safe Routes to School National Partnership
Source: Kentucky Strategic
Highway Safety Plan 2011-2014
– Tennessee Network
Current Emphasis Areas
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Crash Data
Lane Departures
Intersections
Work Zone Safety
Motor Carrier Safety
Driver Behavior
Legislation
Suggested Emphasis Areas
o Traffic Records
• Crash
• Drivers License
• Vehicle Registration
o Motor Carrier Safety
o Infrastructure Improvements
• Intersections
• Lane Departure
• R.R. Crossings
o Vulnerable Road Users
• Bike/Pedestrian
• Motorcycles
• Senior Drivers
o Driver Behavior
o Operational Improvements
• Incident Management
• Work Zone Safety
• Congestion Management
Organizational Structure and Emphasis Area Teams
Safety Partners
Traffic
Records
Operational
Improvements
Chris Osbourn
Brad Freeze
Technical
Group
Motor Carrier
Safety
Driver
Behavior
Jon Dierberger
Kendall Poole
Infrastructure
Improvements
Vulnerable
Road Users
Brian Hurst
Jessica Wilson
Organizational Structure and Emphasis Area Teams
Governor
TDOT Commissioner
FHWA
Review/Approval
TDOT
Executive Leaders
Steering Committee
Safety Partners
Co-Chairs
Emphasis
Traffic Records
TDOS Safety Traffic
Records Systems
Chris Osbourn
Areas
Infrastructure
Improvements
TDOT Project
Safety Office
Brian Hurst
Driver Behavior
GHSO
Kendall Poole
Motor Carrier
Safety
FMCSA
Jon Dierberger
Vulnerable
Users
TDOT Multimodal
Jessica Wilson
Operational
Improvements
TDOT Traffic
Operations
Brad Freeze
Strategy/Countermeasure Example
Source: Pennsylvania Strategic
Highway Safety Plan 2012