2015 Highway Safety
Performance Plan
Jay Wall, Chief of Plans & Programs
Oklahoma Highway Safety Office
HSP Planning Process
Long range planning is a year round process
spanning several years, usually from 2 years
prior to and extending 2 years forward from
the current fiscal year.
 Short term planning for next year begins
with approval of the current years plan,
which usually occurs in the latter part of
August and kicks off with this event.
 The 2016 Highway Safety Plan must be
submitted to NHTSA for approval by July 1,
2015.

Planning Process - continued
The plan must contain a number of
elements, including:
 Description of data sources and processes used to
identify the State’s highway safety problems;
 Identify the participants in the process;
 Description of selected performance measures and
performance targets;
 Identify the projects selected as well as the
“evidence-based” countermeasure strategies the
selected projects will utilize;
 Provide a program-area-level report on the State’s
success in meeting State performance targets from
the previous year’s HSP;
There are eleven (11) Core performance measures and
one (1) core Behavioral measure which must be
included in the HSP:
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
C-9
C-10
C-11
Number of Traffic Fatalities (FARS)
Number of Serious Injuries in MV crashes (state data)
Fatalities per VMT Overall, Urban and Rural (FARS)
Unrestrained Fatalities, all seating positions (FARS)
Number of Fatalities operator .08 or more (FARS)
Speed Related Fatalities (FARS)
Motorcyclist Fatalities (FARS)
Unhelmeted Motorcyclist Fatalities (FARS)
Drivers Under age 21 Involved in Fatal Crashes (FARS)
Pedestrian Fatalities
Bicyclist Fatalities
B-1
Statewide Seat Belt Use Rate
*FARS – Fatality Analysis Reporting System
There are eleven (11) Core performance measures and
one (1) core Behavioral measure which must be
included in the HSP:
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
C-9
C-10
C-11
Number of Traffic Fatalities (FARS)
Number of Serious Injuries in MV crashes (state data)
Fatalities per VMT Overall, Urban and Rural (FARS)
Unrestrained Fatalities, all seating positions (FARS)
Number of Fatalities operator .08 or more (FARS)
Speed Related Fatalities (FARS)
Motorcyclist Fatalities (FARS)
Unhelmeted Motorcyclist Fatalities (FARS)
Drivers Under age 21 Involved in Fatal Crashes (FARS)
Pedestrian Fatalities
Bicyclist Fatalities
B-1
Statewide Seat Belt Use Rate
*FARS – Fatality Analysis Reporting System
Planning Process - continued
Fatalities
Forecast
Goal
290
270
250
246
242
229
Fatalities
230
218
222
238
246
246
252
240
257
225
205
210
262
205
205
190
170
172
150
205
164
205
158
205
153
205
148
130
110
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
Year
Fatalities in alcohol-impaired traffic crashes have decreased more than 15% since 2008.
However, the model indicates that this decline will stop and the trend will remain flat
through 2017. Factors considered in setting goals were an expected increase in miles driven,
increases in licensed drivers, strengthening laws, and population shifts from rural to urban. It
will take one to three years to determine if efforts in strengthening enforcement and laws
will have the expected results.
Status
CORE OUTCOME MEASURES*
Previous Goal Projections
FARS
2009
Ba s el i ne
2010
Short Term Intermediate Long Term
Goal
Goal
Goal
State Data
2011
2012 Mos t
current
Current Goal Projections
2013
2013
2014
2015
2015
2016
2017
Overall
Traffic Fatalities
Total
737
668
696
708
678
672
712
697
712
712
712
Rural
498
465
497
467
x
396
464
446
464
464
464
Urban
239
203
199
241
x
276
248
251
248
248
248
Total
1.57
1.40
1.47
1.48
x
1.48
1.42
1.40
1.39
1.36
1.33
Fatalities per 100 MVMT Rural
2.32
2.14
2.30
2.14
x
2.06
1.98
1.90
2.01
1.96
1.92
0.94
0.78
0.77
0.92
x
0.94
1.19
1.22
0.93
0.94
0.94
16077
16557
16190
16168
14734
16065
15353
14935
1519
15047
14897
Urban
Serious Injuries
State Data
Occupant Protection
Unrestrained Occupant Fatalities
(all seating positions)
Observed Seat Belt Use Rate
(front seat outboard occupants)
Number of Grant Funded Seat Belt
Citations
301
275
287
282
x
265
268
254
265
263
260
84.2
85.9
85.9
83.8
83.6
85.0
85.7
86.0
85.7
85.7
86.2
18152
31276
46276
22043
15616
x
x
x
x
x
x
Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Fatalities Involving Driver or mc
Operator with .08+ BAC
Number of Grant Funded Impaired
Driving Arrests
229
218
222
205
x
246
246
246
240
225
205
4407
2948
3971
3781
3573
x
x
x
x
x
x
Speeding
Speeding Related Fatalities
234
189
213
218
x
203
216
207
216
216
216
Number of Grant Funded Speeding
Citations
34055
36987
50738
48202
35912
x
x
x
x
x
x
Motorcyclists
Number of Motorcycle Fatalities
108
78
98
84
x
113
113
113
96
96
96
Number of Unhelmeted Motorcyclist
Fatalities
78
66
79
63
x
93
93
93
70
72
74
x
101
95
87
89
88
86
x
50
44
43
60
60
60
x
x
9
10
10
10
11
Youth
Number of Drivers under 21
115
97
102
80
Pedestrians
Number of Pedestrian Fatalities
32
62
43
Number of Pedalcyclist Fatalities
11
9
1
65
Pedalcyclists
5
Planning Process - continued

July-August
◦ Complete preparation of next FY grant agreements
◦ Obtain necessary authorizations to execute agreements

September
◦ Host Stakeholders Meeting
◦ Finalize Plans for Project Directors Course

October
◦ Implement current year HSP projects October 1
◦ Conduct annual Project Directors Training Course

November-December
◦ Draft and submit prior year’s Annual Report
◦ Establish and post preliminary goals for next years HSP

December-January
◦ Open solicitation of grant proposals for next FY
Planning Process - continued

January-February
◦ Begin preliminary review of submitted proposals and
identification of possible further solicitations

March
◦ Host statewide forum/workshop to address identified topics and
solicit input

April
◦ Set initial performance targets for next FY HSP
◦ Selection process for next FY projects

May-June
◦ Negotiate project agreements for next FY
◦ Draft next FY HSP

June
◦ Finalize goals and performance targets for next FY
◦ Finalize and submit next FY HSP
So after all this, what were the identified
problems and solutions?
Impaired driving
This still remains the #1 focus of attention, with
29% of fatality crashes in Oklahoma involving
impaired drivers. A NHTSA study conducted in
2010, on a best to worst scale in the number of
impaired driving fatalities, ranked Oklahoma 46th
out of 51 - and dead last in improving its fatality
rate. Here is an excerpt from a recently published
article in a Wall Street report which reports
Oklahoma ranks 6th worst in the nation in the
number of drunk driving deaths per 100,000 VMT.
Oklahoma’s drunk driving problem has seen little improvement
over the decade ending in 2012. While Oklahoma manages to
curb underage drinking relatively well, the number of drunk
driving fatalities among drinking-age adults decreased by just
5.3% over the 10 years ending in 2012, a far lower decline than
in most other states. Current anti-drunk driving laws do not seem
to be effective at deterring drunk drivers in the state, as nearly
79% of all drunk driving fatalities involved a driver with a blood
alcohol content of at least 0.15% — well above the legal limit of
0.08%.This is despite the fact that the state has an “aggravated
DUI” law that imposes harsher penalties on drunk drivers with a
blood alcohol level of 0.15% or more.
So which five States were worse than Oklahoma??
Source: 24/7 Wall St, April 25, 2014
#5
#4
#3
#2
#1
Mississippi
Wyoming
South Carolina
Montana
North Dakota
Occupant Protection:
Of the 33 states having a mandatory seat belt law,
Oklahoma ranked #27 in the 2013 national survey results.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
STATE
Oregon
California
Alabama
Georgia
Minnesota
Washington
Hawaii
Illinois
Michigan
Delaware
New Mexico
Iowa
South Carolina
Indiana
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
USE RATE
98.2
97.4
97.3
95.5
94.8
94.5
94.0
93.7
93.0
92.2
92.0
91.9
91.7
91.6
91.1
91.0
90.7
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Texas
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Florida
Connecticut
Alaska
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Maine
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Kansas
Arkansas
Mississippi
90.3
88.6
87.5
87.2
86.6
86.1
85.6
85.0
84.8
83.6
83.0
82.5
82.4
80.7
76.7
74.4
Crashes involving Fatality or Serious Injury
On the rise again in 2014
The primary goal of any traffic safety effort is to reduce
the number of persons killed or injured in MV crashes as well as reducing the number of crashes overall. This
is accomplished through a number of strategies,
including: enforcement, training, education, statistical
analysis, etc..
Using both FARS and State data, cities and counties are
ranked based on their vehicle crash rates. This data,
which is published each year in the OHSO Crash Facts
Book, along with other statistical or relevant data, are
used by the OHSO in evaluating which project
proposals to approve in order to make the best use of
available funding sources to address local problems.
Motorcycles
Motorcycle fatalities showed a significant spike in
numbers in 2009. From 2008 to 2012, the 46-55 age
group was the leading group involved in motorcyclist
fatalities, representing about 25% of MC fatalities.
In 2011, the State Motorcycle Advisory Committee was
formed to provide for a centralized discussion of this
growing problem and how to best address it.
There are a number of projects recommended by this
committee in the FY15 HSP to address identified needs
in training and education.
Traffic Records
Accomplishments:
oElectronic submission of crash reports
oE-citations
oCollision analysis systems (such as SAFE-T)
oDDACTS (Data Driven Approaches to Crime &
Traffic Safety)
Improvements needed:
oContinued efforts to increase electronic processing
and integration of traffic records at the state and
local level;
oCreation of a statewide DUI tracking database;
oBetter integration of record keeping system
between local and state agencies.
Other program areas addressed:
Bicyclist and Pedestrian
INCOG Tulsa
Rail Grade Crossings
Oklahoma Operation Lifesaver
Driver Education
DPS and Educational Alternatives
Media and PI&E efforts
104 projects were selected for
inclusion in the FY15 HSP
7
2 11
FY15 Grants by
Program area
6
3
Bicycle/Ped
11
Rail Grade Xing
Speed
Impaired Driving
33
Occupant Protection
Police Traffic Services
Motorcycle Safety
Driver Education
Traffic Records
Child Passenger Safety
26
14
Total of $10,232,030 in
those104 funded projects
$30,711.00
FY15 Grant
Funding by Program Area
$302,378.00
$180,600.00
Bicycle/Ped
$2,630,417.43
Child Passenger Safety
Driver Education
Impaired Driving
$3,866,361.01
Motorcycle Safety
Occupant Protection
Police Traffic Services
Rail Grade Xing
$1,274,668.00
Speed
Traffic Records
$182,564.00
$37,500.00
$1,234,384.00
$492,447.00
ohso.ok.gov