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1 NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY Recognize the Truth 1

2 The Identity Current Partnerships RSA s Data Collection Outreach Defensive Driving Permit/ID Badge 2

3 The Identity Future Potential Projects TraCS Program Distracted Driving 3

4 Charles M. Hayes Safety First is Safety Always. 4

5 On-Going * 35 year organization * Education - Improve Driving Habits - Seat Belt Safety - Child Passenger Safety * Assisting Law Enforcement * Establishing Partnerships * Transition 5

6 Quick Glance Department of Highway Safety Currently * RSA s (Road Safety Audit s) * Data Collection * Offer Defensive Driving Course * Offer Permit/ID Badge * Provide Injury Prevention Education and Awareness -High, Middle School, Elementary Schools -Chapters, Community Education 6

7 Quick Glance Department of Highway Safety Currently * Support Campaign Drives * Support Community Events * Advertise - Includes Mobile Ads - Chevy Safe Kids Van - Buckle Bear * Public Service Announcements - Radio and Newspaper 7

8 Quick Glance Department of Highway Safety Currently * Provide Child Car Seat Education -Car Seat Program Outlets * Conduct Checkpoint and Child Passenger Safety Surveys * Coordinates Safe Kids Navajo Nation Coalition * Collaborate with Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Teams * Collaborate with Law Enforcement/Emergency Medical Services 8

9 Partnerships...is a strategic alliance or relationship between two or more people. Based on trust, equality, and mutual understanding and obligations. * Arizona Division of Transportation * New Mexico Division of Transportation * Utah Division of Transportation * Federal Highway Association * Bureau of Indian Affairs (Highway Safety) * Child Passenger Safety Technicians 9

10 Partnerships...is a strategic alliance or relationship between two or more people. Based on trust, equality, and mutual understanding and obligations. * Injury Prevention Coordinator * Law Enforcement - Navajo Nation - County - Navajo, Apache, Coconino, Mckinley - State * Indian Health Service 10

11 Partnerships...is a strategic alliance or relationship between two or more people. Based on trust, equality, and mutual understanding and obligations. * Navajo Nation Division of Health * Judicial * Arizona Governor s Office of Highway Safety * Community Partners - Safe Kids - Navajo Nation Safe Kids - Emergency Medical Services 11

12 Partnerships Funding: Undisclosed * Arizona Division of Transportation * New Mexico Division of Transportation * Utah Division of Transportation * Federal Highway Association * Bureau of Indian Affairs (Highway Safety) * Child Passenger Safety Grant - (5 year grant - from BIA/IHS) * General Funds * Federal Excise Tax (FET) 12

13 Partnerships Collaboration * Arizona Division of Transportation * New Mexico Division of Transportation * Utah Division of Transportation * Bureau of Indian Affairs (Highway Safety) * Navajo Nation Police Department * Navajo County Police Department * Apache County Police Department 13

14 Partnerships Collaboration * Coconino County Police Department * Mckinley County Police Department * Arizona State Police Department * New Mexico State Police Department * Utah State Police Department 14

15 Partnerships Training Child Passenger Safety Course from: * Child Passenger Safety Technicians * Injury Prevention Coordinator * Indian Health Services * Arizona Governor s Office of Highway Safety 15

16 Partnerships Training Child Passenger Safety Course To explain installation procedures, to parents and caregivers, and empower them to confidently install and re-install child restraints as needed, for better protecting there most important investment. There Babies! 16

17 Partnerships Training Child Passenger Safety Course The curriculum is framed within a Learn, Practice, Explain paradigm. 17

18 Partnerships Training Child Passenger Safety Course Covers: * Seat Belt System * LATCH (Lower Anchor and Tether for Children) * Different Child Restraint (CR) Types * Booster Seats * Kids in Seat Belts 18

19 Partnerships Training Injury Prevention 1 & 2 from: * Injury Prevention Coordinator * Indian Health Services 19

20 Partnerships Training Injury Prevention 1 & 2 Covers: * Resources - Injury Data & Types, and WISQARS (Web-Based Injury Statistic Query and Reporting System) * Development - Plan Analysis, Marketing, Engineering, Monitoring Prevention, The Four E s (Education, Enforcement, Engineering, and Emergency Medical Services) * Partnerships - Coalitions and Collaborations 20

21 Partnerships Training Injury Surveillance System from: * Injury Prevention Coordinator * Indian Health Services 21

22 Partnerships Training Injury Surveillance System Covers: * Planning * Design * Implementation * Evaluation 22

23 Partnerships Training Injury Surveillance System Covers: * Planning - Understanding the Conceptual Framework - Determining the Appropriate Methodology - Building a Partnership to Support 23

24 Partnerships Training Injury Surveillance System Covers: * Design - Assessing Injury Data Sources - Using Surveillance Data to Inform Injury Prevention 24

25 Partnerships Training Injury Surveillance System Covers: * Implementation - Building a Partnership to Support 25

26 Partnerships Training Injury Surveillance System Covers: * Evaluation - Defining and Developing an Analysis Plan - Defining an Evaluation Plan and - Monitoring Prevention Activities 26

27 Partnerships Coalition * Child Passenger Safety Technicians * Injury Prevention Coordinator * Law Enforcement - Navajo Nation - County (Navajo, Apache, Coconino, and Mckinley) - State * Indian Health Service 27

28 Partnerships Coalition * Navajo Nation Division of Health * Arizona Governor s Office of Highway Safety * Community Partners - Safe Kids - Navajo Nation Safe Kids - Emergency Medical Service 28

29 Partnerships Outreach Aide * Child Passenger Safety Technicians * Injury Prevention Coordinator * Law Enforcement - Navajo Nation - Counties (Navajo, Apache, Coconino, and Mckinley) - State * Indian Health Service 29

30 Partnerships Outreach Aide * Navajo Nation Division of Health * Arizona Governor s Office of Highway Safety * Community Partners - Safe Kids - Navajo Nation Safe Kids - Emergency Medical Service 30

31 Partnerships Injury and Crash Data * Law Enforcement - Navajo Nation - Counties (Navajo, Apache, Coconino, and Mckinley) - State * Indian Health Service * Utah Division of Transportation * Arizona Division of Transportation 31

32 Partnerships Injury and Crash Data * New Mexico Division of Transportation * Utah Division of Public Safety * Arizona Division of Public Safety * New Mexico Division of Public Safety 32

33 Partnerships Judicial Resolution: * Legislation No * Legislation No

34 RSA Road Safety Audits * Training conducted by Craig Allred at Senator Pinto s Conference Building in Tsè Bonito, May * Federal Highway Association states, to improve the understanding of crash cause and countermeasures to bear in a proactive manner; a team is used to identify and document a road or intersection for any necessary safety issues, and opportunities for safety improvements to better the roads for future use. It is low costing with minimal project delay s. 34

35 RSA Completed Road Safety Audit s that have been included: * US191 (Central Agency) - Collaboration with the Arizona Division of Transportation * US160 (Western Agency) - Collaboration with the Arizona Division of Transportation * NM64 (Northern Agency) - Funding and Collaboration with the New Mexico Division of Transportation * N36 (Northern Agency) 35

36 RSA Improvement Projects included: * US160 (Western Agency) - Collaboration with the Arizona Division of Transportation * AZ264 (Southern Agency) - Funding and Collaboration with Arizona Division of Transportation (Collaboration: Apache County) * N12 and N7 (Ft. Defiance - 1 year project) - Funding and Collaboration with Arizona Division of Transportation (Collaboration: Apache County) * N20 (Western Agency) 36 * N15 (Southern Agency) Future RSA is needed (Collaboration: ADOT)

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38 Color Lines Indicate Roadway of Choice NM64 US160 US191 AZ264 38

39 Crash Data Collection Traffic-accident information recorded by various Divisions and Police Agencies throughout the State. The collected data is used as a tool by Highway Safety Professionals to determine why specific accident patterns are occurring and how Highway Safety needs, can be addressed. maryland roads.com 39

40 * Window Rock Crash Data Collection Collect Data From There are (7) police districts that the Division/Department collects Data from: * Dilkon Kayenta Shiprock * Crownpoint * Kayenta Tuba City Chinle * Shiprock Dilkon Window Rock Crownpoint * Tuba City * Chinle 40

41 Crash Data Collection Collect Data From Also: * Utah Division of Transportation * Arizona Division of Transportation UDOT * New Mexico Division of Transportation NMDOT ADOT 41

42 Crash Data Collection Collect Data From Different Division s of Public Safety on an Annual basis: * Utah * Arizona * New Mexico Depending on the procedural, some reports are Quarterly 42

43 Crash Data Collection Accident Data to be Collected: How it must be collected? Police Report Number Month/day/year of incident Time Agency Chapter Route # Ownership Milepost (MP) Junction (Section of Road, Intersection, Development/Business Access, Bridge, Curve, etc.) Accident location description # of vehicles # of injuries # of fatalities Weather Condition Road Condition Cause of Accident Collision type (head-on, rollover, sideswipe, etc.) Driver/Traffic Action Direction of vehicle traveling Gender (driver) Age (driver) Comments 43

44 Crash Data Collection Accident Input Form and Codes: How it must be collected? * Spreadsheet type * Input Data (police reports) * Pull-Down Menu 44

45 Crash Data Collection How it must be collected? Accident Data Quality Assurance Process: * Database Quality Check * GIS (Geographic Information System) Data Quality 45

46 Crash Data Collection How it must be collected? GIS (Geographic Information System) Data Quality Check: * Arc Map Software - Designing and Managing Geographic Knowledge - Visual Interpretation of Data Input - Milepost, Chapters, and Agencies - Specific Icon, for Specific Crash Type esri.com 46

47 Crash Data Collection How it must be collected? Navajo DOT Safety Statistics Navajo Nation ,640 causes of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol NDOT 47

48 Crash Data Collection How it must be collected? Navajo DOT Safety Statistics Navajo Nation causes of Distracted Driving NDOT 48

49 Crash Data Collection Geographic Information Systems Technician Traffic Records Committee: * New Mexico Division of Transportation - Every other month * Invites with Arizona Division of Transportation - later date 49

50 Outreach...an activity of providing services to populations who might not otherwise have access to those services. Following Tool of Outreach include: * Newsletters * Advertising * Displays * Events * Community Institutions 50

51 Outreach Child Passenger Safety and Seat Belt (Potential goal using education to increase awareness by 10% by 2015) Conduct 40 Child Passenger Safety Clinics Conduct 500 Seat Checks Increase # of parents/families educated on correct car seat use Digital Story Telling of (1) Success Story Recording # of misuse at (7) Checkpoints in Coordination with Navajo Nation Law Enforcement Institute a schedule of classroom Child Passenger Safety instructions and car seat installation Coordination on Surveillance using University of North Carolina protocol Coordination of Checkpoints with Navajo Nation Police Department Revising existing Billboards with updated message with at least 2 new billboards Educational activities at Child Passenger Safety clinics checkpoints and Child Public Service messaging (more radio PSA s) Passenger Safety Clinics 51

52 Outreach Alcohol-Related (Potential goal using education to reduce injury and death by 5% by 2015) Police Checkpoint Increase Support Legislation for Motor Vehicle Law with Law Enforcement Obtain citation Data from Public Safety Coordinate with Local MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) chapters PSA s Billboards Educational Activities (schools, community events, checkpoints) Injury Prevention Coordinator to obtain DUI Instructor Certification 52

53 Defensive Driving It will prevent crashes, and reinforce good life-long driving skills. * Duration: 4 hours * Updated Curriculum * Practical Strategies * Student Course booklet * DDC Certification 53

54 Permit/ID Badge Distribution * Permit Badge - For Insurance Purposes (Risk Management) - Gasoline (FLEET) * ID Badge - Physical proof of Employment Profits are Distributed back into the Budget of Highway Safety 54

55 Future Potential Projects * TraCS Program (Traffic and Criminal Software) - Mobile - Both Arizona and New Mexico Division of Transportation support the hardware/software for a pilot project with the Window Rock Police Department - Arizona Division of Transportation is the license holder - Electronic Forms Management Software 55

56 Future Potential Projects Continued * TraCS Program (Traffic and Criminal Software) - Can be used by all law enforcement for: - Electronic Traffic Citations - Traffic Crash Reports - Other Traffic Safety Data Forms - Available to all Law Enforcement at NO COST - Printing is at NO COST 56

57 Future Potential Projects Continued * TraCS Program (Traffic and Criminal Software) - Agencies can add as many forms as they choose (NO COST) - Allows the ability to group all documents 57

58 Future Potential Projects Continued * TraCS Program (Traffic and Criminal Software) - The Gain - Increase in Officer Safety and Efficiency - Data Driven Policing - Fewer Errors - Direct Accessibility to Forms 58

59 Future Potential Projects * Distracted Driving: is the act of driving while engaging in other activities, which takes the attention away from the road that can increase the risk of a crash. - The Different types and causes of Distracted Driving: - Texting or conversating - Eating and drinking - Talking to passengers - Grooming - Reading 59

60 Future Potential Projects * Distracted Driving: is the act of driving while engaging in other activities, which takes the attention away from the road that can increase the risk of a crash. - The Different types and causes of Distracted Driving: - GPS navigation systems - Video Display - Adjusting a Radio, CD, or MP3 player 60

61 Future Potential Projects * Distracted Driving: is the act of driving while engaging in other activities, which takes the attention away from the road that can increase the risk of a crash. - The (4) Four E s: - Education - Enforcement - Engineering - Emergency Medical Services 61

62 Conclude Slogan for our Department is: Recognize the Truth 62

63 Recognize the Truth 63

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