Maryland s Strategic Highway Safety Plan Because Every Life Counts ASHE / ITE Joint Meeting October 21, 2014
Maryland s Strategic Highway Safety Plan Today s Presentation Provide Overview of Maryland s Crash Problem Inform the Engineering Community of the SHSP Present the Toward ZERO Deaths Philosophy Provide a Glimpse of Prevention Strategies Blending the 4-Es of Highway Safety
As of October 1, 2011: Maryland Highway Safety Office became a division within the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Milt Chaffee Governor s Highway Safety Representative
Maryland Highway Safety Office Data Driven Target Oriented
Maryland Crash Trends: 560 550 Persons Killed 5-yr Average: 502 / 3-yr Average: 488 Persons Killed 540 520 500 480 460 440 420 511 496 488 466 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year 1986-1988: 805 fatalities per year
Maryland Crash Trends: Total All Crashes Number of Crashes 98000 96000 94000 92000 90000 88000 86000 96458 92518 90604 90106 90508 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 5-yr Average: 92,000 crashes a year In 2012 44,000 Persons Injured 15% reduction in injury crashes from 2007 to 2012
0.52 2012 Total Crash Percentage by Jurisdiction 0.65 4% Jurisdiction N= Baltimore City 20,717 Prince George's 12,049 Baltimore 12,392 Montgomery 10,562 Anne Arundel 8,492 2 4% Howard 3,273 Harford 2,688 Charles 2,335 Frederick 2,653 Washington 2,194 Wicomico 1,658 1% Talbot 693 Queen Anne's 696 Allegany 587 Garrett 462 Dorchester 410 Caroline 379 Somerset 271 Kent 192 2.4 2.9 11.8 1 2% 1.9 3.6 13.4 2.6 Carroll 1,750 Cecil 1,437 St. Mary's 1,457 Calvert 1,099 Worcester 1,203 13.8 23.1 9.5 1.6 1.2 3.0 0.77 1.6 0.77 0.46 0.21 0.42 0.30 1.8 1.3
872 Historical Trends Price of Gas Traffic Fatalities on MD Roads 1960 2013 830 AirBags Helmet Laws Strategic Highway Safety Plans Medevac & Shock Trauma Gas Crisis & 55mph Tougher DUI Laws Primary Belt Laws ChPt StkFrce& Click-It- Or-Ticket Progress in Fits & Starts
Crash/Injury Risk Factors
Vast Majority of Fatal Crashes Human Error Vehicle Failures (13% of all) 1% 6% 3% 57% 3% Driver Error Human Factors (93% of all) Enforceable Behaviors 3% 27% Roadway Factors (34% of all) AASHTO Highway Safety Manual
Risk factors often cluster
Unbelted = 693 (36% of all fatalities) 97 285 133 178 168 175 117 There were 1,914 motor vehicle occupant deaths for the period 2008-2012 (nonpedestrian and non-motorcycle). Sixty percent (n=1,153) involved speeding, impairment, or lack of belt use. 5 yr Totals Speed = 495 (26% of all) Impaired = 603 (32% of all)
Crash/Injury Risk Factors On Average: Fatal Pedestrian Crashes Account for almost 20% of All Fatalities in Maryland Fatal Pedestrian: 25% of All Fatalities in 2013
Bad Things Happen at Night 135mph.196 BAC Ryan Dunn June, 2011 Roger Ebert: "friends don't let jackasses drink and drive
Accountability... Who Owns the Problem??
What can we do?? Crashes are caused by the alignment of factors that can be both Anticipated and Altered. Therefore Crashes are both Predictable and Controllable! They Are NOT Accidents!
Analyzing Crash Trends To Apply the 4-E s of Highway Safety Toward Zero Deaths
Effective Highway Safety Programs Multiple Layered Strategies... Problem Identification Engineering Strict Enforcement Education Evaluation
Strategic Planning Identifying Strategies Vision without Action is Nothing more than a Daydream BUT Action without Vision is a Nightmare!
Maryland s Strategic Highway Safety Plan Objective The overall objective of Maryland s Strategic Highway Safety Plan is to reduce fatalities and Injuries. Overarching Goal: Halving Fatalities in Maryland by 2030. (475 by 2015 - - 296 by 2030) Toward Zero Deaths
Maryland s Strategic Highway Safety Plan Six Emphasis Areas Aggressive Driving Distracted Driving Occupant Protection Impaired Driving Pedestrian Safety Highway Infrastructure 25 Strategies mva.maryland.gov
Strategic Highway Safety Plan SHSP: The Highway Safety Planning Umbrella
Maryland s SHSP
Strategic Planning: PROBLEM Identification Using the Data to Determine the Problem Identification Where? When? Why? Predictability And Who?
Alcohol-Impaired Crash Density of Northern Prince George s County w/ Alcohol-Impaired Crashes by 1 Mile Road Segments and High Priority Bars Overlaid Concept of Obligated Patrol
Alcohol-Impaired Crash Density of Northern Prince George s County w/ DUI ETIX Route Density Overlaid
Place-Based Problem Solving
Next Steps to Success Impact - - Getting the Word Out High Visibility DUI EXTRA TEAMS DUI PATROLS OUT TONIGHT Enforcement Heather_2013
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