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Systemic safety is a comprehensive approach to safety planning, often used for the implementation of low cost improvements. This approach looks at risk across an entire road system rather than only using traditional site analysis based on crash data. Therefore, countermeasures are implemented in multiple locations with similar characteristics. The systemic safety approach can be particularly beneficial in rural areas where crash data, used in traditional site analysis, can be sparse or incomplete.
This section provides resources for applying the systemic safety approach in a rural area.
An FHWA EDC-5 Webinar in collaboration with NLTAPA and the National Center for Rural Road Safety Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatali ... [ Read More » ]
The DDSA Crash Tree Tool allows users to generate crash tree diagrams based on the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) or other crash datasets. Cras ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) and the National LTAP & TTAP Association’s (NLTAPA) Safety Working hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour onlin ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar provided a recap of the 2nd N ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) EDC-5 Team, National Association of County Engineers (NACE) Saf ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) EDC-5 Team, National Association of County Engineers (NACE) Saf ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) EDC-5 Team, National Association of County Engineers (NACE) Saf ... [ Read More » ]
Rural communities provide food, energy, resources and much more to keep America running. In 2016, attendees at the National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America helped define the future for “Movi ...
[ Read More » ]Articles in this issue of the Safety Compass include: HSIP 2015 National Summary Report Now Available! DDSA: Performing A Health Check-Up On Your Roadways Data ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar provided an overview of the ... [ Read More » ]
The National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America was held Sept. 7-9, 2016 in Denver, CO. It was hosted by the National Center for Rural Road Safet ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5 hour online training event. Webinar Description This Safety Center sponsored webina ... [ Read More » ]
This FHWA website provides crash modification factors (CMF), as well as, guides for how to use and/or develop CMF. “A crash modification factor (CMF) is a ... [ Read More » ]
“Data-Driven Safety Analysis is the application of the latest generation of tools for analyzing crash and roadway data. This video gives an overview of th ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar providee information on: ... [ Read More » ]
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5 hour webinar. This Safety Center sponsored webinar provided a background on the ... [ Read More » ]
Road Diet Information Guide
A classic Road Diet converts an existing four-lane undivided roadway segment to a three-lane segment consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left t ... [ Read More » ]
Crashes are random events and low traffic volumes therefore don’t always make crash hot-spot identification possible. This project has used extensive data col ... [ Read More » ]
Integrating Safety in the Rural Transportation Planning Process
Crashes are random events and low traffic volumes therefore don’t always make crash hot-spot identification possible. This project has used extensive data col ... [ Read More » ]
“Rural roadway safety is an important issue for communities throughout the country and presents a challenge for state, local, and Tribal agencies. The Imp ... [ Read More » ]
Improving Safety on Rural Local and Tribal Roads Site Safety Analysis – User Guide #1
“Rural roadway safety is an important issue for communities throughout the country and presents a challenge for state, local, and Tribal agencies. The Imp ... [ Read More » ]
Improving Safety on Rural Local and Tribal Roads Network Safety Analysis – User Guide #2
“Rural roadway safety is an important issue for communities throughout the country and presents a challenge for state, local, and Tribal agencies. The Imp ... [ Read More » ]
Engaging Partners in the Systemic Safety Process
This training will launch Adobe Connect in a separate browser window. ... [ Read More » ]
Improving Local Road Safety: Noteworthy State DOT Funding, Training, and Technical Assistance Practices
Webinar will open in Adobe Connect in a new browser window. Improving Local Road Safety: Noteworthy State DOT Funding, Training, and Technical Assistance Practi ... [ Read More » ]
Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool
The Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool presents a process for incorporating systemic safety planning into traditional safety management processes. The Syste ... [ Read More » ]