NTL Record

Title Background report guidance for roadway safety data to support the highway safety improvement program.
Record ID 42689
Personal Name
Creator
Lefler, Nancy; Fiedler, Rebecca; McGee, Hugh; Pollack, Robert; Miller, Jeffrey
Corporate Creator VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Publication Date 20110600
Language English
Abstract "Quality data are the foundation for making important decisions regarding the design, operation, and safety of roadways. The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) provides information on how safety data should be used. However, there are no details on specific data elements that State agencies should be collecting, maintaining, and using to support their HSIP and Strategic Highway Safety Plans (SHSPs). In 2011, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety released a guidance memorandum on the fundamental roadway and traffic data elements that States should be collecting and incorporating into their safety analyses to support their HSIP (known as the FDE/HSIP) and on what roadways they should be collected. The purpose of this report is to provide background information on why and how the guidance was developed, estimates of the costs of data collection, safety analysis tools and methods, and performance measures that should be implemented to achieve quality safety data."
Rosap ID dot:23315
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23315
TRT Terms Highway safety; Traffic safety; Traffic data
General Subjects Safety data, Highway Safety Improvement Program, HSIP, Roadway data, Traffic data, Intersections, Ramps, Cost/benefit analysis
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Contract Number DTFH61-05-D-00024 (VHB)
Report Number FHWA-SA-11-39
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/42000/42600/42689/FDE_report.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository