NTL Record

Title Quick Start Guide Systemic Safety Analysis
Record ID 74627
Personal Name
Contributor
Roche, Jerry; McFadden, John
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Corporate
Contributor
Federal Highway Administration Resource Center (U.S.)
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Publication Date 20161101
Language English
Abstract The first step in any problem-solving process is identifying and understanding the problem to solve; systemic safety analysis is no different. The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool1 describes the systemic safety analysis process beginning with Identifying Focus Crash Types and Risk Factors. This first step lays an important foundation for all subsequent steps in the systemic safety analysis process and involves three tasks: Systemic Safety Analysis does not require robust data or complex analysis methods to be effective. Nearly all transportation professionals have access to the information and data they need to pursue systemic safety analysis and make appropriate systemic-based decisions. The first steps of Systemic Safety Analysis primarily use fatal and serious injury crash data, to which many agencies have access. Below are tips and strategies for using resources your agency already has to perform systemic safety analysis. A scenario implementing each task is woven throughout to help illustrate the concepts.
Rosap ID dot:50480
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50480
TRT Terms Safety analysis; Traffic safety; Crashes; Risk assessment
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number FHWA-SA-17-009
Resource type Brief
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/74000/74600/74627/FHWA-SA-17-009.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository