NTL Record

Title	Symposium on Effective Highway Accident Countermeasures
Record ID	79012
Corporate Creator	United States. Federal Highway Administration
Corporate Contributor	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher	United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date	19900801
Language	English
Abstract	On June 12-14, 1990, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of Transportation, hosted the Symposium on Effective Highway Accident Countermeasures in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation. Held in Washington, DC, the Symposium took place in response to President Bush's Management by Objectives goal "to improve overall transportation safety and security" and "to reduce the highway death rate by 1992." The Symposiums stated objectives, therefore, were to identify the most effective and practical short-term (within 2 years) countermeasures to highway accidents and to develop strategies for their implementation. More than 255 participants representing different highway safety fields engineers, law enforcement officials, educators, researchers, and others) attended the Symposium, which featured an arduous 2.5 day agenda (See appendix A). Ronald R. Fiedler, Wisconsin's Secretary of Transportation and Governor's Highway Safety Representative, served as moderator. Gene McCormick, Deputy Administrator of FHWA, opened and closed the Symposium. Thomas D. Larson, Administrator of FHWA, and Jeffrey Miller, Deputy Administrator of NHTSA, officially welcomed the group.
Rosap ID	dot:54234
Rosap URL	https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54234
TRT Terms	Conferences; Ground transportation crashes; Safety analysis; Countermeasures
Geographical Coverage	United States
TRIS Online Accession No	603063
Resource type	Proceedings
URL	https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/79000/79000/79012/007921.pdf
Format	PDF
Database	NTL Digital Repository