Highway Safety Performance Committee

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Safety will hold a webinar on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  This webinar, on the heels of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting, will highlight some of the programs State and Local transportation professionals learned about at TRB.  Specifically, we will be focusing on aspects of the Highway Safety Manual, Safety Data Community of Practice, Roadway Safety Data Partnership Capability Assessment, and Fundamental Data Elements. 

Last October FHWA hosted an IHSDM Web Conference on the new IHSDM 2011 Release. The recording for the web conference and slides for the conference is now available from the IHSDM Wiki Webinar page..

The TRB Highway Safety Performance Committee Newsletter for the first quarter of 2012 is now available for download from our committee website (right-click and select "Save As": PDF). The newsletter includes a letter from our committee chair, highlights some of the ongoing efforts and available products. The newsletter also gives information for our activities during the TRB 2012 Annual Meeting, and much more.

Please contact our communications coordinator if you would like to offer a news story for our next newsletter (ida.vanschalkwyk@ch2m.com).

During 2009 and 2010, Dr. Karen Dixon, Principal Investigator of NCHRP 17-38, developed three spreadsheets in a volunteer effort to support training efforts on the first edition of the HSM. The extended Highway Safety Manual (HSM) predictive analysis spreadsheets represent updates to these three spreadsheets. The update was funded through a partnership between the Alabama Department of Transportation and Virginia Department of Transportation. These agencies are releasing these tools for use by other individuals and agencies to support the implementation of the HSM across the nation.

NCHRP Project #20-24 (068) developed a crash cost application tool that is now available.

The Roadway Safety Data Partnership is a collaborative effort between FHWA and states to develop "robust data-driven safety capabilities" (http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/rsdp/index.cfm). The RSDP midpoint report is now available at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/rsdp/downloads/RSDP_midpointrpt.pdf (FHWA-SA-12-014).

The Federal Highway Administration released a new guide for transportation safety managers to use as they implement the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) available at the following link: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsm/.

A web conference on the new release of IHSDM on 10/15/11. Register to participate.

The Federal highway Administration released four new reference tools for transportation safety professionals to use as they implement the Highway Safety Manual (HSM). The documents are available at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsm/

The Summer 2011 Issue of the CMF Clearinghouse newsletter is now available online. Content includes: new CMFs added to the Clearinghouse; featured CMFs; featured resource; featured FAQ: How can I download CMFs from the Clearinghouse?; how to submit your CMFs to the Clearinghouse; and how to submit your ideas for CMF Research Needs to the Clearinghouse.