Scope
The Technical Issues Subcommittee will serve the Committee on Highway Safety Performance by conducting the following activities as needed:
1. Technical Evaluation and Advising
a. Serving as the Committee’s primary resource for assessing technical issues in data-driven highway safety performance analysis methods
b. Responding to specific requests/issues that arise with the content of the HSM and other data-driven highway safety performance tools content
c. Evaluating the effectiveness of current and proposed data-driven methods and tools and their use to assess highway safety performance (in conjunction with Future Directions Subcommittee of ANB20 and TRB Committee ABJ80).
2. Research Implementation
a. Providing input towards integrating the science of safety into highway agency guidance
b. Assessing the ability to implement specific research results and their potential for practical application by highway agencies
c. Generating Research Need Statements for consideration by the Committee related to technical methods and procedures for highway safety performance
d. Incorporating human behavior into the assessment of highway safety performance
e. Considering new technologies, data, and modes in research needs
3. Strategic Planning
a. Defining a strategic vision that moves us closer to the goal of improving safety performance of the highway system
b. Identifying the list of research directions / topics that need to be addressed in the near / medium-term future (e.g., five years). These topics will be developed into research needs statements and prioritized.
Mission
The Subcommittee on Technical Issues will serve the Committee by providing technical evaluation and advising, guidance on research implementation and supporting strategic planning related to technical issues in sound road safety evaluation.
June 2019.