The American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials Strategic
Highway Safety Plan

One out of every 84 children born today will die violently in a motor vehicle crash, while six out of every ten children will be injured in a motor vehicle crash over the course of their lives, many of them more than once. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) developed the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) to address these statistics. The mission of the plan is to reduce the number of deaths by 5,000 to 7,000 each year, as well as to reduce health care costs substantially.

Developed in 1996 and 1997, the Strategic Highway Safety Plan outlines a comprehensive, integrated approach that has the potential to significantly reduce deaths on our highways. It was written by a group of experts from public and private safety organizations who identified top safety strategies that can be implemented in the next five to seven years with a substantial impact on the frequency and severity of crashes.

The plan is divided into six elements: Drivers, Vehicles, Special Users, Highways, Emergency Medical Services, and Management. Each element is subdivided into goals, a total of 22. Goals are further subdivided into strategies (93). Finally, actions (268) identify specific ways to address each strategy. On this web site, goals are identified by a number (1 through 22), and strategies are identified by a letter.

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