Implementation Process: Appendix B

Resources for the Planning and Implementation of Highway Safety Programs

  1. In 1981, the FHWA developed a detailed document on an engineering-oriented process similar to the one outlined herein. While it does not address non-engineering options in a significant manner, and it does not reflect the many organizational and institutional activities needed in an implementation process, it still can be a used to provide supplementary details. The electronic version of the document is available at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tfhrc/safety/pubs/81218/intro.htm. However, since it is somewhat out-of-date, FHWA has recently started a program to renew this and other related documents for safety analysis.
  2. The World Road Association (PIARC) has developed a preliminary draft of a comprehensive road safety manual. It is organized according the steps in a safety management process. It contains an extensive amount of material. Currently, the manual is receiving limited distribution for beta testing. An extract from the PIARC web site, giving general status information, is shown below. The PIARC web site is at: http://www.piarc.org

Technical Committee

Road Safety

Title of action

PIARC Road Safety Manual

Short description
  • Finalising from the preliminary version as presented in Kuala Lumpur World Congress then examined in October ’99 Paris seminar.
  • Completing and checking with external group of experts
  • Publication and promotion

References to the Strategic Plan

Road design standards related to safety

Leader

Carl Belanger (Canada – Quebec)

Cooperations envisaged

Internal to PIARC

No

External to PIARC

Experts: 3 or 4: INRETS, TRL, SWOV

Outputs scheduled

The guide: paper and electronic versions (CD-ROM and on-line)

Calendar

2000: complete drafting; definition of some legal matter as copyrights and liabilities

2001: Review with experts, translation and editorial corrections in English and French

2002: publication


  1. The Department of Transport of South Africa has also produced a comprehensive road safety manual. An overview of that manual is found in Appendix C.
  2. The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions: London, has produced a Road Safety Good Practices Guide, which is available at the following web site: http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadsafety/goodpractice/index.htm
  3. NHTSA has developed a guide for local communities to use when starting road safety programs. It can be found at the following web site: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/safecommunities/SAFE%20COMM%20Html/index.html
  4. The State of Washington, Department of Transportation offers a guide for local safety management systems. It can be found at the following web site: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/fasc/EngineeringPublications/Manuals/lasms.pdf
  5. The State of Oregon, Department of Transportation has developed a guide for local corridor safety management. It can be found at the following web site: http://www.odot.state.or.us/transafety/Roadway_Safety/Safety_Corridor_Guide_2002.pdf
  6. The National Cooperative Highway Research Program has developed a synthesis on roadway safety tools for local agencies. http://trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_syn_321.pdf