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Figure 11-1. FHWA Systemic Safety Tool
Source: FHWA, 2013
The image consists of two parts: (1) a diagram and (2) text accompanying the diagram.
1. Description of the diagram:
The diagram consists of two concentric circular elements. The outer circular element is a ring consisting of three labeled color-coded segments. The inner circular element consists of six labeled color-coded circles with an arrow from one circle to the next circle. The circles are color-coded to match the outer color-coded segments. The information in those two circular elements are listed below:
- Element 1 (blue)
- Identify Focus Crash Types and Risk Factors
- Screen and Prioritize Candidate Locations
- Select Countermeasures
- Prioritize Projects
- Element 2 (green)
- Identify Funding for Systemic Program and Implement
- Element 3 (purple)
- Perform Systemic Program Evaluation
2. Text accompanying the diagram:
The FHWA Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool expands a transportation agency’s analytical techniques and models to a systemic safety analysis approach. This helps an agency perform a system-wide evaluation for roadway attributes that are common to locations with a crash history. The process outlined in this tool can be used to plan, implement, and evaluate systemic safety programs and projects that meet an agency’s capabilities and needs.