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Road Safety Fundamentals
Concepts, Strategies, and Practices that Reduce Fatalities and Injuries on the Road

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

UNIT 4. Solving Safety Problems

Table 4-2: Safety performance measures and data sources
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Table 4-2: Safety performance measures and data sources (Source: NHTSA 2007); description of the table in the image follows.

Table 4-2: Safety performance measures and data sources (Source: NHTSA 2007)
Description Sources
Number of traffic fatalities (three-year or five-year moving averages) FARS
Number of serious injuries in traffic crashes State crash data files
Fatalities/VMT (including rural, urban, and total fatalities) FARS, FHWA
Number of unrestrained passenger vehicle occupant fatalities, seat positions FARS
Number of fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher FARS
Number of speeding-related fatalities FARS
Number of motorcyclist fatalities FARS
Number of unhelmeted motorcyclist fatalities FARS
Number of drivers 20 or younger involved in fatal crashes FARS
Number of pedestrian fatalities FARS
Observed seat belt use for passenger vehicles, front seat outboard occupants Survey
Number of seat belt citations issued during grant-funded enforcement activities Grant activity reporting
Number of impaired-driving arrests made during grant-funded enforcement activities Grant activity reporting
Number of speed citations issued during grant-funded activities Grant activity reporting

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Contacts

RSPCB Program Point of Contact
Felix Delgado, FHWA Office of Safety
Felix.Delgado@dot.gov
FHWA Office of Safety

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