Comprehensive Strategic Highway Safety Plan

The Plan

Many partners from the public and private sector contributed to the development of “Driving Down Deaths on New Jersey’s Roadways”, New Jersey’s Comprehensive Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Organizations that were instrumental in the creation of this document are listed in the acknowledgements section. In order to accomplish the goal of reducing roadway fatalities, safety needs to be at the forefront of state issues.

The New Jersey Safety Management Task Force (SMTF) led the development of this plan with support from Rutgers University Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC). The SMTF Core Group utilized the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Strategic Highway Safety Plan as a model in the development of New Jersey’s CSHSP. Based on a detailed analysis of New Jersey’s crash records database and a survey of the SMTF members, the Core Group identified eight key Emphasis Areas (EA) with supporting strategies and actions.

The eight Emphasis Areas are as follows:

- Minimize Roadway Departure Crashes

- Improve Design/Operation of Intersections

- Curb Aggressive Driving

- Reduce Impaired Driving

- Reduce Young Driver Crashes

- Sustain Safe Senior Mobility

- Increase Driver Safety Awareness

- Reduce Pedestrian, Bicycle, Rail, and Vehicular Conflicts

The final plan can be downloaded here

Members of the Safety Management Task Force Committee can access the project website from here:

SMTF Committee Project Page