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Background

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The Evolution of Toward Zero Deaths

In 2009, multiple traffic safety stakeholders began the dialogue toward creating a national strategic highway safety plan at a workshop in Savannah, Georgia. The majority of participants expressed that there should be a highway safety vision to which the nation aspires, even if at that point in the process it was not clear how or when it could be realized. This group concluded that the elimination of highway deaths is the appropriate goal, as even one death is unacceptable. With this input from over 70 workshop participants and further discussions with the Steering Committee following the workshop, the name of this effort became “Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety.”

 

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  • Determined need to create national strategic highway safety plan and workshop in Georgia

  • National TZD Steering Committee formed

  • Named the effort, “Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety”

  • White papers examining highway safety issues developed

    White Paper Downloads

  • Steering Committee hosted stakeholder webinars

    Webinar Downloads

  • Highway safety stakeholder workshop conducted

    TZD Workshop PDF
  • Interviews with states and stakeholders

  • Project team hosts second series of stakeholder webinars

  • Workshop for review of Draft Framework

  • Launch Framework

    for the National Strategy on Highway Safety and Strategic Communication Plan

White Paper Downloads

White papers examining highway safety issues developed – Summary

  • A Summary of Nine White Papers

Paper 1

  • Future View

Paper 2

  • Safety Culture

Paper 3

  • Safer Drivers

Paper 4

  • Safer Vehicles

Paper 5

  • Vulnerable Users

Paper 6

  • Infrastructure

Paper 7

  • EMS

Paper 8

  • Data Systems and Analysis Tools

Paper 9

  • Lessons Learned

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Webinar Downloads

Overview of the TZD Initiative and Safety Culture

  • One page introduction to Safety Culture
  • Webinar recording (1:26)
  • Presentation

Safer Infrastructure

  • Webinar recording (1:25)
  • Presentation

Safer Vehicles

  • Webinar recording (1:30)
  • Presentation

Road User Safety

  • Webinar recording (1:29)
  • Presentation

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Webinar PDF Downloads

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