The fiscally constrained environment that state DOTs operate in today requires revisiting assumptions about safety performance benefits as well as processes and decisions that drive meeting full safety standards. The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) provides tools to allow agencies to change their design for safety of a facility from traditional “design standards” of the AASHTO Green Book, Roadside Guide, MUTCD, and state design manual to a more performance-based statistical approach. TRB hosted a webinar on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 from 12:30-2:00 PM Eastern that explored processes, job aids, tools, workforce training, and the manner in which states have institutionalized the HSM as part of performance-based processes and asset management in planning, design, and operations.

This webinar was sponsored by the TRB Standing Technical Committee on Safety Performance and Analysis.

The slides and recording are available. 

Webinar agenda and presenters

• Data-driven safety analysis implementation plan - Michael Vaugn, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
• Safety analysis guidelines with language and flowcharts that helps determine the extent of safety analysis to be conducted -   Brenton Bogard, Ohio Department of Transportation
• Network screening using Part C for rural 2-lane roadway segments - Jon Prendergast, Maine Department of Transportation
• Question and answer session - Jerry Roche, U.S. Federal Highway Administration

The first 60 minutes of the webinar was presentations and the final 30 minutes was reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:

• Adopt new, unique tools developed to aid in data-driven safety analysis implementation within Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
• Implement an iterative process to a project that has an identified safety need to reduce crashes or crash severity.
• Apply crash modification factors to a referencing system for rural two-lane roadway segments for network screening.

Professional Development Hours

This webinar was delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.

Professional Development Hours (PDHs) earned on completion of this program were reported to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Certificates of Completion are issued to all participants via the RCEP.net online system. Complaints about registered providers may be addressed to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Fl., Washington, DC, 20005.