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State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety Highway Safety Plan Federal Fiscal Year 2017 Prepared for: U. S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Prepared by: Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety July 1, 2016 MTable of Contents Introduction Toward Zero Deaths Program .......................................................................... 2 Diagram of Planning Process ............................................................................ 3 Organizational Structure .................................................................................... 4 Mission Statement ............................................................................................... 6 Performance Plan Purpose ................................................................................................................. 7 Vision .................................................................................................................... 7 Vision Components ............................................................................................ 7 Sources of Data .................................................................................................... 9 Trends ................................................................................................................. 10 ... Demographic ................................................................................................... 10 Seat Belt Use…………………………………………………………………………………………… …11 Deaths and Serious Injuries…………………………………………………………………… …..12 Impaired Driving …………………………………………………………………………………………13 Race and Hispanic Origin……………………………………………………………………………16 Problems Identified........................................................................................... 17 Performance Measures ..................................................................................... 19 Targets ................................................................................................................ 22 Process Description Problem Identification Process ........................................................................ 24 Services ............................................................................................................... 26 Project Selection ................................................................................................. 27 Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Support ................................................... 29 Project Development ........................................................................................ 30 Gathering Input from Partners........................................................................ 31 Method for Selecting Projects .......................................................................... 34 Strategic Highway Safety Plan and Focus Areas .......................................... 35 Critical Plans Media .................................................................................................................. 37 Enforcement ....................................................................................................... 50 Enforcement Policies .................................................................... 50 Crash Data and Selecting Grantees ............................................ 50 Evaluating Enforcement Activities ............................................ 51 Continuous Follow Up and the ROAR Project ......................... 52 Required Officer Training ........................................................... 52 E-Charging ..................................................................................... 53 Law Enforcement Liaisons .......................................................... 54 One Grant Per Agency ................................................................. 54 High Visibility DWI Enforcement .............................................. 54 The Basic Grant and Enforcement Calendar ............................. 55 Selected Enforcement Grants: additional DWI Work .............. 55 Law Enforcement Recognition .................................................... 56 Mobilizations and Crackdowns .................................................. 56 Highway Safety Plan Program Areas and Strategies Introduction ....................................................................................................... 58 Projects and Funding ........................................................................................ 59 17-01 Planning and Administration ............................................................. 60 17-02 Occupant Protection Projects .............................................................. 63 17-03 Impaired Driving Projects ................................................................... 75 17-04 Police Traffic Services Projects ............................................................ 98 17-05 Traffic Records Projects...................................................................... 109 17-06 Community Program Projects .......................................................... 117 17-07 Motorcycle Safety Projects ................................................................. 129 17-09 Roadway Safety Projects .................................................................... 135 Attachment 1: Population Projections by Age and Gender 139 Attachment 2: Calculating Targets 140 Attachment 3: Example of Problem Identification Grids 146 Attachment 4: Maintenance of Effort 147 Appendix A. State Certifications and Assurances Signature 217 HSP-1 from GTS Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety 2017 Highway Safety Plan Page 1 1 11 1 | Minnesota’s HighwayP a g e Safety Plan: 1 1 | Federal FiPscal a g e Year 2017 1 Introduction The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) in the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) administers federal funds provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the State and Community Highway Safety Program (Public Law 89-564). The funds are used to change driver behavior by enforcing traffic laws; making the public aware of the dangers of crashes and the best ways to reduce their risk; increasing perception of the likelihood of negative consequences for taking risks on the road, and leading or assisting state, county, and community efforts to improve traffic safety. In addition, OTS analyzes crash data, identifies at-risk populations, seeks out or crafts programs to reduce the risks, and evaluates the success of various traffic safety programs. One of the requirements associated with managing the State and Community Highway Safety Program is to prepare an annual plan that discusses traffic safety problems in the state and describes the projects to be funded in the coming year. Strategic planning techniques (clarifying the program’s mission and goals, setting measurable objectives, identifying problems, developing strategies, and evaluating the program’s progress towards the goals) have been used to develop the plan for more than three decades. The performance plan, process description, other required plans, and program areas sections of this Highway Safety Plan report the required goals we have set for our program, and the strategies, tactics, and projects we intend to implement during Federal Fiscal Year 2017 with the NHTSA funding as well as any other funding of which we are aware. The OTS collaborates with other divisions in DPS, other state agencies, county and local units of government, as well as private organizations, industry, academia, and advocates to improve traffic safety throughout Minnesota. We communicate with and disseminate information to our partners throughout the state, colleagues in others states, and federal agencies. The federal funds allow us to implement traffic safety countermeasures and programs and to support innovative technological solutions to a variety of traffic safety problems – from equipment for law enforcement, to data system linkages, and beyond. Finally, we see ourselves as sound stewards of public funds, seeking to invest in programs that will reduce not only the economic cost of crashes in Minnesota (estimated for 2015 to be nearly $1.775 billion) but also the emotional toll on families of crash victims. Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety 2017 Highway Safety Plan Page 2 2 22 2 | P a g e Toward Zero Deaths Program 2 2 | In 2001, the Minnesota Departments of PublicP aSafety g e and Transportation collaborated on a 2 conference called Toward Zero Deaths. The most significant results of that conference were an improved understanding between the two agencies of the shared roles we play in decreasing deaths and severe injuries and a desire to work together more closely. We came to the realization that we share the same goals for traffic safety and we will reach those goals more certainly and quickly if we work closely together. Soon thereafter, the Minnesota Department of Health was added as a full partner. Since 2003, the Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) partners have been collaborating on some projects and routinely meeting and sharing information. A Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan, spearheaded by MnDOT, was written in 2006; in 2007 that plan was updated into the MnDOT Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). OTS’s primary goals and strategies have been largely incorporated into the SHSP. The most recent update to the SHSP began under MnDOT’s leadership in 2013 and was completed