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Minnesota's Highway Safety Plan for Federal Fiscal Year 2016 State of Minnesota Department of Public Safety Highway Safety Plan Federal Fiscal Year 2016 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, 2015 MTable of Contents Introduction Toward Zero Deaths Program ...........................................................................2 Diagram of the Planning Process ......................................................................3 Organizational Structure ....................................................................................4 Mission Statement ...............................................................................................5 Performance Plan Purpose ................................................................................................................. 6 Vision.....................................................................................................................6 Vision Components .............................................................................................6 Sources of Data ....................................................................................................8 Trends....................................................................................................................9 • Demographic 9 • Seat Belt Use………………………………………………………………………………………………10 • Deaths and Serious Injuries………………………………………………………………………..11 • Impaired Driving 12 • Race and Hispanic Origin……………………………………………………………………………..15 Problems Identified from Trends ....................................................................16 Performance Measures......................................................................................18 Targets.................................................................................................................21 Process Description Problem Identification Process ........................................................................23 Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety 2016 Highway Safety Plan Services ................................................................................................................25 Project Selection .................................................................................................26 • Direct Community Support ................................................................26 • Indirect Community Support………………………………………..27 Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Project Support……………………….28 Mobilizations and Crackdowns.......................................................................29 Strategic Highway Safety Plan and Focus Areas ..........................................29 Project Development .........................................................................................31 Gathering Input from Partners ........................................................................32 Method for Selecting Projects ..........................................................................34 Critical Plans Media Plan ..........................................................................................................36 Evidence Based Enforcement Plan ..................................................................50 • Enforcement Philosophy .............................................................50 • Crash Data and Selecting Grantees............................................50 • Required Officer Training ...........................................................51 • Law Enforcement Liaisons ..........................................................51 • One Grant Per Agency .................................................................52 • DDACTS ........................................................................................52 • High Visibility DWI Enforcement ..............................................52 • The Basic Grant and Enforcement Calendar.............................53 • Law Enforcement Recognition ....................................................54 • E-Charging .....................................................................................55 • ROAR and Continuous Follow Up for Grants .........................56 Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety 2016 Highway Safety Plan Highway Safety Plan Program Areas and Strategies Introduction ........................................................................................................57 About Project Descriptions ..............................................................................58 15-01 Planning and Administration ..............................................................59 15-02 Occupant Protection Projects ...............................................................62 15-03 Impaired Driving Projects ....................................................................74 15-04 Police Traffic Projects ............................................................................98 15-05 Traffic Records Projects ......................................................................107 15-06 Community Program Projects ...........................................................118 15-07 Motorcycle Safety Projects……………………………………….. 132 15-09 Roadway Safety Projects ....................................................................138 Attachment 1: Population Projections by Age and Gender 142 Attachment 2: Calculating Targets 143 Attachment 3: Example of Grids 149 Attachment 4: Maintenance of Effort 151 Appendix A. State Certifications and Assurances 152 Signature 161 217 HSP-1 from GTS 162 Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety 2016 Highway Safety Plan Page 1 Minnesota’s Highway Safety Plan: Federal Fiscal Year 2016 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 likelihood of receiving a ticket, and the best ways to reduce their risk; 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 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 (see https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ots/reports- statistics/Documents/2015-hsp.pdf ) report the required goals we have set for our program, and the strategies, tactics, and projects we intend to implement during Federal Fiscal Year 2016 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 2014 to be nearly $1.5 billion) but also the emotional toll on families of crash victims. Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety 2016 Highway Safety Plan Page 2 Toward Zero Deaths Program In 2001, the Minnesota Departments of Public Safety and Transportation collaborated on a 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. An update to the SHSP began under MnDOT’s leadership in 2013 and was completed in 2014. MnDOT has sought participation in the update by a wide variety of stakeholders and interested
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