North Dakota Statewide Traffic Safety Survey, 2011 : Issue Brief, Summer 2011

PDFBooklet/PamphletTraffic safetyTransportation safetySurveysFederal government agenciesState government agenciesNorth DakotaUpper Great Plains Transportation InstituteUpper Great Plains Transportation InstituteNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-SurveysUS Transportation CollectionThe United States lags behind many other industrial nations in its ability to ensure safety on public roadways (Figure 1). In a national initiative to improve transparency and quantify metrics for behavior-based investments designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, the Governor\ue2\u20ac\u2122s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) devised a set of performance measures aimed to elucidate traffic safety priorities and progress related to behavioral safety plans and programs, including 10 questions to highlight states\ue2\u20ac\u2122 progress on the following safety issues: Overall traffic safety performance; Seat belt use; Child occupants; Alcohol-impaired driving; Speeding and aggressive driving; Motorcyclists; Young drivers; Older drivers; Pedestrians; Bicyclist