Indiana's Strategic Highway Safety Plan
As required by federal law, in 2006 the Indiana Department of Transportation (“INDOT”), along with various stakeholders in highway safety, set forth a Strategic Highway Safety Plan (“SHSP”) serving as a guideline in making Indiana’s highways more safe. INDOT reports Indiana traffic accidents account for significant economic loss each year (estimated in excess of $4 billion) with a traffic accident occurring every 2 ½ minutes (fatality every 9 hours).
In alleviating this dilemma, Indiana’s SHSP highlights 13 areas of emphasis, within which Indiana’s greatest threats on the road are analyzed and “data-driven” strategies conveyed on how to best deal with these threats. Large trucking accidents are an area of emphasis within the SHSP, with 17% of Indiana’s 947 fatalities involving tractor-trailer and/or other large trucks in 2004. The SHSP has set forth the goal of reducing large trucking accidents 10% by 2008 (using 2004 as a baseline).
Click here to see Indiana's Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
