Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan 2019
Zero Deaths and Zero Serious Injuries by 2030
The Target Zero plan represents a bold vision: zero deaths and serious injuries on Washington’s roadways by 2030.
The 2019 Target Zero Plan is the fifth version of this safety road map and it is more important now than ever. Data from the most recent three years (2015–2017) show that Washington’s traffic fatality and serious injury trend is going in the wrong direction. Compared with prior three-year period (2012–2014), traffic fatalities have increased 23%, and serious injuries 7%. This mirrors a national increase of 11.3% in traffic fatalities.
In recognition of these increases, this edition of Target Zero is strongly action-focused. Each chapter in the High Risk, Crash Type, and Road Users categories contains descriptions of three to four key actions that a state or local jurisdiction can take to influence traffic safety. Additional actions (also known as strategies or countermeasures) can be found at the end of these chapters, as well as several other chapters in this plan.
1 Overview
2 Executive Summary
4 About Target Zero
6 Target Zero Plan User Guide
8 Target Zero Priorities
15 Tribes and Target Zero
28 Traffic Safety Culture
39 High Risk Behavior
40 Impairment
60 Distraction
72 Speeding
80 Unrestrained Occupants
91 Crash Type
92 Lane Departure
100 Intersections
109 Road Users
110 Young Drivers (16–25 years old)
120 Pedestrians and Bicyclists
140 Motorcyclists
148 Older Drivers (70+ years old)
158 Heavy Trucks
167 Supporting Systems and Technologies
168 Traffic Safety Data Systems
172 Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care System
176 Evaluation, Analysis, and Diagnosis – Includes
183 Cooperative Automated Transportation – Includes Automated Vehicles
192 Safe Systems Approach
205 Achieving Target Zero
206 Legislation and Policy
212 Licensing and Regulation
217 Transportation and Health Equity
222 State, Regional, and Local Implementation
237 Appendices
Appendix A: Acronyms
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Methodologies
Appendix D: Target Zero Data Sources
Appendix E: Data Definitions
Appendix F: Data Nuances
Appendix G: Strategy Definitions and Criteria
Appendix H: Federal Requirements
Appendix I: Performance Based Goals
Appendix J: Target Zero Plan Development
Appendix K: Safe Systems
Appendix L: Additional Resources
Appendix M: Special Thanks