United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-07-17 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-1015T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T P0b002ee18039abc8 f:d081015t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T GAO-08-1015T Accountability Data collection Data integrity Driver education Emergency medical services Federal aid for highways Federal aid to states Federal funds Federal/state relations Funds management Highway planning Highway research Highway safety Interstate highways Primary highways Program evaluation Public roads or highways Reporting requirements Safety Safety standards Set-asides State highways Strategic planning Systems analysis Traffic accidents Transportation safety Program implementation FHWA Federal-Aid Highway Program FHWA Highway Safety Improvement Program Testimony A82921 About 43,000 traffic fatalities occur annually, and another 290,000 people are seriously injured on the nation's roads. To reduce these numbers, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) nearly doubled funding for the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), authorizing $5.1 billion for 2006 through 2009. SAFETEA-LU also added requirements for states to develop strategic highway safety plans that cover all aspects of highway safety, including infrastructure, behavioral (education and enforcement), and emergency medical services projects; develop crash data analysis systems; and publicly report on the top 5 percent of hazardous locations on all their public roads. SAFETEA-LU also set aside funds for a legacy rail-highway crossing program and a new high-risk rural road program. This testimony provides preliminary information on the implementation of HSIP since SAFETEA-LU. It is based on ongoing work that addresses (1) states' implementation of HSIP following SAFETEA-LU, (2) FHWA's guidance and assistance for states, and (3) results of HSIP to date, including for the two set-aside programs. To conduct this study, GAO visited 6 states, judgmentally selected based on highway safety attributes, analyzed plans and reports from these 6 states and 19 randomly selected states, and interviewed FHWA and state safety officials https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T.pdf GAO-08-1015T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-1015T Testimony GAO-08-1015T; Highway Safety: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Implement Changes in the Highway Safety Improvement Program Since SAFETEA-LU; Accountability Data collection Data integrity Driver education Emergency medical services Federal aid for highways Federal aid to states Federal funds Federal/state relations Funds management Highway planning Highway research Highway safety Interstate highways Primary highways Program evaluation Public roads or highways Reporting requirements Safety Safety standards Set-asides State highways Strategic planning Systems analysis Traffic accidents Transportation safety Program implementation FHWA Federal-Aid Highway Program FHWA Highway Safety Improvement Program Public Law 109-59 Public Law 110-244