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West
Virginia Highway Safety Office
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2 Hale
Street - Suite 100
Charleston, WV 25301
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Phone:
(304) 558-6080
FAX: (304) 558-6083
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Office Hours: 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Governor’s
Highway Safety Program
Section 402 Program
Goals & Objectives
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Vision &
Mission
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1st Data Source |
2nd Data Source |
3rd Data Source |
WV Div. of
Highways |
NHTSA / FARS |
Alcohol Beverage Commission |
Overall |
Overall |
Overall |
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Impaired Driving |
Impaired Driving |
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Occupant Protection |
Occupant Protection |
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Child Passenger Safety |
Child Passenger Safety |
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Pedestrian Safety |
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Bike Safety |
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Vision
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The vision of the West
Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program is to reduce
crashes, injuries, and fatalities on West Virginia’s roadways. |
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Mission
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The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program provides
leadership in Highway Safety by developing, promoting and
coordinating projects, influencing public and private policy,
and increasing public awareness of highway safety issues. |
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First Data Source
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The following goals and objectives
are based on the data in the West Virginia
Traffic Record Information System (TRIS) maintained by the
West Virginia Division
of Highways based in part from the submission of crash reports
submitted by law
enforcement agencies. Copies of this report are available
from:
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West Virginia Division of Highways
Traffic Engineering Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, West Virginia
25305-0430
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Telephone: (304)
558-3063
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Overall |
Goal - To reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries and
property damage resulting therefrom.
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Objectives -
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1) To reduce the
number of fatalities reported on public streets and highways
to less than 380 by 2005.
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Year |
1667 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Fatalities |
394 |
372 |
416 |
416 |
376 |
444 |
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380 |
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2) To reduce the state fatality
rate per 100M vehicle miles to less than 1.9 by 2005.
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Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Fatality Rate |
2.26 |
2.08 |
2.29 |
2.31 |
2.00 |
2.32 |
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1.90 |
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3) To reduce the number of crashes reported on public streets
and highways to less than 46,500 by 2005.
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Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Crashes |
47,390 |
47,460 |
49,364 |
51,305 |
48,881 |
49,913 |
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46,500 |
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4) To reduce the
number of injuries on public streets and highways to less than
23,250 by 2005.
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Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Injuries |
23,530 |
24,173 |
24,786 |
26,144 |
25,534 |
25,788 |
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23,250 |
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Alcohol & Other Drug
Countermeasures |
Goal - To reduce the involvement of alcohol and other drugs in
traffic crashes, deaths, and property damage resulting
therefrom.
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Objectives -
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1) To reduce the
number of impaired drivers in crashes, ages 16-20 to less than
600 by 2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Impaired Drivers
(16 - 20) |
718 |
647 |
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600 |
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2) To reduce the number of alcohol
related crashes to less than 3,500 (8%) of the total number of
crashes reported by law enforcement agencies by 2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Alcohol Related Crashes |
3,896 |
3,819 |
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3,500 |
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3) To reduce the number of fatal
injuries in crashes where alcohol usage is known or suspected
to less than 125 by 2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Alcohol Involved
Fatalities |
153 |
174 |
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125 |
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4) To reduce the number of persons
injured in crashes where alcohol usage is known or suspected
to less than 2,500 by 2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Alcohol Related
Injuries |
3,025 |
2,873 |
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2,500 |
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Occupant Protection |
Goal - To reduce the number of
deaths and injuries through the increase in the proper use of
safety restraints in traffic crashes.
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Objectives -
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1) To
increase the percentage of reported use of lap and shoulder
belts by motor vehicle occupants involved with traffic crashes
to more than 80% by 2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Lap & Shoulder Belts
Used |
72.85 % |
74.19 % |
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80.00 % |
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2) To increase the percentage of
reported use of lap and shoulder belts in traffic crashes to
more than 85% by 2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Reported Belt Use in
Crashes |
74.19 % |
77.07 % |
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85.00 % |
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3) To
increase the percentage of use of shoulder belts observed
through scientific observation to more than 85% by 2005.
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Year |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Usage |
58 % |
58 % |
63.2 % |
66.1 % |
56.5 % |
51.9 % |
49.5 % |
52.7 % |
71.6 % |
73.6 % |
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80 % |
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Child Safety |
Goal - To reduce the number of
child (age 0-14) deaths and injuries through the increase in
the proper use of child safety restraints in traffic crashes.
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Objectives -
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1) To increase
the percentage of reported use of child restraints by children
(age 0-14) involved with traffic crashes to more than 90% by
2005.
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Year |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Age 0-14 Restraint Use |
84.65 % |
88.33 % |
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90 % |
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