Safety

Strategic Outcomes

• Reduce the number of transportation-related deaths.
• Reduce transportation-related injuries.

Safety is the Department's primary strategic goal. Each mode strives to improve the benefits of transportation while reducing risk to the health and well-being of travelers. In FY 2004, Department safety programs continued to reduce transportation-related fatalities and injuries.

Departmental Performance Goals

1. Reduce highway fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled to no more than 1.0 in 2008, from 1.7 in 1996.
2. Reduce large truck-related fatalities per 100 million truck vehicle miles traveled (TVMT) to no more than 1.65 in 2008, from 2.8 in 1996.

The Department's Safety strategic outcomes were divided into six strategies. The strategies applicable to the HTF are Highway Safety, Transit Safety, and Hazardous Material Safety strategies. The diagram below shows which HTF-funded modes are responsible for achieving each strategy.

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