Overview
On April 14, 2016, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) set the
final rule for safety performance measures. This rule required state DOT's to set annual safety performance targets via the
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).
Goal
Reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries
Targets
Learn more about state safety performance targets on FHWA’s Safety Performance Management
site.
How are targets set?
Five year rolling averages are used to calculate targets for each of the safety measures. PM1 establishes how FHWA will assess whether state DOTs have met or made progress on their safety targets.
Reporting Frequency
Safety targets are reported in the HSIP report on August 31 of each year.
Progress
View prior year’s results on FHWA’s Transportation Performance Management (TPM)
dashboard.
Federal Safety Measures:
- Number of Fatalities
- Fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
- Number of serious injuries
- Rate of serious injuries (per 100 million VMT)
- Number of non-motorized fatalities and number of non-motorized serious injuries combined
Read more about Wisconsin’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan and application process on WisDOT’s
HSIP site.
In Wisconsin
In addition to annually reporting on FHWA’s required measures, Wisconsin has tracked and reported the following safety measures through our MAPSS Performance Improvement Program since 2012. We believe any preventable death on Wisconsin’s roadways is one too many.
- Traffic fatalities
- Serious traffic injuries
- Traffic crashes
- Safety belt use
For more information regarding how we are doing in these areas please visit the MAPSS Performance Improvement Program's Safety measures site.