1. Missouri’s 2016 – Traffic Safety and Blueprint Conference
Susan DeCourcy
Regional Administrator
NHTSA – Region 7
Kansas City MO

2. Two Numbers to Remember:
35,092 94

3. Motor Vehicle Fatalities 1965-20153

4. Safety is Personal, Safety is Local 2015 Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities (January - September 2015)

5. Human Choices

6. Our National Behavioral Traffic Safety Picture
The Four Ds
Drunk Driving
Drugged Driving
Distracted Driving
Drowsy Driving
Unrestrained Fatalities
Speed / Speeding
Pedestrian / Bicycle Fatalities

7. Percentage of Alcohol-Impaired Drivers (BAC=
Percentage of Alcohol-Impaired Drivers (BAC=.08+) in Fatal Crashes, by Time of Day and Speeding Involvement, 2014

8. Crash Types as a Percent of Fatalities (2012-2014)

9. 2015 Seat Belt Use (Daytime observed rates)

10. 2015 Seat Belt Use Rates By Law Type and State Primary Secondary
No Adult Seat Belt Law
100% % % % %
97.3% % % % % %
95.5% % %
95.2%
89 .9 %
89. 4 %
89. 3%
89. 0%
94.6%
87.2 %
94.0%
86.7%
86.6%
86.2%
86.0%
85.9%
85.8%
85.5%
85.2%
80.4%
79.9%
79.8%
79.6%
84.5%
83.9%
82.7%
77.7%
82.1%
77.0%
81.1%
80.9%
74.1%
73.6%
69.5%
80%
60%
40%
20% 0%
Primary Laws were recently passed in RI (2011); WV (2013); UT (effective 5/12/2015 to 7/01/2018).
State surveys conducted in accordance with Section 402 SAFETEA-LU

11. 2014 percent of Speeding Related Fatalities

12. Percentage of Speeding Drivers in Fatal Crashes, by Age and Gender, 2014

13. Speeding – What Was Implemented?
Regional Speed Enforcement Campaign – September 2016
State Highway Safety Offices
State Patrols
Police Departments
Sheriff’s Departments
Commercial Motor Vehicle Enf Officers
Regional Kick-Off Media Event Campaign

14. Drowsy Driving:
Expand definition of impaired driving to include not only drunk,
drugged and distracted, but also drowsy
New NHTSA estimate reveals the annual societal cost of fatigue-related fatal and injury crashes is a staggering $109 billion, not including property damage
Extent of problem not fully known - estimates of deaths caused by drowsy drivers range from 2% to 20% of all traffic fatalities
Challenges: Crash reporting not complete

16. Our National Vehicle Safety Picture
Highly Automated Vehicle DOT Guidance Issued
A future of new driving
Why now?
Key Points
Incidents will occur
Will provide enormous opportunities
Won’t derail from the mission
3rd Number: 613,501
Road to Zero!

17. In Conclusion –
Make what you do – Personal…it’s not acceptable to lose a life
Make it Local – it happens there and needs to be addressed there
Be a Role Model:
Where your seat belt every time
Don’t speed
Don’t drive impaired / drowsy
Put the Phone down….better yet, put it in the trunk
Etc.

18. SUSAN DECOURCY NHTSA, Region 7 susan.decourcy@dot.gov NHTSA.gov