1. Highway Safety Manual
The purpose of the HSM is to provide the best factual information and tools, in a useful and widely accepted form to facilitate roadway design and operational decisions based upon explicit consideration of their safety consequences.

2. HSM Structure Part Title Chapters I Introduction & Fundamentals 1-2 II
Knowledge
3-7
III
Predictive Models
8-10 IV
Safety Management of a Roadway System
11-15 V
Safety Evaluation 16

3. Outline, Chapter 8 & Work Plan
NCHRP Projects
17-18(04)
Outline, Chapter 8 & Work Plan
Completed
17-26
Chapter 10
October 2005
17-27
Chapters 1-7
May 2006
17-29
Chapter 9
June 2006
17-34
Chapters 11-16
August 2006
2006-G-31
1st Edition

4. NCHRP Funding (1,000s) 17-18(04) 200* 17-26 696 17-27 250 17-29 500
17-34
200
2006-G-31
600
Total
2446
* Includes 100K from FHWA

5. 2006-G-31 Production of the First Edition of the HSM
Prepare draft manual
Fill in gaps in HSM material
Prepare of update computational examples
Develop CD-ROM Format