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Highway Safety
Overview Safety Research Summaries
Project Safety Mgt System Other Safety at ODOT
Crash Location Identification
Analysis Tools & Data
Highway Safety Clearinghouse
Funding Sources
Overview

 
Oregon has an established transportation safety programs that address engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency medical services issues.  With approval of the Oregon  Transportation Safety Action Plan, the Oregon Transportation Commission established its expectations regarding transportation safety.
 
Traffic-Roadway Section manages the highway engineering safety programs, including the Highway Safety Improvement Program, the Project Safety Management System and other related tools and evaluations.
 

Project Safety Mgt System
 
Oregon’s Safety Management System reflects a long history of effective transportation safety programs and interagency cooperation. The System responds to a federal requirement for a formalized systematic decision-making process and policy direction provided by the Oregon Transportation Commission’s approval of the Transportation Safety Action Plan. The Project Safety Management System (PSMS) is comprised of several different programs focusing on specific safety concerns throughout the state.
 

Crash Location Identification

 Safety Priority Index Systems (SPIS)  Safety Investment Program (SIP)   
 Crash Data Reports  SPIS/SIP

Analysis Tools & Data

Benefit Cost Spreadsheet
GIS Data
ODOT Crash Reduction Factors Investigations Guide (coming soon)
Crash Reduction Factors Search Form
(Research Performed by PSU for ODOT)
Risk Narrative Form in Word
Crash Summary Database  
(ODOT Employees Only)
Crash Graphing Tool (ODOT Employees Only) - This page contains the graphing tool along with installation instructions.
 
 

Highway Safety Clearinghouse

External Links
 Other Data
NCHRP Report 500  State Highway Inventory Reports
AASHTO Implementation Guides  Traffic Volumes
FHWA Crash Reduction Factors and tech issues briefs  Low Cost Local Road Safety Solutions

Funding Sources

 
 

Safety Research Summaries
 
Safety Comparision of Off-Set T-Intersections to 4-Leg
 
Parallel Parking vs. Angle Parking on State Highway System

Use of Advanced Bicycle Warning Signs

Stop vs. Yield Signs
 

Other Safety at ODOT

Safe Routes to School  Safety Corridors
High Risk Rural Roads  Safety Division
 
 
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Page updated: September 17, 2008

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