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Home > Roadway Departure Safety > Strategic Approach to Roadway Departure

Lane Departure Strategic Action Plan

Sample Plan

March 23, 2005

Prepared for:

Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety

Prepared by:

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Lane Departure Crash Overview
  • Run-Off-The-Road Crashes – Serious Injuries and Deaths on Curves
  • Collisions with Fixed Objects
  • Illegal Driver Actions
• The Cost of Lane Departure Crashes
• Summary of Major Concerns
• Lane Departure Goal
• Approach
  • System Deployment of Low-Cost, Cost-Effective Improvements
  • Targeted Medium- to High-Cost Improvements at Higher Crash Locations
  • Local Road Lane Departure Safety Initiatives
  • Corridor Enforcement-Education-Engineering Initiative for Lane Departure Crashes
• Statewide Initiatives to Improve Safe Driving Behavior
  • Reduced Drinking and Driving
  • Increase Safety Belt Usage
  • Aggressive Driving
  • Young Drivers
  • Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Other Actions
• Summary of Proposed Initiatives
• Key Strategic Direction Issues
  • Funding
  • Broad Policy Actions
  • Next Steps

Program Contact

Mary McDonough
Roadway Departure Team Leader
mary.mcdonough@dot.gov
202-366-2175

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