safe communities sabrina mackey, program manager oklahoma highway safety office
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Why Safe Communities? What’s going on?•In Oklahoma in 2013:
▫621 fatal crashes with 678 people killed 168 of those fatal crashes were alcohol-
related with 189 people killed▫10,809 injury crashes with 14,734 people
injured
What is a Safe Community Group?•A Safe Community Group is a group of
community members and professionals who join together to prevent injuries and fatalities in their community.
•Comprised of citizens, law enforcement, public health, medical, education, business, civic groups, etc.
•Utilize data to drive the focus of the group.
Oklahoma’s Safe Community Groups•Green Country
▫Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington
•Metro Area▫Oklahoma, Cleveland, Logan, Canadian,
Pottawatomie Chair: Chris Thomas
•North Central▫Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Payne
Chair: Randy Tyner
Oklahoma’s Safe Community Groups•South Eastern
▫Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc, Hughes, Coal, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha, Pittsburg, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain Chairs: Mike Woodruff, Don Hyde
•Tulsa Area▫Tulsa, Creek, Wagoner, Okmulgee,
Muskogee, Rogers Chairs: Erik Smoot, Antonio Porter
What Does a Safe Community Group Do?•Use data to identify a problem.•Choose a strategy to have a positive
impact on the problem.•Plan, partner, promote, implement, and
evaluate.
Examples
•Occupant Protection & Child Passenger Safety
•Distracted Driving•Bicycle/Pedestrians•Impaired Driving•Motorcycles
Resources•NHTSA Toolkit, Countermeasures That Work
▫http://www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Community+Traffic+Safety/Community+Traffic+Safety+Building+Coalitions
•CDC Data on Death and Injury to American Indians and Alaskan Natives▫http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html
• Index of Native American Resources on the Internet▫http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
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