Safe CommunitiesSabrina Mackey, Program ManagerOklahoma Highway Safety Office

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

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

Teen Seat Belt Events

Car Seat Check Events

SIDNE – Distracted Driving

Bicycle Rodeo

Impaired Driving Checkpoint

Motorcycle Safety Classes

Keys to Success

•Leadership•Purposeful Meetings•Planning

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/