Southeast Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program

Nelrae Succio, Mn/DOT District Engineer & Lt. Randy Slinger, Minnesota State Patrol

Toward Zero Deaths or Vision Zero

Global Crisis

Economic cost of $100 billion a year

By 2015, traffic crashes will be the leading cause of death or disability for children age 5 and above

1.3 million per year killed on the world’s roads 50 million are injured

United Nations Proclamation

2. Proclaims the period Proclaims the period 2011-2020 as the 2011-2020 as the Decade of Action for Decade of Action for Road Safety, Road Safety, with a goal to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world by increasing activities conducted at the national, regional and global levels;

Reversing the trendRoadway Fatalities All State & Local Roads

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Reduce Fatalitites less than 10 per year*

Reduce Fatalities by 10 to 30 per year

SHSP Target 2008

Annual Fatalities

3-Year Average

2003 Trend-based Projection

January 4, 2010

* Reduction in fatalities less than 10 per year, or if fatalities exceed target after 3 years.

TZD Core Values

Continuous Improvement

Engaged Partners Evidence-based

Approaches

TZD Cornerstone

Four “E” approach: Enforcement Engineering Education & Outreach Emergency Medical

& Trauma Services

Minnesota TZD Strategic Goals

Goal 1: Establish the vision of TZD as a priority for all state and local agencies and units

of government

Goal 2: Create and strengthen traffic safety partnerships

Goal 3: Promote and implement effective traffic safety initiatives

www.MinesotaTZD.org

Program Structure

Southeast TZD Region

Northwest TZD Region

TZDLeadership Team

TZDProgram

Subcommittees

TZDProgram Team

Existing Traffic Safety Programs

•TZD Safe Roads• NightCAP • HEAT• Safe and Sober• DWI Courts• County Safety Initiatives

Bring regional coordination and focus

Northeast TZD Region

TZD ExecutiveAdvisory

Commission

Southwest TZD Region

Develop Southeast Minnesota TZD Regional Steering Committee Partnership Groups (4 Es)

Regional Law Enforcement Health Educators City, County and Mn/DOT

Engineers Emergency Medical & Trauma Services

Organized first regional workshop (June 20, 2005)

Analyze the Data Who?

Young: 15-29 year-old male drivers

When is it happening? 3-6 p.m. – after work/school June-July

Contributing factors Run off the Road Speed Seat belt use

Fatal & Serious Injury CrashesSoutheastern Minnesota, 2006-08

Regional TZD Steering Committee

Members:• Leadership Team• One or two interested representatives per county• Good representation of each discipline

-Engineering-Law enforcement-Education (health and traffic)-Emergency Medical & Trauma ServicesRegional TZD

Steering Committee

Regional Leadership Team

Co-Chairs:• District Engineer• MSP District CaptainStaff:• Regional TZD CoordinatorMembers:

- Engineering- Law enforcement- Health education- Emergency Services

Role:-Develop Strategic Plan-Establish Subcommittees-Monitor progress-Evaluate program

TZD StatewideLeadership

Team

Mn/DOT Regional TZD Coordinator

Regional Structure

Set Regional Goals Goal 1: Reduce traffic fatalities from

past 3-year average of 67 down to 55 by 2012

Goal 2: Increase TZD

awareness acrosssoutheastern Minnesota

Establish Subcommittees

Run off the Road

Seat Belts Speed TZD awareness SE MN TZD

annual workshop

Engineering• Treating All Roads• Proactive/ Systematic• Low cost/High

benefit strategies

County Highway Safety PlansScope: Develop Safety Plans using the 4 Es, outlining

investment priorities, based on crash data.

Milestones

Districts 3 and 7 Completed Nov, 2009

Districts 1, 6 and 8 Sept. 2010

Districts 2, 4 and Metro Sept. 2011

Olmsted Completed Nov. 2009

Counties in D3 and D6 Jul y 2010

Counties in D4, D8 & Hennepin April 2011

Counties in D1, D7, Chisago & Steele Jan. 2012

Counties in D2 and remaining Metro Sep t. 2012

Engineering Efforts Coordinated first joint 11-county highway

safety plan grant for curve delineators (2005-06)

$1+ million multi-county grant for replacement of twist-end guardrail & other safety improvements (2006-07)

Other County Road safety improvements continue

Education & Engineering Efforts

Southeast MinnesotaBelt Use Observation Survey (2006-10)

Emergency Medical and Trauma Services

Trauma System Timely Transfer Treatment Rehabilitation and

Return to Community

Emergency Efforts Emergency personnel included in regional TZD

video Auto-launch utilization of EMS helicopters Freeborn County reciprocity response

agreement between “jaws of life” operators in neighboring areas for faster crash response time

2010-11 Southeast Minnesota TZD Safe Communities

FillmoreGoodhueMowerOlmstedRice Winona

Education Efforts Hired TZD regional

coordinator to provide regional “air cover

TZD “On the Road” presentations

Legislative education efforts

SE MN TZD video & tip sheet distribution

Enforcement & Education Efforts

May Seatbelt Mobilization Regional News Conference & July Speed Wave Poster (4th year)

Enforcement & Education Efforts

2010 Ted Foss Move Over Law news conference

TZD Success Factors

Commitment to change American culture regarding traffic safety

Collaboration with other traffic-safety advocates

Promote best practices and lessons learned

http://www.minnesotatzd.org

Goal:Goal:

Zero Deaths