Please join us for a free webinar hosted by FHWA in cooperation with the National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA) and the National Center for Rural Road Safety. The webinar is scheduled for December 6, 2022 from 1:00-3:00 pm ET/ 10:00am-12:00 pm PT. Please see below for registration information and forward this announcement to anyone else who may be interested.
State, local, and tribal stakeholders – come and learn how you can reduce fatalities and serious injuries due to roadway departure crashes with the application of SSA principles.

Safe System Approach to Roadway Departure

This webinar will focus on how the six principles of SSA can be applied to reducing roadway departures:

1. Death and serious injury is unacceptable

2. Humans make mistakes

3. Humans are vulnerable

4. Responsibility is shared

5. Safety is proactive

6. Redundancy is crucial

The four presenters will provide an overview of SSA related to roadway departure crashes and how the SSA principles have been applied to a variety of real-world scenarios.

Presenters and Topics to be covered include:

* Brief Overview of SSA: Mark Doctor, FHWA Resource Center. Mark will provide a concise overview of the Safe System Approach and how it relates to reducing fatalities and serious injuries for roadway departure crashes.

* County Safe System Plan: Jeff Linkous, Clinton County, Ohio. Jeff will describe the development of the Clinton County Safe System Plan and how the principles of the SSA were incorporated.

* Highway 41 Project in California: John Liu, Caltrans. John will describe how several SSA principles were applied to improve a narrow section of Highway 41 that had several cross-centerline head-on crashes.

* Utah Continuous Barrier Project: Shawn Debenham, Utah DOT. Shawn will outline a project on I-80 where UDOT was proactive by installing continuous high-tension cable barrier to provide redundancy and reduce potential for death or serious injuries as a result of rollovers following a roadway departure.

This webinar is free and open to anyone who is interested.

Registration: Participants must register in advance at:

https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_c1IPt44ES4eKaUYDoNDCbg https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.RPQd-gg-r3dGqk3XfMGF98hqECGM1O3ZOlwC_8v-MI8%2Fs%2F1159082835%2Fbr%2F147683199025-l&data=05%7C01%7Cdavid.aimen%40ejb.rutgers.edu%7C968ce418b07e41ebd1fe08dac1a1aaec%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C638035197354143314%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ue6%2Bxw9hqYWGj7c%2FYRICQF9%2FjcvaFr7aMIvfXzwpWGY%3D&reserved=0

After you register you will receive an email confirmation with the webinar link. Please note that this link is unique to you and should not be shared with others. However, if multiple people will be attending in one room from one computer, only one person needs to register.

Access: The Federal Highway Administration is committed to providing equal access to this webinar for all participants. Closed captioning will be provided. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please contact Jennifer Symoun at jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com mailto:jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com with your request one week prior to the webinar.

Credit: Participation certificates that may be used for 2 professional development hour (PDH) credits (if accepted by your licensing agency) will be available to those who attend the live webinar.

Webinar Recordings: All FoRRRwD webinars are recorded and sent by email to registered attendees. If you are unable to attend but are interested in receiving a link to the recording, please notify jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com mailto:jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com .

Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact support contractor, Jennifer Symoun, toXcel, jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com mailto:jennifer.symoun@toxcel.com