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Table 8-6 Examples of Safety Performance Measures

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

             

Question to be answered; Type of performance measure Examples

What is the state of the world?

Basic indicators

  • Fatalities per quantity of travel on the transportation system

What aspects of the state of the world are problems to fix or opportunities to pursue?

Actionable conditions

  • Fatalities involving distracted driving

What actions are taken to fix problems or pursue opportunities?

Outputs

  • Federal investment in distracted driving countermeasures
  • Number of states with distracted driving laws
  • Number of local school districts that include distracted driving in driver education courses

Have the actions made a difference?

Outcomes 

  • Evidence that fatalities involving distracted driving were reduced as a consequence of the investments, laws, or courses