Mission
Our mission is to continually improve the safety of users of Louisiana's
highway system through implementation of the highway safety program.
Goal
Our goal is to decrease the frequency, rate, severity of, and potential
for crashes involving motor vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians on public
roads in Louisiana through the implementation of the Strategic Highway Safety
Plan involving engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency
services.
Goal: Reduce Fatalities 50% By 2030
| Physical Address | Highway Safety Section
1201 Capitol Access Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
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| Mailing Address | P.O. Box 94245
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9245
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| Phone Number | (225) 379-1988
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| Fax Number | (225) 242-4552
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| Group Email |
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| Name | Phone | Title |
| 225-379-1842 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN 4 |
| 225-242-4574 | Highway Safety EI |
| 504-484-0204 | Safe Routes to School Statewide Coordinator |
| 225-379-1451 | FARS Supervisor / Highway Safety |
| 225-379-1928 | Highway Safety Program Manager |
| 225-379-1844 | ENGINEER INTERN 1 |
| 225-379-1838 | LHSC Program Coordinator 2 |
| 225-379-1205 | Safe Routes To School Engineer |
| 225-379-1871 | HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATOR |
| 225-379-1941 | Highway Safety Manager |
| 225-379-1954 | Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator |
| 225-379-1919 | Highway Safety Engineer |
| 225-379-1929 | HIGHWAY SAFETY ENGINEER |
Vision:
To reach destination zero deaths on Louisiana roadways.
Mission:
To reduce the human and economic toll on Louisiana's surface
transportation system due to traffic crashes through widespread collaboration
and an integrated 4E approach.
Led by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
(LADOTD), the Louisiana State Police (LSP), and the Louisiana Highway Safety
Commission (LHSC), the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) outlines various
ways safety stakeholders from throughout the state can make a difference.
Whether it is discouraging drinking and driving, encouraging seatbelt use,
educating young and new drivers, or improving road safety through improved
roadway infrastructure and operations, the SHSP includes effective strategies
that can be implemented at the state, regional, and local level. The SHSP can
be downloaded from the DZD website.
Links
The Strategic Highway Safety Plan can be downloaded from the DZD website.
Website: www.destinationzerodeaths.com
SHSP Data: lashspdata.lsu.edu
Regional Safety Coalition Contacts:
Crash Data Links
For specific data requests, please submit a written request to the Highway Safety Section
(see home tab for contact information).
AASHTO's Highway Safety Manual
The HSM introduces a science-based technical approach that takes the guesswork out of safety
analysis. The HSM provides tools to conduct quantitative safety analyses, allowing for safety
to be quantitatively evaluated alongside other transportation performance measures such as
traffic operations, environmental impacts, and construction costs. The HSM provides the
following tools:
- Methods for developing an effective roadway safety management program and evaluating their effects.
- A predictive method to estimate crash frequency and severity.
- A catalog of crash modification factors (CMFs) for a variety of geometric and operational treatment types, backed by robust scientific evidence.
State calibration efforts are currently underway and calibration factors will be released upon completion, which is expected to be December 2013.
NCHRP 600: Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems
The HFG serves as a complement to existing and planned design guides and standards, such as
the MUTCD, AASHTO's Green Book, and the HSM, to promote improved safety for highway users.
After using traditional resources to develop possible design alternatives to improve safety
on an in service or planned intersection or section of roadway, the practitioner may then use
the HFG to enhance the possible solutions. The easy-to-use guidelines in the HFG provide the
highway designer and traffic engineer with objective, defensible human factors principles and
information that can be used to support and justify design decisions. The HFG will allow the
non-expert in human factors to recognize the needs and limitations of the road user in a more
effective manner in the design and operation of roads that are safer for all. When reviewing
either existing or planned roads or intersections, highway designers and traffic engineers
are strongly encouraged to use the HFG to identify and develop the safest solutions for road
users.
NCHRP Report 500 Series
Louisiana-specific Cost of Crashes
| | Average Cost per Person | Including Loss of Quality of Life |
| Fatal | $1,270,370 | $4,376,304 |
| Severe | $938,791 | $2,037,475 |
| Moderate | $164,396 | $306,905 |
| Complaint | $8,141 | $11,036 |
| PDO | $3,292 | $3,292 |
*Based on NHTSA's "The Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2000" and updated by the CPI
