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                Urbanized and Nonurbanized Safety Target Setting: Final Report
fhwasa15067.pdf (2.4 MB)


June 2015

Final Report

Technical Report Documentation Page

**1. Report No.**
			FHWA-SA-15-067
			**2. Government Accession No.**
			3.**Recipient's Catalog No.****4. Title and Subtitle**
			Urbanized and Nonurbanized Target Setting Final Report
			**5. Report Date**
			June 2015**6. Performing Organization Code****7. Author(s)**
			Audrey Wennink
			**8. Performing Organization Report No.****9. Performing Organization Name And Address**
			Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
			100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
			Cambridge, MA 02140
			**10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)****11. Contract or Grant No.**
			DTFH61-10-D-00020**12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address**
			Federal Highway Administration
			Office of Safety
			1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
			Washington, DC 20590
			**13. Type of Report and Period Covered**
			Final Report, September 2013- June 2015**14. Sponsoring Agency Code****15. Supplementary Notes**
			The contract manager for this project was Keith D. Williams.**16. Abstract**
			This report reviews the role of transportation safety target setting in a performance management framework, summarizes the state of the practice in safety target setting and presents a framework for developing urbanized and nonurbanized safety targets.**17. Key Words**
			Performance Measures, Safety, Urban, Urbanized, Rural
			**18. Distribution Statement**
			No restrictions**19. Security Classif. (of this report)**
			Unclassified
			**20. Security Classif. (of this page)**
			Unclassified
			**21. No. of Pages**
			58
			**22. Price**
			N/A**Reproduction of completed page authorized****Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72)**
      
  1.0 Introduction
                2.0 Background
                3.0 Geography Definition
                4.0 State of the Practice
                5.0 Safety Target Setting Framework
                6.0 Data and Methods for Evidence-Based Urbanized and Nonurbanized Targets
                7.0 Technical Methods for Target Setting
                8.0 ConclusionBook traversal links for Urbanized and Nonurbanized Safety Target Setting: Final Report
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                3.0 Geography Definition
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                6.0 Data and Methods for Evidence-Based Urbanized and Nonurbanized Targets
                7.0 Technical Methods for Target Setting
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