New Jersey Department
of Transportation
wins National
award
The New Jersey Department of
Transportation (NJDOT) is proud to
announce that the Rutgers Transportation
Safety Resource Center (TSRC) in
conjunction with NJDOT, was recently
presented an award by the U.S. Department
of Transportation and the Roadway
Safety Foundation in Program Planning,
Development and Evaluation, for the
Plan4Safety: Crash
Analysis and Decision Support Tool.
Plan4Safety is an online comprehensive
crash analysis software application
that supports traffic safety teams
in making critical decisions based
on data. Plan4Safety offers 144
distinct pieces of data including
crash types, injury levels, cell
phone use, alcohol impairment,
seatbelt use, property damage,
driver information, etc
Roadway safety programs are a
critical part of the nation’s
solutions to saving lives and preventing
injuries on our nation’s
highways. Of the 37,261 people
killed in traffic crashes on U.S.
roads in 2008, nearly 59 percent
of the fatalities involved a departure
from the roadway and 21 percent
were at an intersection or intersection-related.
This application gives traffic
safety teams valuable accurate
and consistent information for
improvements to our most high-risk
and vulnerable areas. Furthermore,
data can be filtered onto an aerial
map to help visualize traffic issues
and plan ahead for future projects
to improve road safety cost effectively.
Over 450 safety professionals
are using this tool statewide for
safety planning procedures, reports
and briefings. Currently, NJDOT,
the New Jersey State Police (NJSP),
the Metropolitan Planning Organizations
(MPOs), the Brain Injury Association
of New Jersey (BIA-NJ) and several
county and local engineering, planning
and enforcement agencies actively
use Plan4Safety daily.
This great achievement and the
future of traffic safety programs
begins with the leadership of NJDOT’s
Division of Traffic Engineering
and Safety and the students of
the TSRC. NJDOT takes pride in
our accomplishments and innovations
in protecting the public.
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