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1 Partners Update Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont Takata Airbags Repaired: More than 9.3 Million Through July 15, a total of 9,348,948 defective Takata driver and passenger air bags have been re- paired. Details. NHTSA and EPA Take First Step in CAFÉ Mid-Term Evaluation Draft Technical Assessment Report will help decide CAFE and GHG standards for model years , Read More. NHTSA s Safe Cars Save Lives Tour Kicks Off Opening stop was Atlanta on July 9, followed by a swing across America s southern states from August 9-13 to spread the word about vehicle safety and the Takata air bag recall. Read More. July 28, 2016 Edition National Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over Planners are now available at: Fact of the Month In every State, it s illegal to drive with a BAC of.08 or higher, yet one person is killed in a drunk-driving crash every 53 minutes in the United States. Maine: Submitted their 2017 Highway Safety Plan and 405 application. Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Highway Safety Division s (HSD) Click It Or Ticket media campaign targeted the lowest-use populations based on 2015 statewide observational seatbelt survey results. Using the tagline Can t stop a crash with your face. Use your head-buckle Up, ads ran on TV, radio, online, at gas pumps, on billboards, and at Fenway Park. HSD worked with police departments in low usage counties to promote seatbelt usage and identify local media partners. The media outreach and enforcement efforts yielded extensive print and TV news coverage as well as a major improvement in the seatbelt usage rate. Preliminary results from the recently conducted observational seatbelt survey point towards a 4% increase to 78.2%, the highest rate ever observed in Massachusetts. HSD recently launched on Facebook and Twitter (@MAHighwaySafety) to raise awareness of our media and enforcement campaigns, and to highlight the work of our grant partners. We have also been collaborating with the Governor s Office to further our outreach efforts. HSD launched the 100 Deadliest Days campaign aimed at educating parents on how to keep their teen drivers safe during the especially dangerous summer months. 100DD was highlighted by a PSA featuring Governor Charlie Baker that was circulated via social media and a press event at UMass Medical Center with Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Office of Highway Safety (NHOHS) assisted in coordinating another successful NHTSA sponsored CIOT (In New Hampshire called Join the NH Clique ) Border to Border campaign that involved 6 NH State Police Troops and 17 local enforcement agencies throughout New Hampshire that resulted in numerous seat belt citations and other motor vehicle citations. Media attention in the form of a press conference and print news stories from law enforcement agencies during this campaign helped to educate and inform the public of the importance wearing seat belts as well as other highway safety topics related to driving while impaired, speeding, distracted driving, etc. Currently, New Hampshire State Police, Local Police, and County Sheriff departments can be seen by the motoring public enforcing motor vehicle laws on roads traversing throughout the State of New Hampshire. Approximately, 100 law enforcement agencies are conducting these enforcement efforts

2 supported by the NHOHS grant program and NHTSA. These enforcement efforts are data driven and are supported by measurable results and focus on addressing many of the highway safety issues (impaired driving, distracted driving, speeding, seat belts use, etc.) that are causing fatalities on New Hampshire roads. Law enforcements agency efforts and their visual presence on New Hampshire roads are crucial in helping to minimize highway safety related crashes and the resulting deaths and or injuries. The NHOHS is in the process of hiring two (2) part-time LEL/Field Representatives to begin working in this capacity in August. The LEL/Field Representative s shall work with the NHOHS, local and state police to promote strategies to strengthen our mission to make New Hampshire roads safe. Rhode Island: RI s Impaired Driving Task Force, known as The RI Impaired Driving Prevention Alliance will conduct its 1 st Summit on August 25 & 26 at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), Warwick Campus. There will be about 100+ attendees and it s a panel format so that throughout the one and a half days, there will be multiple panels discussing the different aspects of impaired driving, with expert speakers in each field. The panels topics range from areas such as messaging and media to prevention. Attendees are leaders in local police departments, the State Police, NHTSA, prevention groups and more. The Summit will also feature a photo exhibit by Dr. Jason Hack, who is a toxicologist and emergency room doctor at RI Hospital. He is also an amateur photographer and has an impaired driving photo exhibit that will be displayed during lunch on the first day. The Summit will conclude with the keynote speaker, Officer Jermain Galloway aka The Tall Cop. Officer Galloway is one of the nation s leading experts on drug and alcohol trends, and he s won many national and an international awards for his work. Vermont: We are excited to have the highway safety plan complete. This has been a busy month for Vermont introducing several new initiatives. Our new Work Zone Safety Project is ready to roll out. This statewide initiative is a collaborative partnership between the Vermont Sheriff s Association (VSA) and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) designed to enhance safety in work zones, specifically though speed and distracted driving enforcement. We plan on launching a new distracted driving TV/Radio/social media PSA early this month. The Public Outreach Coordinator for the Agency of Transportation has produced and written PSAs covering the dangers of speed, providing resource information for child passenger seats and promoting safety in the work zones. These will be airing throughout the summer months in conjunction with our regular programming. Select local police and sheriffs are receiving speed signs this month to educate, slow drivers down and collecting valuable data. The state police have also received funds specific to speed enforcement and speed trailers. Region 1 Announcements: If you are in the state of Connecticut, or are any of our other contacts, and no longer wish to receive Region 1 updates, please contact either Rachel Barker (rachel.barker@dot.gov) or Angie Byrne (angie.byrne@dot.gov) to be removed from the updates. New Materials from NHTSA 2014 Traffic Safety Facts FARS/GES Annual Report: The 2014 Traffic Safety Facts FARS/GES Annual Report provides data on motor vehicle traffic fatal crashes, fatalities and injuries on our nation s public roadways. Information on crash trends, the crash environment and the vehicles and people involved in crashes is displayed in over 100 tables and more than 25 figures. Child Passenger Safety Week (September 18-24, 2016) and National Seat Check Saturday (September 24, 2016) Campaign Materials Now Available: Every 33 seconds, one child under the age of 13 is involved in a crash. Many times deaths and injuries can be prevented by proper use of car seats, boosters, and seat belts. Use this toolkit to download campaign materials and get information on how to boosters, and seat belts. Use this toolkit to download campaign materials and get information on how to generate awareness about child car safety in your community. Click here and get your campaign materials now. National Teen Driver Safety Week (October 16-22, 2016) Campaign Materials Now Available: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for year olds in the US. In fact, in 2014, there were 2,614 teen passenger vehicle drivers (15-19 years old) involved in fatal crashes and an estimated 130,000 were injured. Yet, a survey showed that only 25% of parents have had a serious talk with

3 their kids about the key components of driving. Parents need to take the time to talk with their kids about the many dangers of driving. Those dangers include alcohol, seat belts, texting, speeding, and extra passengers. Even if you think they don't hear you, they do. Remember, the "5 to Drive" Set the Rules Before They Hit the Road. Speeding Toolkit - A source of marketing materials, tools, and ideas that can be used in support of your local speed management initiatives. New NHTSA Fact Sheets Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Speeding: There were 32,675 traffic fatalities in 2014, among them 9,262 (28%) that occurred in speeding-related crashes. This fact sheet provides a summary of the 2014 speeding related fatal motor vehicle crashes. Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Bicyclists and Other Cyclists: Pedalcyclists, as defined for this fact sheet, are bicyclists and other cyclists including riders of two-wheel, nonmotorized vehicles; tricycles; and unicycles powered solely by pedals. Pedalcyclist crashes in this fact sheet exclude bicycle crashes that do not involve motor vehicles. In 2014, there were 726 pedalcyclists killed and an additional 50,000 injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Pedalcyclist deaths accounted for 2 percent of all motor vehicle traffic fatalities and made up 2 percent of the people injured in traffic crashes during the year. Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Young Drivers: The NCSA just released the 2014 Young Driver Traffic Safety Fact Sheet. The fact sheet presents data on drivers 15 to 20 years old operating a motor vehicle involved in a fatal crash. In 2014, there 1,717 young drivers died in motor vehicle crashes, an increase of 1 percent from 1,697 in Additionally, an estimated 170,000 young drivers were injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2014, a decrease of 4 percent from 177,000 in Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-State Alcohol-Impaired Driving Estimates: This fact sheet contains estimates of driver alcohol involvement in fatal crashes for the United States and individually for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Estimates for Puerto Rico are not included in the national estimates. Data from the current year (2014) and 10 years ago (2005) are presented for comparison. These estimates are based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Children: For the purpose of this fact sheet, children are defined as 14 years old and younger. Of the 32,675 motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States, 1,070 (3%) were children. An estimated 167,000 children were injured in traffic crashes, a 3-percent decrease from 172,000 in Crash*Stats: Seat Belt Use in Use Rates in the States and Territories: The nationwide seat belt use was 88.5 percent in 2015 as measured by NHTSA s National Occupant Protection Use Sur vey (NOPUS). NOPUS is a national probability-based survey, which is independent from State belt use surveys. NOPUS provides NHTSA s official measure of nationwide seat belt use in the United States and other related information. In 2015 seat belt use in the United States ranged from 69.5 percent in New Hampshire to 97.3 percent in California and Georgia. Nineteen States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands achieved belt use rates of 90 percent or higher. Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Passenger Vehicles: Passenger vehicles are defined as motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds and include passenger cars and light trucks (SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and other light trucks). There were 21,022 passenger vehicle occupants who lost their lives in traffic crashes and an estimated 2.07 million passenger vehicle occupants who were injured. There were an estimated 10,579,000 vehicles involved in police-reported traffic crashes; 96 percent (10,165,000) were passenger vehicles. Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2015: A statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2015 shows that an estimates 35,200 people died in motor vehicle crashes. This represents an increase of about 7.7 percent as compared to the 32,675 fatalities that were reported to have occurred in If these projections are realized, fatalities will be at the highest level since 2008 when 37,423 fatalities were reported. Preliminary data reported by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2015 increased by about billion miles or about a 3.5-percent increase. The fatality rate for 2015 increased to 1.12 fatalities per 100 million VMT, up from 1.08 fatalities per 100 million VMT in Crash*Stats: Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes as a Leading Cause of Death in the United States, : In 2014, for the sixth consecutive year, motor vehicle traffic crashes were not among the top 10 causes of death in the United States. Motor vehicle crashes were the 13th leading cause of death from causes of death in the United States. Motor vehicle crashes were the 13th leading cause of

4 death from 2012 to When ranked by age, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the number one cause of death among people 16 to 24 years old for each year 2012 to Motor vehicle crashes were also the number one leading cause of death for 11-year-old children in 2014, as well as for 4- year-old children in Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Rural/Urban Comparison: There were 29,989 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes resulting in 32,675 fatalities. Of these 29,989 fatal traffic crashes, there were 15,031 (50%) that occurred in rural areas, 14,509 (48%) that occurred in urban areas, and 449 (1%) that occurred in unknown areas. For the purpose of this fact sheet, rural and urban boundaries are determined by the State highway departments and approved by the Federal Highway Administration. The State highway departments use the U.S. Census Bureau s rural and urban boundaries. Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-Large Trucks: A large truck as defined in this fact sheet is any medium or heavy truck, excluding buses and motor homes, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds. In 2014, 85 percent of the large trucks involved in fatal traffic crashes were heavy large trucks (GVWR > 26,000 lbs.). In 2014 there were 3,903 people killed and an estimated 111,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks. In the United States, an estimated 438,000 large trucks were involved in police-reported traffic crashes during Traffic Safety Fact Sheet 2014-School-Transportation-Related Crashes: A school-transportationrelated crash is a crash that involves, either directly or indirectly, a school bus body vehicle or a nonschool bus functioning as a school bus, transporting children to or from school or school-related activities. In this fact sheet school-age children are defined as children 18 and younger. This fact sheet includes 10 years of data, from 2005 to From 2005 to 2014 there were 331,730 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those crashes, 1,191 (0.4%) were classified as school-transportationrelated. New NHTSA Research System Analysis of Automated Speed Enforcement Implementation: This survey of U.S. jurisdictions with Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) programs examined protocols and practices in ASE deployment and implementation as well as the alignment of the programs with NHTSA guidelines. Differences between older and newer ASE programs were related to the enabling legislation and technology used. Speed management plans are important components of speed enforcement. Of the agencies responding to the survey, 53% had no plan for reducing speeding, while 34% had a plan, and 11% did not know if they had one. ASE program alignment with the NHTSA guidelines varied. Most agencies (63%) were unaware of the ASE guidelines prior to participating in the study. Traffic Tech - System Analysis of Automated Speed Enforcement Implementation Motivations for Speeding Additional Data Analysis: This study examined naturalistic driving data from 164 drivers. It defined speeding in terms of speeding episodes and examined the influence of situational factors on different types of speeding. Analyses identified several types of speeding: Speeding that occurs around speed-zone transitions, incidental speeding, casual speeding, cruising speeding, and aggressive speeding. Analyses also identified four driver types: Unintentional Speeders, Situational Speeders, Typical Speeders, and Deliberate Speeders. The types of speeding and driver types identified occurred across all demographic groups. Findings on the general riskiness of different types of speeding and location-specific characteristics and driving environment effects on speeding are reported. Traffic Tech - Motivations for Speeding - Additional Data Analysis Survey of DWI Courts: NHTSA conducted a web-based survey of DWI Courts and DWI/Drug Courts (court programs that handle both DWI and drug offenders) in April/May 2015 in order to obtain detailed information on how DWI Courts were operating. NHTSA conducted the survey in collaboration with the National Center for DWI Courts, who alerted State Drug Court Coordinators to the survey, supported NHTSA webinars that described the survey, and provided NHTSA with contact information for the court programs. A total of 156 courts responded to the survey from a contact list of 473. Traffic Tech - Survey of DWI Courts News from Other Federal Partners CDC s MMWR Surveillance Summary, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance United States, 2015 Seatbelt Use Among Adult Workers-21 States, 2013: Roadway incidents involving motorized vehicles accounted for 24% of fatal occupational injuries in the United States during 2013 and were the leading cause of fatal injuries among workers.* In 2013, workers compensation costs for serious, nonfatal injuries among work-related roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles were estimated at $2.96 billion. Seat belt use is a proven method to reduce injuries to motor vehicle occupants (1). Use of lap/shoulder seat belts reduces the risk for fatal injuries to front seat occupants of cars by 45% and

5 the risk to light truck occupants by 60%. To characterize seat belt use among adult workers by occupational group, CDC analyzed data from the 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and found that not always using a seat belt was significantly associated with occupational group after controlling for factors known to influence seat belt use. Occupational groups with the highest prevalences of not always using a seat belt included construction and extraction; farming, fishing, and forestry; and installation, maintenance, and repair. To increase seat belt use among persons currently employed, installation, maintenance, and repair. To increase seat belt use among persons currently employed, states can enact and enforce primary seat belt laws, employers can set and enforce safety policies requiring seat belt use by all vehicle occupants, and seat belt safety advocates can target interventions to workers in occupational groups with lower reported seat belt use. Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention United States and 19 Comparison Countries: More than 32,000 deaths and two million nonfatal injuries occur on roads in the United States each year. CDC analyzed 2000 and 2013 data compiled by the World Health Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to determine the number and rate of motor vehicle crash deaths in the United States and 19 other high-income OECD countries and analyzed estimated seat belt use and the percentage of deaths that involved alcohol-impaired driving or speeding, by country. Among all 20 countries, the United States had the highest rate of crash deaths per 100,000 population (10.3); the highest rate of crash deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles (1.24); and the fifth highest rate of motor vehicle crash deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. Other Registration for the 2016 New England Regional Child Passenger Safety Conference is now open! Confirmed speakers and topics include: Carol Guzzetta, NHTSA, Highway Safety Specialist Dr. Marilyn Bull, The National Center for Safe Transportation of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Latest in Special Needs for Safe Transport Car Seat Manufacturer s Update: Dorel, Britax, and Evenflo Kim Herrmann, SafeKids Worldwide, CPS Fact or Fiction: Interactive Workshop and Airline Travel with Children Dr. Natalie L. Davis, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of the Car Seat Tolerance Test Jami Eklund, Safe Kids CPS Certification Program, Curbside and Classroom Application of the CPS Curriculum And More. New report shows success of Michigan s DWI/Sobriety Court Ignition Interlock Program: A new research report evaluating Michigan s program to prevent repeat drunk driving by chronic offenders through the use of ignition interlocks concludes that the devices, when used in conjunction with a Sobriety Court program, contribute to significantly better success rates among participants. Offenders participating in the state s DWI/Sobriety Courts without the use of interlocks were found to have three times greater odds of failing out of Sobriety Court than those ordered by the court to use the devices. Turning off red light cameras costs lives, new research shows: Red light camera programs in 79 large U.S. cities saved nearly 1,300 lives through 2014, researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have found. Shutting down such programs costs lives, with the rate of fatal red-lightrunning crashes shooting up 30 percent in cities that have turned off cameras.. Questions or comments? us at angie.byrne@dot.gov or call

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