Washington, DC, West Nashville Wrecker Service participated in an Incident Management Conference with numerous agencies for the purpose of the Tennessee Highway Safety and Incident Management (THSIM), which provides information on different areas of the SHSP, present strategies on better safety practices, and emphasize the need to have a more focused approach to Safety through all components – engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency response. (This conference is funded by a grant from the Federal Highway Administration.)
The Tennessee Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) was enacted in November of 2004. The Strategic Highway Safety Committee is composed of members from the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Tennessee Department of Safety, the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Nashville Metro Police. The committee reports directly to the Commissioners of Transportation and Safety on their activities and progress. Components of the Strategic Highway Safety Plan include lane departure, intersection safety, work zone safety, legislative, traffic records, motor carrier safety, driver behavior, and training programs.
In addition to the SHSP, Tennessee also has a Strategic Plan for Highway Incident Management. This plan establishes a systematic, statewide, multi-agency effort to improve the management of highway incidents which include crashes, disabled and abandoned vehicles, debris in the roadway, work zones, adverse weather, and other events and emergencies that impact the transportation system.
Crash Facts
Tennessee Crash Statistics for 2006 are:
Total Fatalities: 1,287: Roadway Departure – 859; Intersections – 194; Pedestrian – 91; Work Zones - 27 Fatality Rate: 1.82
Here are the topics that were covered:
Public’s Prospective on Highway Safety and
Incident Management
Panel Discussion: Operation Tennessee Storm
Track 1: Safety Challenges and Practices
Traffic & Criminal Software TRACS & Fusion Center
Commercial Motor Overnight Parking Dilemma
Edge & Centerline Rumble Stripes
Safety Audit Update
Sharing the Road
Older Drivers Safety Action Plan
Automated Speed Enforcement
Strategies to Improve Safety on Rural Roads
Circuit Rider Update
Teenage Crashes/Fatalities in Tennessee
Track 2: Incident Management In Tennessee
Removal of Vehicles from TN’s Interstates
Response to Catastrophic Event on New Madrid Fault
Training & Equipping TN Medical Responders
Update on 511
HELP Trucks Data Collections/
Best Practices of Incident Management
Tennessee Open Road Policy
Kentucky SAFE Program
Georgia HERO Program
Traffic Management for First Responders
The classes were set up in two different rooms. There were about 125 people that attended the conference.
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Jeffrey Godwin
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Washington, DC
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