What is a Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)?An SHSP is a
statewide-coordinated safety plan that provides a comprehensive
framework for reducing highway fatalities and serious injuries
on all public roads. The SHSP strategically establishes
statewide goals, objectives and key emphasis areas developed in
consultation with federal, state, local and private sector
safety stakeholders. The SHSP plan process is a requirement of
the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Safety Improvement
Program (HSIP). In general, the federal HSIP requires that state
transportation departments develop an SHSP that: - Includes
consultation from a variety of stakeholders during the
development process. - Analyzes and makes effective use of crash
data. - Addresses the 4Es plus management and operations. (The
4Es are engineering, enforcement, education and emergency
services.) - Considers the safety needs of all public roads. -
Describes a program of projects or strategies to reduce or
eliminate safety hazards. - Is implemented