NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HONORED FOR INITIATIVE TO COMBAT SPEEDING
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nevada Department of Transportation today received an Honorable Mention as part of the 2023 National Roadway Safety Awards for its first comprehensive plan to reduce speeds and speeding, leading causes of fatal and severe crashes.
Key Points:
- The 70-page plan also brings together planners, designers, law enforcement, public health experts and policy makers to implement a speed management program.
- It calls for targeting the most cost-effective measures to areas where they will provide the greatest safety benefits.
- Nevada officials noticed a "culture of speed" contributing to severe crashes even before the pandemic, said Lacey Tisler, NDOT's chief traffic safety engineer.
- From 2015 to 2019, Nevada had 454 fatal crashes related to high speeds, accounting for 31 percent of all fatal collisions in the state.