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<br /> <br />WHY PERFORMANCE MEASURES: <br />"Better performance measures are needed to fully gauge the impact that future Federal resources <br />will have on State programs." Performance measures are used for several different purposes: <br />.. Set goals ______" <br /> <br />.. Connect goals to actions <br /> <br />.. Allocate resources <br /> <br />.. Monitor and evaluate progress <br /> <br />.. Communicate the priorities, results, and the value to society of <br />various traffic safety program areas and activities <br />TYPES OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES <br />.. Outcomes: may include crashes, injuries, or fatalities; may be presented <br />as numbers, rates (per population, vehicle mile traveled, licensed <br />driver, etc.), percentages, or ratios. <br /> <br />r-:-- <br />Figure 12 ~ <br />Study <br /> <br />Plan <br /> <br />t This is a continuos 1 <br />improvement process ',",'" <br />.~.., which over time should <br />" reflect improvement <br /> <br />Act <br /> <br />Do <br /> <br />~,."", <br />~ <br /> <br />co Behavior: may include observed behavior on the road or self-reported behavior obtained through <br />surveys; also may include self-reported awareness, knowledge, and attitudes. <br /> <br />co Activities: may include law enforcement, courts, media, education, and other activities that may <br />affect traffic safety. <br /> <br />USE OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES MANDATED BY NHTSA: <br />The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Governors Highway Safety <br />Association (GHSA) have agreed on a minimum set of performance measures to be used by States <br />and federal agencies in the development and implementation of behavioral highway safety plans <br />and programs. NHTSA core performance measures are now mandated to begin in 2010. See <br />Appendix E. <br /> <br />NEW ALCOHOL MEASURES <br />Core outcome meaSUl:e iR the minimum set: <br />C-5) Number of fatalities involving a driver or <br />motorcycle operator with a BAC of 0 .08 and above. <br />(F ARS) Fatalities involving a driver with a BAC of 0.08 <br />and above addresses impaired driving at the illegal <br />per se BAC level. For many years NHTSA has reported <br />the measure "all alcohol-involved fatalities," defined as <br />all fatalities in which at least one active participant <br />(driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist) has a positive BAC. <br />The minimum set measure "fatalities involving a <br />driver with BAC 0.08 and above" provides a more <br />useful measure of alcohol-impaired driving. One <br />attractive measure is the ratio of fatalities involving <br />alcohol to fatalities not involving alcohol, which <br />statisticians call the odds ratio. Other odds ratios also <br />could be used, for example the ratio of drivers in fatal <br />crashes with BAC 0.08 and above to drivers in fatal crashes with BAC below 0.08. <br /> <br />[ <br />[ <br />C <br />C <br />[ <br />[ <br /> <br />r <br />L~ <br /> <br />Figure 13 <br />I Categories of Driving Associated with Alcohol <br /> <br /> <br />ABSTRACTED BY NHOP FROM: Traffic Safety Performance Measures for States and <br />Federal Agencies, (DOT & NHTSA Logos DOT HS 811 025, August 2008). <br />[These above recommendations came out after the MVCRG identification of benchmarks in this <br />report. The next version of this report will be updated to reflect these newer recommendations.] <br /> <br />Traffic Safety Performance Measures. 11 <br />