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Proven Safety Countermeasures

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FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures initiative (PSCi) is a collection of 28 countermeasures and strategies effective in reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries on our Nation’s highways. Transportation agencies are strongly encouraged to consider widespread implementation of PSCs to accelerate the achievement of local, State, and National safety goals. These strategies are designed for all road users and all kinds of roads—from rural to urban, from high-volume freeways to less traveled two-lane State and county roads, from signalized crossings to horizontal curves, and everything in between. Each countermeasure addresses at least one safety focus area – speed management, intersections, roadway departures, or pedestrians/bicyclists – while others are crosscutting strategies that address multiple safety focus areas

Stakeholder Type(s):
  • Contractor
  • Local Government
  • Other
  • Regional/Metro Planning Orgs (MPO)
  • State DOT
  • Transit Agency
  • Tribal Government
  • U.S. Territory
Resource Type(s):
  • Resource Center
  • Toolkit
Transportation Mode(s):
  • Bicycle
  • Electric or Autonomous Vehicles
  • Highway
  • Micromobility (bike share, scooters, etc.)
  • Pedestrian
  • Railway
  • Transit