CTSP Program

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CTSP Program

• Merritt Burke CTSP Coordinator
• UD Cooperative Extension
• 302-856-2585 ext 584 / merritt_at_udel.edu
• 1 year Delaware Office of Highway Safety Grant
• Programs based off NHTSA/OHS priority areas
• Community events, programs, festivals
• School presentations
• Town Workshops
• Goal To reduce traffic fatalities and injuries
  in Kent and Sussex Counties

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CTSP Program History

• Delaware Office of Highway Safety was founded in
  1967 to promote public safety through the
  administration and distribution of federal
  highway safety funds
• The CTSP program was created in response to
  federal legislation (the Intermodal Surface
  Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991), which
  calls for local participation, and solutions to
  traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities on local
  roadways

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Intermodal Act of 1991

• The Act provides funding to continue the
  provisions of the National Traffic and Motor
  Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, and the Motor Vehicle
  information and Cost Savings Act
• STATE AND COMMUNITY GRANTS - 402 PROGRAM
• The Act expands the list of uniform guidelines
  for the State and Community Highway Safety Grant
  Program under 23 USC 402, requiring the Secretary
  to issue guidelines for programs on speed
  limits, occupant protection, impaired driving,
  motorcycle safety, school buses, law enforcement
  services, and the collection and reporting of
  data on traffic-related deaths and injuries

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CTSP Program Responsibilities

• The CTSP Coordinators are responsible for the
  development, implementation, and evaluation of
  programming initiatives in their respective
  counties to improve highway safety and reduce
  crashes, injuries and fatalities.

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CTSP Program Areas

• Impaired Driving
• Occupant Protection (belts / child restraints)
• Pedestrian Safety
• Aggressive Driving / Speeding
• Distracted Driving
• Underage Drinking
• Motorcycle Safety
• Bike Safety

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Pedestrian Safety Topics

• General Pedestrian Safety Laws
• Walk against traffic
• Must cross at designated crosswalk
• Wear reflective clothing / carry flashlight
• Illegal to hitchhike
• Illegal to walk under drugs/alcohol
• Delaware Code Chapter 41
• DelDOT Countdown to Signal campaign

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OHS Ped Safety Media Campaign

• Billboards
• Posters
• Table Tents
• Pedestrian Safety Information Station with Law
  Enforcement Departments
• Pedestrian Safety Fact Sheets
• Pedestrian Safety Countermeasures
• DelDOT Pedestrian Safety Brochures

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Pedestrian Safety Countermeasures

• Recessed Stop Lines
• High-Visibility Crosswalk Striping
• Traffic Signals
• Warning Signs
• In-pavement Lighting
• Raised Pedestrian Crossing
• Overhead Illuminated Crosswalk

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2008 Pedestrian Safety Facts

• 21 fatalities (17 of all crashes)
• 82 of fatalities occur between 6pm-midnight
• 53 occur on the weekend
• Average age 47 years old
• 47 involve drugs / alcohol
• Locations Milford, Seaford, Laurel and Dover
• 2 fatalities in Sussex and Kent Counties
• 28 injuries in Sussex County

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Future Pedestrian Safety Initiatives

• Continue Pedestrian Safety Information Stations
  in Dover and Seaford
• Educate children in schools
• Pedestrian Safety stencil program
• Reduce statewide pedestrian fatalities from 17
  to 13
• Reduce Kent and Sussex pedestrian fatalities and
  injuries by 10
• Partner with DelDOT on new messaging campaign

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Conclusion

• Pedestrian Safety is critical for adults and
  children to enjoy the outdoors
• For more information, please call
• Merritt Burke
• merritt_at_udel.edu
• 302-856-2585 ext. 584
• www.rec.udel.edu (click on Safety)