The manual provides guidance to State and local agencies for developing and implementing a highway safety improvement program which best suits their capabilities and needs. The manual should be beneficial to Federal, State, and local highway engineers and other professionals involved in a highway safety improvement program. The manual describes how to: 1. Implement a highway safety improvement program which complies with Federal-Aid Highway Program Manual 8-2-3 and which contains the following components and processes: Planning (collect and maintain data, identify hazardous locations and elements, conduct engineering studies and establish project priorities) Implementation (schedule and implement projects) Evaluation (determine the effect of safety improvements) 2. Select the most appropriate procedures based on an agency's particular goals, objectives, resources, and highway system. 3. Utilize current information concerning reporting requirements, funding sources, and practices of other highway agencies.

"This HSIP manual describes the overall Highway Safety Improvement Program and provides a roadway safety management process which focuses on results by emphasizing a data-driven, strategic approach to improving highway safety through infrastructure-related improvements. Current laws and regulations, new and emerging technologies, and noteworthy practices are presented for each of the HSIP's four basic steps -- analyze data, identify potential countermeasures, prioritize and select projects and determine effectiveness. This comprehensive highway reference is intended for state and local transportation safety practitioners working on HSIPs and safety projects"--Technical report documentation p.

Highway Safety Improvement Program manual /

A program to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all puabli roads through the implementation of infrastructure-related safety improvements.