Rural Highway Safety Clearinghouse
The Rural Highway Safety Clearinghouse is intended to be an easy-to-use starting point for information about safety on our nation's rural roads by featuring resources and best practices for key rural safety topics.
New in the Clearinghouse
- Young Drivers' Road Risk and Rurality (PDF)
Road Safety Analysis, 2012
- Survey of the States: Speeding and Aggressive Driving
(PDF) Governors Highway Safety Association, 2012
- Rural road crashes – they're preventable
Video from Iowa Department of Transportation, 2011
- Roadway Departure Safety: A Manual for Local Rural Road Owners
Federal Highway Administration, 2011
- Intersection Safety: A Manual for Local Rural Road Owners
Federal Highway Administration, 2011
- Check out our Distracted driving resources
Featured
Webinars
- April 12, 2012 — Best Practices for Rural Traffic Safety Webinar Series – Lane-Departure Countermeasures: A Mississippi Perspective
- March 1, 2012 — Best Practices for Rural Traffic Safety Webinar Series – CrashHelp: An Innovative Tool to Assist in Rural EMS Response
- February 23, 2012 — Best Practices for Rural Traffic Safety Webinar Series – Corridor Safety and Target Zero Manager Programs
Noteworthy Practices
USDOT Rural Safety Initiative
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Rural Safety Initiative will help states and communities develop ways to eliminate the risks drivers face on America's rural roads and highlight available solutions and resources.
FHWA has created a new CD that provides quick and easy access to the latest information on local roads safety.
Have a resource to suggest? Please fill out the submission form.
SafeRoadMaps
A ground-breaking tool that combines information from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System with Google Maps. Newly released Version 3.0 includes new summer hot spots data.
Center for Excellence in Rural Safety
The national Center for Excellence in Rural Safety, established to facilitate research, training, and outreach activities related to rural transportation safety.
Center for Excellence in Rural Safety | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN 55455 | Location & Contact Information