Performance measure 1
Highway Safety
Performance measure by program area
PM 1: Highway Safety
Updated October 2023| Performance measures by program area | 2022 baselines |
2024 targets1 |
|---|---|---|
| Number of traffic fatalities on all public roads2 | ≤615.0 | ≤461.3 |
| Rate of traffic fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on all public roads2 | ≤1.049 | ≤0.787 |
| Number of serious traffic injuries on all public roads2 | ≤2,585.8 | ≤1,939.4 |
| Rate of serious traffic injuries per 100 million VMT on all public roads2 | ≤4.412 | ≤3.309 |
| Number of non-motorist traffic fatalities plus serious injuries | ≤620.8 | ≤465.6 |
Source: WSDOT Transportation Safety & Systems Analysis Division.
Notes: The PM1 targets for 2024 were submitted on August 31, 2023, using the five-year rolling average of 2018-2022 for current baseline data. The term "target" is required for federal reporting of the five-year rolling average; the figure does not represent the state's goal. 1 The Strategic Highway Safety Plan for Washington (Target Zero) aims to achieve the goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. 2 Performance metric includes all individuals (for example, pedestrians and bicyclists) who died or were seriously injured as a result of a crash with a motorist in Washington.
WSDOT reports safety targets to FHWA
WSDOT reported its Transportation Performance Management (formerly MAP-21) highway safety baselines and targets for 2024 to the Federal Highway Administration on August 31, 2023. FHWA previously determined WSDOT did not make significant progress toward achieving its previous targets for highway safety (also referred to as PM1). States that did not make significant progress on PM1 must develop a strategic Highway Safety Implementation Plan and obligate federal HSIP funds based on the previous year's allocations. WSDOT outlined how it addresses these efforts in its 2023 HSIP.
Washington's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (Target Zero) aims to achieve the goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. This differs from the federal TPM targets, which are based on a five-year average.
PM 1: Special Rules (Safety)
Updated August 2022| Performance measures by program area | 2021 targets1 |
|---|---|
| Rate of per capita traffic fatalities for drivers and pedestrians 65 or older2 | Show yearly progress |
| Rate of fatalities on high-risk rural roads2 | Show yearly progress |
| Highway-railway crossing fatalities2 | Show yearly progress |
Source: WSDOT Transportation Safety & Systems Analysis Division.
Notes: The PM1 targets for 2023 were submitted on August 31, 2022, using the five-year rolling average of 2017-2021 for current baseline data. The term "target" is required for federal reporting of the five-year rolling average; the figure does not represent the state's goal. 1 The Strategic Highway Safety Plan for Washington (Target Zero) aims to achieve the goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. 2 Performance metric includes all individuals (for example, pedestrians and bicyclists) who died or were seriously injured as a result of a crash with a motorist in Washington.
Transportation Performance Management reports
WSDOT is working to increase the transparency and accountability about how the agency spends federal taxpayer dollars on transportation infrastructure and services in Washington state to comply with the federal Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) law of 2012, now known as Transportation Performance Management (TPM).
To this end, WSDOT is collaborating with Metropolitan Planning Organizations to achieve targets set by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). FHWA evaluates state transportation systems' performance compared to national goals and enforces minimum requirements, ensuring it distributes federal funds to transportation projects that help the agency achieve these goals.