To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This roadside and work-zone safety bill amends title 23 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make disabled-vehicle roadside crashes and work-zone deaths more visible in federal safety programs. It adds occupants and pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles to highway safety improvement language, expands a federal crash-data review to include roadside deaths and work-zone deaths, and adds motorists, disabled vehicles, workers, vehicles, and machinery in work zones to safety technology language. It requires the Transportation Secretary, with OSHA and other agencies, to convene one working group on disabled roadside vehicle crashes with high-risk communities, truckers, traffic incident responders, first responders, highway safety experts, insurers, medical and public health experts, law enforcement, technology companies, and auto manufacturers. A second working group must focus on work-zone crashes with contractors, pavers, engineers, construction labor unions, traffic safety professionals, state transportation officials, and the road-building community. Each group must collect and publish detailed data, produce strategic plans, push better NHTSA data sharing including Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria adoption, and update awareness and intervention activities. FHWA must report annually to Congress on work-zone safety contingency fund use and effectiveness.
Who Benefits and How
Occupants of disabled roadside vehicles benefit because they become an explicit safety population in federal highway safety planning. Traffic incident responders benefit from better crash data and strategies for disabled roadside vehicle incidents. Road construction workers benefit from a work-zone crash working group focused on fatal and nonfatal injuries. State transportation officials benefit from clearer data and reporting on work-zone safety contingency funds.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Transportation must convene two working groups and oversee data collection, strategic plans, and annual updates. OSHA and FHWA must coordinate with DOT on roadside and work-zone safety efforts. State highway safety offices may need to improve data sharing with NHTSA and adopt Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria. Road-building contractors and traffic safety professionals must participate in data and solution development.
Key Provisions
- Adds disabled-vehicle occupants and pedestrians to highway safety improvement planning.
- Requires a working group on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and strategic safety solutions.
- Requires a working group on work-zone crashes, safety contingency funds, and data-sharing improvements.
- Directs FHWA to report annually to Congress on use and effectiveness of work-zone safety contingency funds.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Adds disabled-vehicle occupants and pedestrians to highway safety planning, requires roadside and work-zone crash working groups, and mandates annual reporting on work-zone safety contingency funds.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Road Safety, Workplace Safety
Primary Purpose
Adds disabled-vehicle occupants and pedestrians to highway safety planning, requires roadside and work-zone crash working groups, and mandates annual reporting on work-zone safety contingency funds.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Occupants of disabled roadside vehicles
- Traffic incident responders
- Road construction workers
- State transportation officials
Identified Costs
- Department of Transportation
- OSHA
- FHWA
- State highway safety offices
- Road-building contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Yakym, Ms. Titus, …
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
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