TrafficWise - February 18, 2020

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February 18, 2020 

Year-to-Date Confirmed Traffic Fatalities, Current versus Previous Year

FATAL CRASHES 2020 YEAR TO DATE MAP can be found here.

FATAL COMPARISON MAP can be found here.

FROM OUR PARTNERS AT NHTSA

To view the complete February 2020 Impaired Driving Update from NHTSA, click here.

OSTATS for the Public (on the Ohio State Highway Patrol website)

The public version of OSTATS can be accessed directly from the main page of the patrol’s website at:  https://www.statepatrol.ohio.gov/ostats.aspx. The public is now able to map five years plus current crashes by severity at the point level. This is a major improvement that law enforcement agencies have requested. Additionally, OSTATS has new background maps with better streets, and users now have the ability to create Density Maps (Heat Maps).

The Statewide Crash Dashboard has the following crash variable filters available:

• Alcohol-Related (new)                          
• Bicycle (new)
• Buggy (new)
• Commercial
• Deer
• Distracted
• Drug-Related (new)
• Failure-to-Yield (new)
• Mature Driver
• Motorcycle
• OVI-Related
• Pedestrian
• Ran Red Light/Stop Sign (new)
• School Bus (new)
• Speed
• Teen Driver (new)
• Unbelted
• Work Zone (new)
• Youthful Driver

An updated user guide for the public is available by clicking here. The user guide can also be found on the Ohio State Highway Patrol website by the OSTATS link on the statistics page.

Registration is now open.

The Ohio Safety Congress & Expo, now in its 90th year, is the second-largest occupational safety, health, and workers’ compensation event in the U.S. Last year’s event attracted more than 8,000 attendees from Ohio businesses and government, and more than 300 exhibitors. Registration is FREE!

For three days, OSC 2020 provides world-class workplace safety and health education, in-depth workshops, live demonstrations and much more. The Expo Marketplace, with more than 300 exhibitors on hand, will be abuzz with energy throughout the event.

For more information and to register, click here.

Saint Patrick's Day Social Norming Campaign - Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving If you’re heading out to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, make sure you have more than just the luck o’ the Irish on your side. This holiday - March 17, 2020 - is one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, and this, unfortunately, means more drunk drivers on the roads. Drunk driving accounts for nearly one-third of vehicle-related fatalities in the United States. This St. Patrick’s Day weekend, remember: Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. If you plan to go out and enjoy the evening with alcohol, make sure you refrain from driving. Review these facts and share the word about the dangers of drunk driving so you can continue merry-making for all the St. Paddy’s Days to come. Use these marketing tools to reach out to your community about the dangers of drinking and driving on this day. These materials will partner your office with other States, communities, and organizations on this drunk driving prevention initiative: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over for enforcement, or Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving for social norming.

U Drive. U Text. U Pay.
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

U Drive - U Text - U Pay is a campaign centered on aiding law enforcement officers in their efforts to keep distracted drivers off the road. Distracted driving is a first offense in many states and continues to gain recognition across the nation as a deadly problem.

This campaign is targeted to men and women 18 to 34 years old with a skew toward females.

Use these law enforcement campaign materials to raise awareness in your community about the consequences of texting while driving. These enforcement materials do not focus on social norming - for those materials, please refer to:

• One Text Or Call Could Wreck It All campaign (social norming)
• General/Evergreen Resources

For more information, facts and toolkits, please visit www.Distraction.gov

By raising public awareness on Distracted Driving, YOU can help save lives. Materials like this can be ordered using the order form found by clicking here.

Registration is now open for the following sessions of Creating a Rural Active Transportation Plan from the Active Transportation Academy:

• March 19 in Findlay, OH   Click here to register.
• March 23 in Norwalk, OH  Click here to register.

To access a PDF flyer for this course topic, click here.

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) provides officers with general knowledge related to drug impaired driving and to promote the use of Drug Recognition Experts (DRE).  Law enforcement officers will learn to observe, identify and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol, or a combination of both, in order to reduce the number of impaired driving crashes. 

The ARIDE program stresses the importance of the signs and symptoms of the seven drug categories.  Officers attending this course will receive an update/refresher of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFSTs) and must successfully pass an SFST proficiency evaluation.  This training also promotes interaction with representatives from the state's prosecution community who are encouraged to attend. The instructors for this course are all Ohio DRE certified instructors. Prerequisite:  Law enforcement officers must have had training in SFST (previously ADAP). This course is funded through an OTSO/NHTSA grant and is free for sworn Ohio law enforcement officers and prosecutors only.  Tuition for out-of-state officers is $250. London instructor(s): Dwight Underwood Richfield instructor(s): Mike Golec The view the upcoming classes and to register, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Ontario, click here.

To view the UPDATED flyer with registration information for Milford, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Walbridge, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Independence, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Portsmouth, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Canton, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Lima, click here.

To view the flyer with registration information for Cincinnati, click here.

To view the agenda and registration information, click here.

Drug Recognition Expert Program The Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Program is a traffic safety program that focuses on the detection, apprehension and adjudication of drug-impaired drivers. A DRE is a law enforcement officer highly trained to recognize impairment in drivers under the influence of drugs other than or in addition to alcohol.  For more information, upcoming training dates and how to apply for this free training, please view the DRE Application, School Information and upcoming classes by clicking here.

The Ohio Department of Health can provide GDL Made Simple brochures to local driver training schools or other agencies for distribution to students and parents as an educational and awareness resource. To request your free brochures, please send an email to: HealthyOhio@odh.ohio.gov and include the following information: Name of driving school, contact person, mailing address, and # of brochures requested.

The Graduated Driver’s License (GDL) law is in place to reduce teen injury behind the wheel and equip teens with the education & training, time, and supervision to best prepare them as a licensed driver. The GDL Made Simple brochure is a simple guide created to help parents and students make sense of the Graduated Drivers Licensing law. The brochure breaks down the step by step process for teens to obtain their driver’s license and the regulations once they earn their license.

REMEMBER the OTSO offers materials for numerous traffic safety campaigns, including impaired driving, restraint usage, distracted driving, and motorcycles. Utilizing the numerous materials found here can make an impact that will reach beyond your community. By raising public awareness YOU can help save lives. The order form can be found by clicking here.

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