Join the National Center for Rural Road Safety on Thursday, April 30, 2026 for the second installment of their Applying the Safe System Approach for Rural mini-conference.
The ½ day, virtual, mini-conference will consist of three separate 1.5 hour sessions spaced 30 minutes apart and is free to attend. The sessions will also be recorded and available as an archive on the National Center for Rural Road Safety's website for those unable to attend live. For more details and to register for each of the three sessions, see below.
Session 4: Safer Vehicles in the Rural Context
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET
Topics discussed will include:
- Using vehicle telematics for A Data-Driven Action Plan for Safer Roads.
- Integrating Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) into agency fleet vehicles and an overview of the newest practice of using it to deter repeat offenders.
- Incorporating digital alerting systems into snowplows and maintenance vehicles to create a more robust traveler information app. This presentation will also include discussion of how the KanDrive app has expanded to CarPlay and Android Auto to provide in-vehicle safety alerts about upcoming work zones, closures, and slow-moving maintenance vehicles.
Session 5: Safer Speeds in the Rural Context
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET
Topics discussed will include:
- Why safer speeds are important and examples of countermeasures to use for speed management.
- An overview of the Operation Southern Slow Down Public Awareness Campaign and High Visibility Enforcement.
- Why and how to use land use and road design for safer speed, a Washington State DOT example.
Session 6: Post-Crash Care in the Rural Context
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Topics discussed will include:
- How to connect and collaborate with your Emergency Medical Service (EMS) partners and why pre-hospital, whole blood is important and how transportation practitioners can support these local programs.
- Why Traffic Incident Management (TIM) is important in rural areas, how to get started, what partners should be included, and what resources exist.
- Overview of a fatal crash review team and how the recommendations can fit into the Safe System Approach framework.
For archived sessions from the first round or more information about the Center, you can visit the Center's website.
Visit our Safe System Approach to Road Safety webpage for more information on the Safe System Approach, as well as resources on how to implement it in real-life road safety applications.