What is it?

The Local Road Safety Plan is an initiative of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Caltrans to help local agencies like Chula Vista assemble their roadway safety priorities driven by data.

Each year, Traffic Engineering reviews collision data to set priorities for implementing safety improvements. The Local Road Safety Plan will formalize this process.

The plan has two main components: the data-driven safety assessment that compiles and analyzes all collision data over five years, and a set of strategies for safety countermeasures (new devices or changes that can improve road safety) that are considered to improve safety issues noted by the safety assessment.

The Planning Process

Because it is data driven, the Local Road Safety Plan is not a listing of locations that received the most requests from residents, rather it identifies the locations where most incidents have occurred and identifies key characteristics of the incidents that occur at those locations.  The plan then identifies possible improvements or "countermeasures" to those locations to potentially reduce the number of collisions in the future. The priorities identified in the plan will help staff to plan future capital improvement projects.

Contact Us

Please call the Traffic Engineering Division at (619) 691-5026, or send an e-mail to trafficsafety@chulavistaca.gov