Safety Performance Management

The Safety Performance Management regulations supports the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and requires State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to establish Safety targets for five performance measures.

1. Number of fatalities
2. Rate of fatalities per 100 million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
3. Number of serious injuries
4. Rate of serious injuries per 100 million VMT
5. Number of non-motorized fatalities and non-motorized serious injuries

When do MPOs establish Safety Targets?

When establishing Safety targets MPOs may support the state’s targets, or establish their own quantifiable target for the metropolitan planning area. States establish Safety targets and report them for the upcoming calendar year in their HSIP Annual Report that is due August 31 each year. MPOs must establish Safety targets within 180 days of the State establishing and reporting its Annual HSIP Report, no later than February 27 of each year.

How are Safety Targets reported?

States report their Safety targets to the Federal Highway Administration annually in their HSIP report. The Jackson MPO reports its Safety targets annually to the MS Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Safety Target calculations

• 5-year rolling average: Each target is based on a 5-year rolling average
• Roads addressed: Safety targets cover all public roadways within the metropolitan planning area boundary regardless of ownership or functional classification, just as State Safety targets cover all public roads in the State.
• Data sources: A combination of national data sources and a State maintained crash dataset is used to establish Safety targets including Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and MDOT’s Safety Analysis Management System (SAMS)

Baseline Performance 2019-2023

Fatalities
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5-yr Average
Mississippi	642	748	766	703	737	719.2
Jackson MPO	73	104	77	80	82	83.2

Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5-yr Average
Mississippi	1.56	1.89	1.88	1.76	1.808	1.78
Jackson MPO	1.338	2.028	1.479	1.569	1.582	1.599

Serious Injuries
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5-yr Average
Mississippi	1,579	3,630	3,562	3,344	3,205	3,064
Jackson MPO	307	659	696	631	652	589

Serious Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5-yr Average
Mississippi	3.84	9.18	8.63	8.37	7.863	7.577
Jackson MPO	5.627	12.849	13.371	12.373	12.581	11.36

Non-Motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5-yr Average
Mississippi	187	325	287	325	285	281.8
Jackson MPO	17	60	62	60	62	52.2

Fatality data taken from Mississippi Department of Public Safety crash records.

2019 – 2023 Baseline Performance Data Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and MS Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Safety Analysis Management System (SAMS)

On February 12, 2025, the Jackson MPO Metropolitan Planning Policy Committee voted to support the State of Mississippi’s efforts to achieve the 2025 Safety Performance Targets outlined in the MS Highway Safety Improvement Program 2024 Annual Report.

2025 Mississippi Safety Targets
Measure	Target
Number of Fatalities	757
Rate of Fatalities per 100 Million VMT	1.860
Number of Serious Injuries	3,217
Rate of Serious Injuries per 100 Million VMT	7.920
Number of Non-motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries	271