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 2018-2022

Fatalities
	2018	2018	2020	2021	2022	5-yr Average
Mississippi	663	642	748	772	729	710.8
Jackson MPO	64	73	104	77	87	81

Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	5-yr Average
Mississippi	1.630	1.560	1.890	1.890	1.820	1.758
Jackson MPO	1.196	1.338	2.028	1.479	1.706	1.549

Serious Injuries
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	5-yr Average
Mississippi	587	1,579	3,630	3,562	3,344	2,540.4
Jackson MPO	102	307	659	696	631	479

Serious Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	5-yr Average
Mississippi	1.440	3.840	9.180	8.630	8.370	6.292
Jackson MPO	1.905	5.627	12.849	13.372	12.373	9.225

Non-Motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	5-yr Average
Mississippi	144	182	322	290	290	245.6
Jackson MPO	18	17	60	62	49	41.2

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

2024 Safety Targets Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and MS Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Safety Analysis Management System (SAMS)

On February 14, 2024 the Jackson MPO Metropolitan Planning Policy Committee voted to support the State of Mississippi’s efforts to achieve the 2024 Safety Performance Targets outlined in the MS Highway Safety Improvement Program 2023 Annual Report.

2024 Mississippi Safety Targets
Measure	Target
Number of Fatalities	711
Rate of Fatalities per 100 Million VMT	1.760
Number of Serious Injuries	2,520
Rate of Serious Injuries per 100 Million VMT	6.260
Number of Non-motorized Fatalities and Serious Injuries	247