This FHWA literature review includes observations about target setting for the traffic fatality performance target and outlines examples of approaches to target setting from several international agencies.

This report summarizes the proceedings of a 2013 peer exchange on safety target setting. Participants presented on their agency’s approaches to technical and stakeholder challenges, successful strategies, and the results of safety target setting.

This compendium, composed by FHWA in 2013, documents the results of a FHWA survey on the current methodology in use for the development and achievement of safety targets.

The FHWA Safety Target Setting Final Report outlines the benefits of instituting a framework for safety target setting and provides guidance for implementing evidence-based target setting.