File - Blue Ridge Regional Crash Investigation Teams
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File - Blue Ridge Regional Crash Investigation Teams
Blue Ridge Transportation Safety Board Chairman Howard Hall Chief of Police, Roanoke County [email protected] MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the BRTSB is to coordinate and promote traffic safety programs, projects, and educational initiatives while providing a professional network for guidance and support within the region. Composition of the Board The BRTSB is composed of traffic safety advocates from both public and private sectors. The board is an entity where all traffic safety advocates can come together to share resources to reduce crashes and improve highway safety. As an example, the board may coordinate a specific effort to reduce impaired driving throughout the region during a particular timeframe. The members of the board work cooperatively to define both the enforcement and educational efforts needed to complete the initiative. Board members then apply their own unique approaches to promote the campaign. BLUE RIDGE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Vice Chairman Dan Freeman Trauma Outreach Coordinator, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital [email protected] Treasurer Todd Cheyney Police Detective, City of Salem [email protected] Secretary Tim Wyatt Police Sergeant, Roanoke County [email protected] FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.BLUERIDGECRASHTEAMS.ORG/BRTSB A REGIONAL APPROACH TO TRAFFIC SAFETY Blue Ridge Transportation Safety Board History of the Board The Blue Ridge Transportation Safety Board (BRTSB) was established in 1988 to meet the specific and direct traffic safety needs of Central and Southwestern Virginia. By working with one region of the state, the BRTSB has been able to develop enforcement and educational programs tailored to meet the specific needs occurring within its communities. Since its inception, the board has remained a resource for innovative and regional approaches to traffic safety. While the board has created many initiatives to promote safety, below are two of the most notable examples of regional cooperation to develop specific programs. In 2001, the BRTSB started the YOVASO (Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety) Program in response to the increasing number of teenage-related traffic fatalities in Virginia. YOVASO is a youth leadership organization focused on saving the lives of teen drivers by educating, encouraging, and empowering teenagers to be traffic safety advocates in their schools and communities. Only a few years later, the board created the Blue Ridge Regional Crash Investigation Teams to provide experience/expertise, state of the art equipment, training, and analysis capabilities throughout Central and Southwestern Virginia. The teams utilize a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary approach to investigate crashes and, through support of the BRTSB, develop effective community-based counter measures for prevention. The BRTSB represents and supports the Roanoke Valley, New River Valley, and the surrounding areas of Central, Southside, and Southwestern Virginia. • • • • Coordinate and provide oversight for the Regional Crash Team. • Develop training opportunities to support enforcement and educational initiatives. • Provide an environment of advocacy for traffic safety issues. Goals of the Board The goals of the Blue Ridge Transportation Safety Board are designed to help reduce the number and severity of crashes as well as to improve the overall safety for motorists in the communities served. These include: • • Coordinate regional traffic safety initiatives designed to reduce traffic crashes through the use of enforcement, education, engineering, and emergency response. Support national and state-level traffic safety priorities. These include national enforcement/education campaigns and Virginia’s Highway Safety Plan. Provide educational resources for the prevention of traffic crashes. This includes continued support for YOVASO as well as other education/ outreach initiatives related to traffic safety. Serve as a resource for developing data driven and evidence based approaches to traffic safety. Coordinate the enforcement efforts of participating law enforcement agencies targeted towards identified problem areas and in conjunction with the Virginia Highway Safety Office.
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