---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 924.9"
title: "23"
number: "924.9"
heading: "Planning."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/924.9"
---

# §924.9. Planning.

- (a) The HSIP planning process shall incorporate:
  - (1) **A process for collecting and maintaining safety data on all public roads.** Roadway data shall include, at a minimum, the MIRE Fundamental Data Elements as established in [§ 924.17](/cfr/23/924.17.md). Railway-highway crossing data shall include all fields from the U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory.
  - (2) A process for advancing the State's capabilities for safety data collection and analysis by improving the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of their safety data on all public roads.
  - (3) A process for updating the SHSP that identifies and analyzes highway safety problems and opportunities in accordance with 23 U.S.C.148. A SHSP update shall:
    - (i) Be completed no later than 5 years from the date of the previous approved version;
    - (ii) Be developed by the State DOT in consultation with safety stakeholders;
    - (iii) **Provide a detailed description of the update process.** The update process must be approved by the FHWA Division Administrator;
    - (iv) Be approved by the Governor of the State or a responsible State agency official that is delegated by the Governor;
    - (v) **Adopt performance-based goals that—**
      - (A) Are consistent with safety performance measures established by FHWA in accordance with [23 U.S.C. 150](/usc/23/150.md); and
      - (B) Are coordinated with other State highway safety programs;
    - (vi) Analyze and make effective use of safety data to address safety problems and opportunities on all public roads and for all road users;
    - (vii) Identify key emphasis areas and strategies that have the greatest potential to reduce highway fatalities and serious injuries and focus resources on areas of greatest need;
    - (viii) Address engineering, management, operations, education, enforcement, and emergency services elements of highway safety as key features when determining SHSP strategies;
    - (ix) Consider the results of State, regional, local, and tribal transportation and highway safety planning processes and demonstrate mutual consultation among partners in the development of transportation safety plans;
    - (x) Provide strategic direction for other State and local/tribal transportation plans, such as the HSIP, the Highway Safety Plan, and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan; and
    - (xi) **Describe the process and potential resources for implementing strategies in the emphasis areas.**
  - (4) **A process for analyzing safety data to—**
    - (i) Develop a program of highway safety improvement projects, in accordance with [23 U.S.C. 148(c)(2)](/usc/23/148.md?p=c-2), to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads through the implementation of a comprehensive program of systemic and spot safety improvement projects.
    - (ii) **Develop a Railway-Highway Crossings program that—**
      - (A) Considers the relative risk of public railway-highway crossings based on a hazard index formula;
      - (B) Includes onsite inspection of public railway-highway crossings; and
      - (C) Results in a program of highway safety improvement projects at railway-highway crossings giving special emphasis to the statutory requirement that all public crossings be provided with standard signing and markings.
  - (5) A process for conducting engineering studies (such as road safety audits and other safety assessments or reviews) to develop highway safety improvement projects.
  - (6) A process for establishing priorities for implementing highway safety improvement projects that considers:
    - (i) The potential reduction in fatalities and serious injuries;
    - (ii) The cost effectiveness of the projects and the resources available; and
    - (iii) **The priorities in the SHSP.**
- (b) The planning process of the HSIP may be financed with funds made available through 23 U.S.C. [104(b)(3)](/usc/23/104.md?p=b-3) and [505](/usc/23/505.md), and, where applicable in metropolitan planning areas, [23 U.S.C. 104(d)](/usc/23/104.md?p=d). The eligible use of the program funding categories listed for HSIP planning efforts is subject to that program's eligibility requirements and cost allocation procedures as per [2 CFR part 200](/cfr/2/part200.md).
- (c) Highway safety improvement projects, including non-infrastructure safety projects, to be funded under [23 U.S.C. 104(b)(3)](/usc/23/104.md?p=b-3) shall be carried out as part of the Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process consistent with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. [134](/usc/23/134.md) and [135](/usc/23/135.md) and [23](/usc/23/23.md) CFR [part 450](/cfr/23/part450.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(3), 130, 148, 150, and 315; 49 CFR 1.85.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 13739, Mar. 15, 2016, unless otherwise noted.