1. Safe Communities Sabrina Mackey, Program Manager Oklahoma Highway Safety Office

2. Why Safe Communities? What’s going on? In Oklahoma in 2013: ▫621 fatal crashes with 678 people killed  168 of those fatal crashes were alcohol-related with 189 people killed ▫10,809 injury crashes with 14,734 people injured

3. What is a Safe Community Group? A Safe Community Group is a group of community members and professionals who join together to prevent injuries and fatalities in their community. Comprised of citizens, law enforcement, public health, medical, education, business, civic groups, etc. Utilize data to drive the focus of the group.

4. Oklahoma’s Safe Community Groups

5. Green Country ▫Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington Metro Area ▫Oklahoma, Cleveland, Logan, Canadian, Pottawatomie  Chair: Chris Thomas North Central ▫Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Payne  Chair: Randy Tyner

6. Oklahoma’s Safe Community Groups South Eastern ▫Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc, Hughes, Coal, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha, Pittsburg, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain  Chairs: Mike Woodruff, Don Hyde Tulsa Area ▫Tulsa, Creek, Wagoner, Okmulgee, Muskogee, Rogers  Chairs: Erik Smoot, Antonio Porter

7. What Does a Safe Community Group Do? Use data to identify a problem. Choose a strategy to have a positive impact on the problem. Plan, partner, promote, implement, and evaluate.

8. Examples Occupant Protection & Child Passenger Safety Distracted Driving Bicycle/Pedestrians Impaired Driving Motorcycles

9. Teen Seat Belt Events

10. Car Seat Check Events

11. SIDNE – Distracted Driving

12. Bicycle Rodeo

13. Impaired Driving Checkpoint

14. Motorcycle Safety Classes

15. Keys to Success Leadership Purposeful Meetings Planning

16. Resources NHTSA Toolkit, Countermeasures That Work ▫http://www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Communit y+Traffic+Safety/Community+Traffic+Safety+Bui lding+Coalitionshttp://www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Communit y+Traffic+Safety/Community+Traffic+Safety+Bui lding+Coalitions CDC Data on Death and Injury to American Indians and Alaskan Natives ▫http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.htmlhttp://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html Index of Native American Resources on the Internet ▫http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/