Strategic Highway Safety Plan Challenge Areas

The California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) has identified 16 Challenge Areas that traffic safety efforts should focus on. These Challenge Areas were identified through historical data evaluations and feedback from traffic safety stakeholders across the state. They represent areas that statistically create the greatest challenges to road safety and provide the greatest opportunity to achieve the goal of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all of California’s public roadways.

Challenge Areas use crash-level or victim-level data depending on the nature of the Challenge Area. Crash-level data is calculated based on the total number of crashes with fatalities and serious injuries related to the Challenge Area. Victim-level data is based on the specific number of fatalities and serious injuries for victims within that Challenge Area.

The definitions are for the purpose of providing a general understanding of the California SHSP Challenge Areas and should not be considered definitions for the purpose of legal proceedings. Refer to the California Codes that are applicable for full legal definitions.