Virginia Highway Safety Improvements Program

About the program

The Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program (VHSIP) is guided by our Strategic Highway Safety Plan and receives federal and state safety funding to implement safety improvements across the roadway network in Virginia. The VHSIP requires a data-driven, strategic approach to improving highway safety on all public roads that focuses on safety performance. VDOT advances highway safety improvement projects that have the greatest potential to reduce the State's roadway fatalities and serious injuries. This page is dedicated to VHSIP project identification and delivery and contains information on current safety initiatives, tools, and resources.

• VHSIP webinar: Recordings of VHSIP webinars.
• SMART Portal will open on August 1^st and end on October 31^st for Localities to submit their VHSIP Systemic applications.

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Initiatives

Local Systemic Initiatives

This section provides informational materials and implementation criteria for each of the local systemic safety initiatives that are part of Virginia's Highway Safety Investment Strategy.

• Implementation Criteria for Local Systemic Initiatives
• High Visibility Signal Backplates (HVSB)
• Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA)
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Road Diets
• Unsignalized Intersections
• Curve Delineation

VDOT Systemic Initiatives

This section provides informational materials and implementation criteria for each of the VDOT systemic safety initiatives that are part of Virginia's Highway Safety Investment Strategy.

Phase I:

• Implementation Criteria for VDOT Phase I Systemic Initiatives
• High Visibility Signal Backplates (HVSB)
• Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA)
• Curve Delineation
• Pedestrian Crossings
• Unsignalized Intersections
• Shoulder Wedge
• Centerline Rumble Strips
• Edgeline Rumble Strips

Phase II:

• Implementation Criteria for VDOT Phase II Systemic Initiatives
• Expanded Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA)
• Expanded Pedestrian Crossings
• Two Lane Rural Roads

VHSIP Rail Program

This section provides informational materials and implementation criteria for each of the rail program initiatives that are part of Virginia's Highway Safety Investment Strategy.

• Grade Crossing State Action Plan - 2022
• Project Management Workflow

Resources

VDOT resources

• Systemic Application (Excel)
• Systemic Application (Excel) - Pre-selected Example
• Systemic Application (Excel) - Other Example
• VDOT State Preferred CMF List
• CMF Calculator
• Crash Costs
• Webinars/How-To Videos
• Safety Circuit Rider
• PBSAP
• Annual Report
• VDOT Crash Analysis Tool (Power BI) 

Rail resources

• Virginia Railway-Highway 2020 Annual Report

FHWA resources

• Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) – Legislation and Guidance
• Highway Safety Improvement Program Eligibility Guidance
• Highway Safety Improvement Program Special Rules Guidance
• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Fact Sheets
• The Systemic Approach to Safety - Safety
• Proven Safety Countermeasures | Federal Highway Administration - Safety

CTB resources

• CTB Resolution: Approval of Highway Safety Improvement Program Project Prioritization Policy (December 2019)
• CTB Resolution: Approval of Virginia Highway Safety Investment Strategy (January 2022)

Contact

HSIP staff is available to discuss safety analysis and planning, roadway safety assessments, and project proposals. Submit questions regarding VDOT's HSIP to hsiprogram@vdot.virginia.gov.

Stephen Read, P.E.
State Highway Safety Engineer
804-786-9094

Tracy Turpin, P.E.
VHSIP Project Delivery Program Manager
804-786-6610

Deepak Koirala, P.E. PTOE PMP
VHSIP Project Delivery Team Lead
804-786-0203

Angie Pearson
VHSIP External Sharepoint Coordinator
804-786-2861

Michael Wray
H-RGC Program Engineer
804-786-2822