Highway Safety
The office of highway safety develops the Triennial Highway Safety Plan and the Annual Highway Safety Report, which ensures compliance with CTDOT policies, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) guidelines, and relevant federal laws and regulations. These plans are put in place include Impaired Driving, Distracted Driving, Occupant Protection, and Speed and Aggressive Driving. Additional program areas are Child Passenger Safety, Motorcyclist Safety, Non-Motorized Safety, Police Traffic Services, Traffic Records, and Racial Profiling. The HSO also coordinates the Connecticut Drug Recognition Expert program. The HSO undertakes educational campaigns through community-based organizations as well as media. Collects, processes, stores and distributes Connecticut roadway crash data associated with state and local public roadways. These statistics are utilized for program and project development, for input to various federal, state, municipal and other public- and private-sector reports and form the basis for developing traffic projections.
Joseph Cristalli
Transportation Assistant Planning Director
joseph.cristalli@ct.gov
Phone: 860-594-2412