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'Vision 0' briefing: state reports fewer fatalities, agencies outline enforcement and engineering push
Summary
State highway safety and SHA officials announced preliminary data showing an 18% drop in fatalities and outlined engineering, enforcement and funding efforts — including PSAP/VRU corridors and expanded automated enforcement — to reach zero fatalities by 2030.
Chrissy Neiser, motor vehicle administrator and the governor’s highway safety representative, told the Environment and Transportation Committee that preliminary 2025 data show an 18% decline in traffic fatalities compared with the prior year and that Maryland recorded about 480 fatalities — the first year under 500 since 2014. She also reported a 33% reduction in fatalities among vulnerable roadway users and described a multi‑pronged Vision 0 approach that combines data, local strategic planning, behavioral grants and engineering work.
Neiser outlined behavioral funding administered through the Maryland Highway Safety Office (about $12 million…
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