Transportation Safety
Transportation safety focuses on reducing motor vehicle crashes and improving the safety of bicyclists, motorists, and pedestrians. According to the Department of Transportation, the annual economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in Maryland is $4.47 billion. This represents the value of lifetime economic costs for fatalities, non-fatal injuries, and damaged vehicles. Improved transportation safety can help reduce spending on preventable injuries and deaths, and make physical activity (a protective factor for obesity, heart disease, and diabetes) like walking and bicycling safer.