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State Safety Office
605 Suwannee St., MS 53
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Telephone: 850-245-1500
FAX: 850-245-1554

 








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State Safety Office
Lora Hollingsworth, P.E. Chief Safety Officer

 

Mission Overview
Our mission is to continually improve the safety of users of Florida's highway system, and the safety of Department employees.

Safety Office Goals
1.  Decrease the frequency, rate, and severity of, and potential for, crashes involving motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles on public roads in Florida through the implementation of comprehensive safety programs involving engineering, enforcement, education and/or emergency services.

2.  Provide procedures, training and awareness activities that foster safe work practices and workplaces for Department employees.

Office Information
The State Safety Office can be contacted at the following phone or fax numbers, or postal address.  General office inquiries can be directed to Karen Smith, Office Administrator.

Postal Address:
Florida Dept. of Transportation
Safety Office - MS #53
605 Suwannee Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450
Telephone: 850-245-1500
FAX: 850-245-1554
Physical Address:
Florida Dept. of Transportation
Safety Office - Suite 300
1211 Governors Square Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32301

FDOT media inquiries should be directed to:
Florida Department of Transportation
Central Public Information Office
Phone: (850) 414-4590
E-mail: fdot.pio@dot.state.fl.us

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over -Couple

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over-Buddies

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over-Motorcycle


Florida Safety Belt Reports

Click the logo to view the “Yellow Dot Program”. The information is provided by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Division and is posted on this website as a courtesy. The information contained is not funded by or associated with any program within the State of Florida.


Click the logo below to view our School Bus Safety Tool Kit that is filled with helpful school bus safety tips and safety accessories:

                  

Work Zone Safety, it's Everyone's job.
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Drowsy Driving Awareness Week

Ride Smart Florida is the complete resource for motorcycle riders, trainers, sponsors, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and emergency services - anyone interested in improving motorcycle safety throughout Florida.

Florida Traffic  Safety Web Portal    is developed and maintained by the State Safety Office of the Florida Department of Transportation. Its purpose is to serve as a central location for the exchange and sharing of tools, data, information, and ideas among the traffic safety professionals in Florida.               

 

Safety Office Functional Areas
Highway Safety Grant Program
Start the process of applying for reimbursement grant support for improving highway safety problems. This program provides federal funds for startup or existing programs.

Traffic Records Coordinating Committee

Traffic Records Assessment Final Report

Industrial Safety (Worker Safety)
Responsible for the development of safety and health procedures and safe work practices designed to enhance the working environment of all Department employees.

Transportation Safety Engineering
This section provides support and guidance to Department personnel in crash data processing, location, analysis as well as the development of highway safety engineering countermeasure projects.

Highway Safety Manual

Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety
Develops initiatives and programs to improve the environment for safe, comfortable, and convenient walking and bicycling.

Safe Routes to School

Florida School Crossing Guard Training Program

Crossing Guard Appreciation Day Proclamation

The Florida School Bus Safety web site

Community Traffic Safety Teams (CTST)
Locally based groups of highway safety advocates committed to solving traffic safety problems through a comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary approach.

Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
The Florida Department of Transportation and its Safety Partners have developed a new Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The Plan was approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on September 30, 2006.

Click here for presentations and documents from the 2010 Summit to update Florida's Strategic Highway Safety Plan.

              

Safety Functional Area Contacts


Community Traffic Safety Teams - District contacts

Highway Safety Grant Program

Industrial Safety

Central Office contacts

District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | District 6 | District 7 | Turnpike Enterprise | State Materials Office

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

Central Office contacts

District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | District 6 | District 7 | Turnpike Enterprise

Transportation Safety Engineering

Central Office contacts

District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | District 6 | District 7 | Turnpike Enterprise

 

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