Coming Soon: Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan

Graphic logo for "WMPO Safe Streets for All." At the top, large blue letters spell out "WMPO." Below it, dark blue text reads “Safe Streets for All.” Underneath the text are three square icons: Left icon (orange background): A dark blue figure riding a bicycle. Center icon (blue background): A dark blue transit bus next to a car. Right icon (orange background): A dark blue pedestrian walking on a crosswalk. The design promotes multi-modal transportation safety, including biking, transit, driving, and walking.

The WMPO is proud to launch a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan initiative to improve roadway safety for all roadway users in the region.

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What is an SS4A Safety Action Plan?

A SS4A Safety Action Plan is a comprehensive strategy that identifies safety issues and outlines actions to improve roadway safety for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. The SS4A Safety Action Plan typically includes crash data analysis to identify trends and high-risk locations, community engagement to understand local concerns, identification of proven safety countermeasures, and a prioritized list of projects or strategies to eliminate serious crashes and fatalities on our transportation network.

These plans also incorporate the Safe Systems Approach, which is a holistic, proactive way of thinking about traffic safety. Instead of blaming individual road users for crashes, it focuses on designing a transportation system that protects everyone, even when people make mistakes.

Logo reads "WMPO Safe Streets for ALL" with a cyclist in the left orange square, public transit icon in the middle blue square, and a pedestrian at a crosswalk icon in the right orange square, promoting transportation safety.

Safe Systems Framework (Source: USDOT)

DRAFT SS4A Safety Action Plan Vision & Goals

A vision and a set of goals have been drafted by the project team and local agency staff to help guide the project. These will be further refined throughout community engagement.

Infographic with a vision statement about eliminating traffic crashes by 2050 and five goals illustrated with icons, focusing on collaboration, education, and innovative road safety measures.

DRAFT SS4A Safety Action Plan Vision and Goals for the Region

Crash Facts

Infographic showing 63,252 total vehicle crashes in the Greater Cape Fear region from 2017 to 2024, with icons of various vehicles. Below, 823 crashes resulted in serious injuries or fatalities. Sourced from NCDOT

Crash Facts at a Glance (Source: NCDOT)

Fatal and serious injury crashes are slightly trending up in our region. This plan works to address this critical community issue.

Bar chart titled "Total Fatal and Serious Injury Crashes in the Wilmington WMPO," shows crashes per year from 2017-2024. Orange bars illustrate yearly totals, with a gray linear trend line. Sourced from NCDOT.

Regional Crash Trends (Source: NCDOT)

SS4A Safety Action Plan Timeline

The project has several key milestones comprised of both the data-driven technical analysis portion of the project, community engagement, and the final deliverables. This plan will be completed in October 2026.

Timeline graphic illustrating a project plan from March 2025 to October 2026. Key phases include kickoff, community engagement rounds, safety action plans, and project completion.

SS4A Safety Action Plan Timeline

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A series of meetings will be held in August and September 2025 to collect community feedback on safety concerns and solutions. Stay tuned for more information!

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