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The NJ 2025 SHSP Vision and Mission 

Move towards zero deaths by investing in proven safety countermeasures and promoting a positive culture of safety.

New Jersey’s vision is to achieve zero deaths on all public roads. Achieving this long-term vision will require time to change attitudes and behaviors and install physical improvements to the roadway system to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes.  

It is no longer acceptable to say that traffic crashes and the resulting injuries and fatalities are the price we pay for mobility. The state’s safety stakeholders are committed to achieving zero deaths and are asking all roadway users to join in this effort.

New Jersey will reduce fatalities and serious injuries using the 4Es: Education, Enforcement, Engineering, and Emergency Response.

The mission of New Jersey’s safety programs and its SHSP is to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on New Jersey’s roadways by addressing infrastructure and behavioral factors contributing to crashes and utilizing and combining multiple strategies to achieve the greatest safety benefits.

While New Jersey has made great progress in making roadways safer for all users through infrastructure investments such as guiderails, pedestrian signals, and crosswalks, data confirms that the majority of crashes that occur on New Jersey and the nation’s roadways are largely the result of unsafe behavior such as distraction, impairment, fatigue, and speeding. The coordination between infrastructure investments and behavioral change programs is critical to realizing the greatest safety improvements for the traveling public.