On April 17, 2024, DelDOT, the Delaware Office of Highway Safety (OHS), and the Delaware State Police (DSP) hosted the first annual Delaware Highway Safety Summit at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. This inaugural event brought together engineers, planners, highway safety education specialists, and law enforcement to learn about various safety initiatives occurring across Delaware and to continue the focus on reducing fatalities and serious injuries resulting from crashes on Delaware’s roadways.
The following is the agenda from the 2024 Delaware Highway Safety Summit including the presentations that were provided during the Summit.
| Event Registration: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM | |||||||||||||
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| Morning General Session | |||||||||||||
| Opening Remarks: 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Governor John Carney Secretary Nicole Majeski, Department of transportation Secretary Nathaniel McQueen, Department of Safety and Homeland Security Delaware State Police Honor Guard |
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| Delaware Strategic Highway Safety Plan Briefing: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Peter Haag, Chief of Traffic Engineering, DelDOT | ||||||||||||
| Delaware State Polic General Updates and Upcoming Initiatives: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Major Jason Sapp, North Operatios Officer, Delaware State Police | ||||||||||||
| Delaware Office of Highway Safety General Updates and Upcoming Initiatives: 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Sharon Bryson, Director, Delaware Office of Highway Safety | ||||||||||||
| Breakout Session 1: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | |||||||||||||
| Delaware Strategic Highway Safety Improvement Program | Scott Neidert, HSIP Manager and Traffic Resource Engineer, DelDOT | ||||||||||||
| Impaired/Drugged Driving |
Roy Bryant, DRE Coordinator, Delaware Office of Highway Safety Frank Enko, Regional Program Manager, National Highway Traffice Safety Administration |
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| EMS - 1st Responder Persepctive Fatigue - Why You Should be Concerned
Electric Vehicle Emergencies |
John Campanella, Chairman of the Vehicle Operation Review Board, Mill Creek Fire Company Tucker Dempsey, State Fire Prevention Commission |
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| Break and Vendor Tables: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | |||||||||||||
| Breakout Session 2: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | |||||||||||||
| Safety Projects SR 54 at Hudson Road
Roundabout Project |
Matt Vicent, Chief of Project Development North, DelDOT Bryan Behrens, Group Engineer, Project Development South, DelDOT Max Strong, Project Development South, DelDOT |
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| Delaware State Police Crash Resconstruction Unit | Sgt. John Jefferson, Delaware State Police | ||||||||||||
| Unrestrained Motorists/Seatbelt Usage |
Jackie McDermott, Program Manager, Delaware Office of Highway Safety Aubrey Klick, Child Passenger Seat Coordinator, Delaware Office of Highway Safety |
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| Lunch and Keynote Speaker: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | |||||||||||||
| Advancing Highway Safety through NTSB investigations and a Safe System Approach |
Rob Molloy, Director, Office of Highway Safety, National Transportation Safety Board |
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| Breakout Session 3: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | |||||||||||||
| DUIs: More than a Ticket |
Barzilai Axelrod, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Department of Justice Lt. Andrew Rubin, Newark Police Department |
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| MPO Initiatives WILMAPCO
Dover/Kent MPO |
Heather Dunigan, WILMAPCO Marilyn Smith, Dover/Kent MPO |
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| Delaware's Vulnerable Road Users Pedestrians
Bicycles Motorcycles |
Maria Andaya, Planner IV, DelDOT Anthony Aglio, Planning Supervisor, DelDOT Peter Haag, Chief of Traffic Engineering, DelDOT |
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| Breakout Session 4: 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | |||||||||||||
| Work Zone Safety Construction Perspective
Maintenance Perspective Traffic Safety Perspective |
Mark Buckalew, Chief of Construction & Materials, DelDOT Brian Urbanek, Assistant Director, Maintenance & Operations, DelDOT Marvin Pedigo, DOT Safety & Training Administrator, Maintenance & Operations, DelDOT James Osborne, Traffic Safety Programs Manager, DelDOT |
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| Local Police Initiatives Bicycle Rodeo Program
CORE Program |
Chief Brian Calloway, Millsboro PD Chief Richard McCabe, City of New Castle PD |
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| Distracted Driving |
Sgt. Michael McCann, Delaware State Police |
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| Break and Vendor Tables: 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | |||||||||||||
| Breakout Session 5: 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | |||||||||||||
| Two Ends of the Spectrum: Teen and Elderly Drivers and the Importance of Preventative Education | Sgt. Nicholas DeMalto, Delaware State Police | ||||||||||||
| Engineering Countermeasures | Peter Haag, Chief of Traffic Engineering, DelDOT | ||||||||||||
| DelDOT’s Innovative Traffic Operations and Safety Applications | Mark Luszcz, Deputy Director of Operations, DelDOT | ||||||||||||
| Closing Session: 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | |||||||||||||
| Closing Remarks | Shante Hastings, DelDOT Deputy Secretary and Chief Engineer | ||||||||||||
