Search NHTSA Browse Service Center About Safe Communities Partnership - Links Best Practices Mobilizations and Crackdowns Traffic Safety/Injury Prevention Town Square Coalition Directory Coalition Success Stories Coalition Websites Product Shop - Materials Materials Catalog Tool Box/Downloads Resource Warehouse Safe Communities Startup Kit Quick Clicks Nationwide traffic safety events Latest studies and reports Current research in progress Highway safety programs and grants Fuel Economy Standards (CAFE) Recalls, defects, and complaints File a complaint about your vehicle  or child safety seat Child Passenger Safety: seat ratings,  inspection stations, LATCH, and more. Teen Drivers:  a comprehensive  approach to teen driver safety NHTSA Press Room About NHTSA Contact NHTSA Subscribe to NHTSA email alerts << Safe Communities << Back      Print Version  Tool Box Downloads Safe Communities Concepts and Strategies There have been many request for articles written by local Safe Communities coordinators, injury prevention practitioners and others between the years of 1997 and 2002. The concepts and strategies presented are just as valid today as when they were written. All concept and strategies files are available on CD. Contact safe.communities@dot.gov for your free copy. An Introduction to the Safe Communities Model A Checklist of Elements for Safe Communities Coalitions A Quick Guide to Help You Get Going An Overview of the Data You Need and Where to Get It Finding Out the Costs in your Community How to Measure Your Effectiveness Identifying Partners & Pulling Together a Coalition Getting Community Input & Involvement The Role of Prevention, Acute Care and Rehabilitation How to Get Funding Where We've Been & How to Get to Where We Want to Be Partnering with Hospitals & Trauma Centers What's in It for Hospitals Partnering with Public Health Partnering with Doctors & Nurses Health Care Providers in a Safe Community Health & Safety Organization Partnerships Partnering with EMS Partnering with the Military What's in It for the Military Partnering with the Private Sector What's in It for Businesses Partnering with Transportation Experts Partnering in Small Towns & in Rural Areas Safe Communities Data Toolkit The Safe Communities Data Toolkit is designed to assist coalitions in collecting and analyzing injury and crash data for their jurisdictions. It focuses on helping the community rank their injuries to determine the top 3 problems, as well as target populations that should be addressed. The easy-to-use Guide walks communities through the process of creating a community profile; building fatal injury, non-fatal injury, and medical cost templates; analyzing contributing factors by demographics; as well as location mapping by zip code. Because of the size of these files, it is recommended that you download them using high speed Internet access or contact the Safe Communities Service Center for a CD. The Data Toolkit  (Excel Application) All Injuries User's Guide  (PDF) The Data Toolkit Templates (PDF) Safe Community Time Line: Steps in Building a Safe Community A helpful time line checklist for Safe Communities coordinators to assist a coalition in organizing and scheduling the vital components need to successfully manage a community-based injury prevention program. Safe Communities Time Line  (PFD) Safe Communities Coalition Assessment Guidelines NHTSA Rocky Mountain Region developed this Technical Assistance Assessment Team approach that permits State highway safety offices, State health departments and other agencies to support the technical evaluation of existing or proposed Safe Communities coalitions. The program was successfully pilot tested in 1998 in North Dakota. The Safe Communities Coalition Assessment Guidelines document is available in MS Word format upon request by emailing safe.communities@dot.gov. Safe Communities Marketing Presentations - The "Safe Communities: Getting Started" PowerPoint presentation is designed to serve as an orientation tool for new coalitions and potential coalition members by giving them a basic understanding of the Safe Communities model of injury prevention and control. Special emphasis is placed on the leading contributor to unintentional injuries and deaths -- motor vehicle crashes. The Notes section of this presentation gives presenters basic guidance and talking points for each of the slides. Presenters are encouraged to modify this presentation to fit necessary time constraints, add your own insights, and customize the presentation to reflect the injury problems and concerns in the State, county or community where the talk is being given to make it more relevant to the local audience. Safe Communities: Getting Started  (PowerPoint Presentation - 1,429 KB)

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