HR 2992119th CongressIn Committee

To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.

Introduced: Apr 24, 2025

Standard Summary

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H.R. 2992 would amend title 23 and provisions from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to strengthen how vehicle roadside crashes and work zone safety are tracked, funded, and addressed. The bill broadens the scope of who counts in safety planning to include occupants and pedestrians around disabled vehicles, adds roadside and work zone fatalities to injury data, and expands public awareness language for move-over laws to cover more people and scenarios in work zones. It also creates two new working groups—the Disabled Vehicle Crash Working Group and the Work Zone Crash Working Group—to gather detailed crash data, develop strategic safety plans, and promote better data sharing (including adoption of the MMUCC data standards). Finally, it requires an annual report from the Federal Highway Administration on the use and effectiveness of work zone safety contingency funds. Overall, the bill seeks to improve data collection, coordination among federal and non-governmental partners, and the use of targeted funding to reduce fatalities and injuries in roadside and work zone crashes.

Key Points

1Expands Highway Safety and Improvement Program scope to include occupants and pedestrians associated with disabled vehicles in relevant program categories.
2Adds roadside deaths and work zone deaths to the injury health data goals under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
3Broadens public awareness language for move-over/slow-down laws to cover motorists, disabled vehicles, workers, and equipment in work zones.
4Establishes Disabled Vehicle Crash Working Group to analyze disabled-vehicle crashes, publish data, and pursue solutions, including better data sharing with NHTSA and local adoption of MMUCC.
5Establishes Work Zone Crash Working Group to collect and publish data on work zone crashes, develop solutions, enhance use of work zone safety contingency funds, and promote MMUCC data sharing and awareness efforts.
6Requires an annual FHWA report on the use and effectiveness of work zone safety contingency funds, including which States used the funds, how much was allocated by each State, and recommendations for nationwide improvement.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected- Motorists and passengers involved in disabled-vehicle incidents- Workers (e.g., construction crews, traffic incident responders) in or near work zones- Pedestrians around disabled vehicles or in work zones- State and local transportation agencies implementing safety programsSecondary group/area affected- Federal agencies (FHWA, NHTSA, OSHA) coordinating data, standards, and funding approaches- Insurance and public health sectors involved in crash data and safety planning- Industry groups (contractors, engineers, manufacturers) participating in the new working groupsAdditional impacts- Emphasis on standardized crash data (MMUCC) across local and federal levels- Possible expansion of data-sharing practices between agencies and with local jurisdictions- Increased scrutiny and reporting on the use and effectiveness of work zone contingency funds- Potential improvements in national strategies to reduce fatalities in roadside and work zone environmentsThe bill does not provide specific funding levels; it creates mechanisms and reporting to improve data, coordination, and funding effectiveness.“ MMUCC” refers to the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, a widely used standard for crash data collection.

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