Federal Highway Administration roadside worker safety

Section 148 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (v), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (vi), by adding and after the semicolon at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (vii) to improve the collection of data on roadside worker crashes and to differentiate the safety data for highway workers (as defined in section 630.1004 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) from other road users;; (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting highway workers (as defined in section 630.1004 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), after pedestrians),; and (C) in subparagraph (D)— (i) in clause (v), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (vi), by adding and after the semicolon at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (vii) improves the ability of the State to differentiate the fatalities and serious injuries of highway workers (as defined in section 630.1004 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) from other road users;; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: (4) Highway workers If the total annual injuries and fatalities of highway workers (as defined in section 630.1004 of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) in a State increases over the most recent 2-year period for which data is available, that State shall include in the next State strategic highway safety plan a list of strategies to address the increases in those rates of injury and fatality, taking into account the practices and recommendations identified through the Work Zone Management Program of the Federal Highway Administration..