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Iowa Highway Safety Programs

Learn about Iowa's highway safety programs and the importance of wearing seat belts. This video contains graphic images that highlight the consequences of not buckling up. Visit the provided links for more information.

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Iowa Highway Safety Programs

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  1. Iowa Highway Safety Programs Wear your seat belts! Story: Video: (warning: graphic image) http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2001/06/19/story7232.asp http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce355/seatbeltvideo.mpeg Jerry Roche Federal Highway AdministrationJerry.Roche@fhwa.dot.gov Mary Stahlhut Office of Traffic and SafetyIowa Dept. of Transportation Mary.Stahlhut@DOT.STATE.IA.US

  2. Major Corridor Investments, Recently Completed or Planned 1996-2000 CrashesExcludingInterstates Fatal Crashes Major Injury Crashes

  3. Mary Peters, FHWA Administrator: “…it appears that we also have grown accustomed to more than 41,000 highway related fatalities and greater than 3 million highway related injuries each year—” • “Highway Safety – Everyone’s Responsibility”Public Roads, January 3, 2003

  4. Mary Peters, FHWA Administrator: “This is a terrible toll and should not be viewed as the ‘price we have to pay’ for mobility. These statistics point to a national safety crisis.” • “Highway Safety – Everyone’s Responsibility”Public Roads, January 3, 2003

  5. Mary Peters, FHWA Administrator: “FHWA views improving safety asone of its most vital goals and has decided consciously to concentrate on saving lives.” • “Highway Safety – Everyone’s Responsibility”Public Roads, January 3, 2003

  6. FHWA “Vital Few” “FHWA is committed to reducing highway fatalities by 10 percent by 2007” • from Vital FewFHWA’s five-year business strategy

  7. Iowa Trends Iowa Miles Traveled Vehicle Registration Population Number of CrashesNumber of Injuries Fatality Rate per HMVMT

  8. Iowa Traffic Crash Fatalities 1960-2002 55 mph Interstates OWI Admin. Revocation Primary Seatbelt Law 65 mph Interstates 2002 1960 Year

  9. Iowa Fatality Distribution by Location 34 14 State 56% 149 Fatalities per year City/County44% 172 57 38 Based on 1996-2000 Crash Fatalities

  10. Rural Fatality Rates by Road Type

  11. Iowa Deaths Associated With Key Emphasis Areas

  12. Highway Safety Managementin Iowa Governor Department of Transportation Department of Public Safety Safety Management System &Statewide Traffic Records Committee Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau Office of Traffic and Safety Cities, Counties, Other State Agencies, Universities & Private Sector Groups

  13. GTSB • The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) federal highway safety programs are administered nationally by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an agency of the United States Department of Transportation established in 1966 to combat the growing number of traffic related deaths and injuries.

  14. GTSB Programs Main emphasis areas : • Section 157 incentive seat belt • Section 405a occupant protection • Section 410 alcohol impaired driving prevention • Section 411 traffic records data improvement • Section 2003b child passenger safety education • Section 402 highway safety funds

  15. GTSB 402 Funds Main emphasis areas : • alcohol • occupant protection • police traffic services • emergency medical services • traffic records • engineering • motorcycles • pedestrian/bicycle safety

  16. DOT and GTSB Partnerships • Safety Management System (SMS) • Section 411, State Traffic Records Advisory Committee (STRAC) • Local Multidisciplinary Highway Safety Teams • Section 157, Seat Belt Incentive Funds • Section 402, Highway Safety Program

  17. Iowa DOT Safety Programs • State Traffic Safety Improvement Programs (TSIP) • Federal Hazard Elimination Safety Program (HES) • Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) • Safety Data Products • Crash Data Analysis Tools • Iowa Traffic Safety Data Services (ITSDS) • “Proactive” Highway Safety Program • Traffic & Safety Engineering Forum • Safety Conscious Planning • Roadway Safety Audits • SMS – Iowa Highway Safety Management System

  18. Traffic Safety Improvement Program • Established in 1987 • Funded by one-half of one percentof the Road Use Tax Fund • Applications may be submitted by any city, county or of the Iowa DOT (Due August 15)

  19. Traffic Safety Improvement Program Three Separate Funding Categories • Safety Studies ($500,000 / yr) • Transportation safety research studies,or public information initiative • Traffic Control Devices ($500,000 / yr) • Purchase of materials for installation of new or replacement of obsolete signs or signals • Site Specific (varies, 2004 estimate $4.2M) • Construction or improvement of traffic operations at a specific site

  20. “TSIP” Research, Studies, Public Information and Education • $500,000 per year • City, county or state • Applications due August 15th

  21. Examples of “TSIP” Research, Studies, Public Information and Education • Traffic Safety Information Series (FAQ about Highway Safety) • Access Management Handbook • Diagonal parking study • Safety program effectiveness study • Work zone safety public information

  22. Examples of “TSIP” Research, Studies, Public Information and Education • Sign inventory and replacement program for small cities • Portable speed humps study • Fluorescent yellow-green school signs • Centerline rumble strips study

  23. Federal Hazard Elimination Safety Program (HES) 2003 HES apportionment: $ 2.7 million for highways $ 1.9 million for rail / highway crossings $ 2.1 million for optional safety efforts $ 6.7 million total HES

  24. Federal Hazard Elimination Safety Program (HES) Requirements: • System-wide analysis and prioritization • Alternative analysis to maximize program benefit cost • Annual report to Federal Highway Administration

  25. Federal Hazard Elimination Safety Program (HES) Iowa’s Past HES Focus: • Intersections / roadways ranked with equal weight given to: • Number of crashes • Crash rate • Crash severity “Top 200” Safety Improvement Candidate List

  26. Federal Hazard Elimination Safety Program (HES) Iowa’s New HES Focus: • Emphasis on reducing fatal and major injury crashes

  27. HES Safety Investment Strategy Candidate HES Safety Projects • Paved shoulders • Milled in shoulder rumble strips • 2-lane shoulder widening • Target high severity intersections / roadways • High crash curves • Expressway intersections • Centerline rumble strips • Cross-median head-on crashes

  28. Summary of Crash Reduction Factors by Iowa Safety Funding Source

  29. Traffic EngineeringAssistance Program (TEAP) • $100,000 per year from Federal 402 (GTSB) • Additional funding from Iowa DOT Engineering Services Budget • 2 On-call consultants

  30. Traffic EngineeringAssistance Program (TEAP) • Identifies solutions to existing problems: • On or off state highway system • Intersections, corridors, school routes, railroad crossings, etc. • Free to smaller cities and all counties • Up to 100 hours of consultant analysis • A study report

  31. Safety Crash Data Programs Crash Data Analysis Crash Data Collection

  32. Crash Data Collection Collaboration • >50% of Iowa’s crash data is reported electronically • Iowa Crash Form revised 1/1/2001 • Electronic data collection software Iowa “National Model” with FHWA is the “TraCS” (Traffic and Criminal System) • “Smart Map” location tool enables consistent, automated capture of event location on all reports statewide.

  33. Crash Data Analysis Collaboration • Iowa DOT compiles and refines crash data • Office of Driver Services • Office of Traffic and Safety • Data is made available on CD to state and local entities for their analysis use. • Iowa’s data analysis “tools” software is available to state and local entities • Technical support and training is made available as needed

  34. Geographic Information System-based Safety Analysis, Visualization, and Exploration Resource(GIS-SAVER) Input Locationand Specifications: Output Summary Reports: Output Maps:

  35. Iowa State University, CTRE • Sponsors: • Office of Traffic and Safety, DOT • Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, DPS

  36. Targeted Enforcement1995-1999 Rural Alcohol-Related Crashes Corridors ranked by Frequency

  37. Rural Two-Lane Primary Road Fatalities and Major InjuriesIowa DOT District 1 (1998-2000) Waterloo Ames Des Moines 20 unlocated injury severities not represented. (0 Fatal, 20 Major Injuries) Disclaimer: The Center for Transportation Research and Education presents these data as preliminary.

  38. Hotline: (515) 294-5004 E-mail: itsds@iastate.edu Web: www.ctre.iastate.edu/itsds

  39. Proactive Highway SystemSafety Program • Examples of Iowa highway systemsafety studies: • Paved shoulder program • Horizontal curves • At grade expressway intersections • Cross centerline crash mitigation • Cross median crash mitigation

  40. Proactive Highway SystemSafety Program • Examples of system studies (cont.) • Utility pole crash mitigation • Advance stop sign rumble strips • Milled in interstate shoulder rumble strips • 4-lane to 3-lane conversion opportunities

  41. Primary Highway Curves • Statewide average = 1.1 / MVM • Top 30 average = 11.7 / MVM • Worst (of top 30) = 78 / MVM • 5% of crashes occur at top 30 locations (1% of curves) • 11% of fatals occur at top 30 locations

  42. 4-Lane to 3-Lane Conversion Before After

  43. Utility Pole Delineation

  44. AGENDA • 2002 Iowa Traffic and Safety Engineering Forum • Thursday, September 19, 2002 • 8:00 Registration • Continental Breakfast • 9:00 Welcome • Iowa Reports • Office of Traffic and Safety (TAS) • Traffic Signal Committee Report • MUTCD Adoption Status • 9:15 Safety Programs • FY 2004 Traffic Safety Improvement Program Applications Hazard Elimination Program (HES) Third Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act (TEA) Proposed Iowa DOT ITS Architecture Iowa Participation In NCHRP Committees • 10:00 Break • 10:30 Traffic Safety Partners • GTSB Statewide Program • SMS Report: Toolbox • Older Driver Forum Local SMS -Iowa Metropolitan Multi-D Safety Groups • 11:30 Local Traffic Safety Projects • Dubuque Red Light Running Project • Des Moines Metro I-235 Traffic Management • 12:00 Lunch • 1:00 Iowa Traffic/Safety Research and Pilot Study Reports and Discussion • Diagonal Parking • Temporary Speed Hump Impact Evaluation • Pedestrian Safety Strategies in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids • Utility Pole Delineation • 2:00 Data Analysis and Tools • Development of an Improved Model for Iowa Intersection Safety Ranking Methodology • Crash Data Resources Update - GIS-SAVER: E5 • 2:45 Iowa Roundabouts –reports and plans discussion ALL • Requests for Research / Pilot Studies and Future Forum Topics • 3:30 Adjourn Seventh Annual Traffic and Safety ForumAgenda Sponsored by the Office of Traffic and Safety, DOT

  45. Safety Conscious Planning • The next generation of transportation system safety strategies • “Each statewide and metropolitan planningprocess shall provide for consideration of projects and strategies that will increase the safety and security of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users.” - TEA-21 • www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scp

  46. RoadwaySafety Audits

  47. 2002Roadway ResurfacingSafetyWorkshop Sponsored by the Office of Traffic and Safety, DOT

  48. Curves • Super elevation: add or correct • Pave shoulders: outside & inside • Shoulder rumble strips • Flatten outside slope • Remove objects outside curve • Delineate, chevron, RPM’s, ball bank advisory

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