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Aligning MPO Safety Initiatives with Georgia’s GOHS SHSP

Aligning MPO Safety Initiatives with Georgia’s GOHS SHSP. GAMPO Annual Meeting 2010 Talya Trudell Atlanta Regional Commission December 1, 2010. How Does Atlanta MPO Compare?. Georgia Ranks 4 th in Nation for Number of Fatalities (2006-2008 Annual Average)*

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Aligning MPO Safety Initiatives with Georgia’s GOHS SHSP

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  1. Aligning MPO Safety Initiatives with Georgia’s GOHS SHSP GAMPO Annual Meeting 2010 Talya Trudell Atlanta Regional Commission December 1, 2010

  2. How Does Atlanta MPO Compare? • Georgia Ranks 4th in Nation for Number of Fatalities (2006-2008 Annual Average)* • California: 3,890 Fatalities (max) • Georgia: 1,610 Fatalities • Alaska: 50 Fatalities (min) • Atlanta 18-County MPO Ranks Higher than 24 States with Yearly 573 Fatalities • Goals • AASHTO National Goal: Reduce Fatalities by 1,000 per Year • Georgia Goal: Reduce Fatalities by 41 per Year (share of national 3.9%) • Atlanta MPO: Reduce Fatalities by 15 per year (share of state 36%) * Based on Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Data

  3. All Crashes GA = 328,170 43% Region to State Comparison 57% 43% 57% Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)

  4. Fatal Crashes GA = 1,480 64% Region to State Comparison 36% Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)

  5. Region to State Comparison 2006-2008 Crash Averagesregion percent of state total The region accounts for more than half of PDO and Injury Crashes for the state, but less than half for Fatal Crashes. 36% 41% 59% 64% 43% 47% 53% 57% Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)

  6. Region to State Comparison 2006-2008 Injury Averagesregion percent of state total The Atlanta MPO region accounts for 52% of Georgia’s population and 48% of Georgia’s total VMT. Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)

  7. GA SHSP Emphasis Areas • Aggressive Driving/Super Speeder • Impaired Driving • Occupant Protection • Age-related • Young Driver • Older Driver • Serious Crash Type • Intersections • Lane Departure • Work Zones • Vehicle Type • Heavy Trucks • Motorcycles • Non-motorized Users • Pedestrians • Bicyclists

  8. Statistics • Within Region: • Intersection crashes over the years • % of intersection crashes resulting in fatalities • % of all fatalities in region occurring at intersections • Comparison to Georgia: • Compare yearly trends • % region intersection crashes out of all state intersection crashes • % region intersection fatalities out of all state intersection fatalities • Compare region % to state % for each statistics above: • 28% of all fatalities in Atlanta MPO occur at intersections • 25% of all fatalities in Georgia occur at intersections

  9. Emphasis Areas 1. Aggressive Driving/Super Speeder Atlanta MPO (18-county) Fatal Crashes & Fatalities, 2006-08 At least one vehicle was speeding in crash Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE), GA 2008 Fatality Source NHTSA National Center for Statistics and Analysis

  10. Continued:Aggressive Driving/Super Speeder Of all fatalities in the region, 22% involved speeding ARC Region (116) accounts for 38% of all Georgia (309) fatalities involving speeding for year 2008 Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE), GA 2008 Fatality Source NHTSA National Center for Statistics and Analysis

  11. Emphasis Areas 2. Impaired Driving Region % of State fatalities by impairment Persons Killed in Crash With at Least One Driver Impaired 63% 2006-08 Change Georgia: 8% decrease Region: 12% decrease 37% Of all fatalities in the region, 37% involved impairment Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

  12. Emphasis Areas 5. Serious Crash Type Fatal Crashes and Fatalities at Intersections Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE) • 44% of all intersection fatalities in Georgia occur within the Atlanta MPO Region “The [State] goal by 2013 is to reduce the expected average number of intersection fatalities of 415 to 365.” Source: Georgia 2010 Georgia Highway Safety Plan (HSP)

  13. Emphasis Areas Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)

  14. Emphasis Areas Source: Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)

  15. Crash Profiles

  16. Regional Crash Profiles Life – Congestion - Costs • Purpose • Expand role of safety in regional dialogue about congestion • Establish magnitude of crash problem at regional and county levels • Help project sponsors identify hot spots and prioritize improvements • Connect regional initiatives with statewide goals Regional Transportation Safety

  17. County Crash Profiles • Maps • Top Roadway Segments • Top Intersections • By Route Type • By Severity • By Total Number of Crashes • Tables & Lists Identifying Locations • Graphs • Crash Data Summaries • Crash Rates per 100M VMT (AnnAvg 06-08) • Number of Crashes by County (AnnAvg 06-08) • Crash Rates by Year 2000-08 • Number of Crashes by Year 2000-08

  18. Injury Crashes Top 10 Roadway Segments by Route Type Top 25 High Crash Intersections

  19. Injury Crashes – Graphs Crash Rate = # crashes/ [(2008 Daily VMT*365)/100,000,000] Number of Injury Crashes by County (Annual Average 2006-08) Injury Crash Rate: Injury Crashes per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by County (Annual Average 2006-08)

  20. Injury Crashes – Graphs Henry County Injury Crashes, 2000-2008 Henry County Injury Crash Rate, 2000-2008

  21. PLAN 2040 Highway Incident Analysis • Calculate Average Regional Crash Rate by Functional Classification • Calculate Crash Rate per Project • Model output • VMT & Functional Class • Spatial join crashes to projects • Crash Rate: • Crash Ratio: Crash Rate (5-Year Crash Annual Avg per Project) * (100 million) (VMT per Project) * (260 weekdays in a year) Crash Ratio Project Crash Rate Regional Crash Rate by Func. Class = =

  22. Examples of Various Crash Analyses Conducted LATimes.com

  23. Older Adult High Crash Intersections • Pilot Intervention: Older Driver Task Force (ODTF) • “ODTF goal is to identify effective roadway treatments in specific senior aged communities.” • Collaboration with GDOT engineers, assessing environmental design features aimed at maintaining the safety of older adults who drive, walk, or take alternative transportation Quote from ODTF Recommendations Report

  24. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) • Received request from SRTS coordinator for schools within their counties that experienced high number of pedestrian and bike crashes • Target schools in areas of concern

  25. Pedestrian Crashesat Bus Stops • ARC Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force • PEDS (Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety) • Analyzing the data further for environmental justice areas/corridors

  26. Access to CARE

  27. Using CARE:Critical Analysis Reporting Environment • Created and Housed at Center for Advanced Public Safety – University of Alabama • Download CARE software and Georgia Crash Data: FREE! http://caps.ua.edu/downloads/downloads.aspx • Six tables of information available • Commercial Vehicle Data, Crash Data, Passenger Data, Pedestrian Data, Road Data, Unit Data • Years 2000-2009 available

  28. Thank You. Questions? Contact: Talya Trudell Senior Planner Transportation Planning Division Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) 404-463-3268 ttrudell@atlantaregional.com www.atlantaregional.com

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