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| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-107 Date: March 2018 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-107 Date: March 2018 |
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The overall goal of the Federal Highway Administration’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Program is to improve safety and mobility for pedestrians and bicyclists. The program strives to make it safer and easier for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers to share roadways through the development of safer crosswalks, sidewalks, and pedestrian technologies as well as through the expansion of educational and safety programs.
This report documents the research into identifying a process to identify high pedestrian crash locations. The Guidebook on Identification of High Pedestrian Crash Locations, prepared based on research documented in this report, was developed to present a five-step process to assist State and local agencies in identifying high pedestrian crash locations, such as intersections (points), segments, facilities, and areas.(1)
This report should be of interest to engineers, planners, and other community authorities who share an interest in safeguarding the lives of roadway users, especially pedestrians.
Monique R. Evans, P.E., CPM
Director, Office of Safety
Research and Development
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| 1. Report No.
FHWA-HRT-17-107 |
2. Government Accession No.
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3 Recipient's Catalog No.
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| 4. Title and Subtitle
Identification of High Pedestrian Crash Locations |
5. Report Date
March 2018 |
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| 6. Performing Organization Code
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| 7. Author(s)
Kay Fitzpatrick, Raul Avelar, and Shawn Turner |
8. Performing Organization Report No.
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| 9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Texas Transportation Institute |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
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| 11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH61-13-D-00024, Task Order #9 |
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| 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
Office of Safety Research and Development |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Technical Report; November 2015-November 2017 |
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| 14. Sponsoring Agency Code
HRDS-30 |
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| 15. Supplementary Notes
The Contracting Officer’s Representative was Ann Do (HRDS-30). |
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| 16. Abstract
An initial step in reducing the frequency of pedestrian crashes is identifying where they occur or where there is a concern they are likely to occur. As part of a Federal Highway Administration project, the Guidebook on Identification of High Pedestrian Crash Locations was developed to present a process to assist State and local agencies in identifying high pedestrian crash locations such as intersections (points), segments, facilities, and areas.(1) This document summarizes the research efforts to develop the five-step process. Several cities and States were contacted to establish the criteria used to identify and rank high pedestrian crash locations. In all cases, crash data are being used. In some cases, other variables are considered, especially when developing the list of sites for treatments. For example, Los Angeles uses a score that considers the age of the pedestrian and a health and equity index in addition to the number of injury crashes and the number of fatal crashes. Several of the cities create unique lists for intersections, facilities, and areas, recognizing that treatment selection would be different for these element types. The methods used to identify and evaluate sites with a high crash frequency have evolved in recent decades. The availability of geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for crashes has resulted in the ubiquitous use of geographic information system platforms for displaying the locations and density of crashes on maps. |
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| 17. Key Words
Pedestrian, crashes, safety process, high crash locations |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. |
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| 19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified |
20. Security Classification (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages
68 |
22. Price
N/A |
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SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
| AADT | average annual daily traffic |
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| ADT | average daily traffic |
| APT | ActiveTrans Priority Tool |
| CS | crash score |
| DOT | department of transportation |
| EB | empirical Bayes |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| GIS | geographic information system |
| HCL | high crash location |
| HSIP | Highway Safety Improvement Program |
| HSM | Highway Safety Manual |
| LRS | linear referencing system |
| MPO | metropolitan planning organization |
| NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| ODOT | Oregon Department of Transportation |
| PBCAT | Pedestrian Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool |
| PEDSMARTS | Pedestrian Systemic Monitoring Approach for Road Traffic Safety |
| RTM | regression to the mean |
| SPF | safety performance function |
| SR | sum-of-the-ranks |
| SRTS | Safe Routes to School |
| TAP | Technical Advisory Panel |
| TIMS | Transportation Injury Mapping System |
| USDOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| usRAP | United States Road Assessment Program |
| V2P | vehicle-to-pedestrian |
