Evaluation of Deer-Vehicle Collision Rates in West Virginia and a Review of Available Mitigation Techniques

This research project will conduct an exploratory analysis of the available data to quantify the deer-vehicle collisions in West Virginia and the characteristics associated with those collisions. This analysis will be conducted in a geographic information system (GIS) platform to understand the interactions of different environmental, geographic, and other factors. The purpose of the project is to identify locations with high frequency of deer-vehicle collisions and to recommend mitigation strategies that can be implemented.  

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $125000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  213275

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Multimodal Transportation and Infrastructure Consortium

  Marshall University
  1900 3rd Avenue
  Huntington, WV  United States  25703
• Project Managers:

  Nichols, Andrew

• Performing Organizations:

  Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute

  Marshall University
  Huntington, WV  United States  25755
• Principal Investigators:

  Nichols, Andrew

• Start Date: 20120901
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130831
• Source Data: RiP Project 34007

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash rates; Evaluation and assessment; Geographic information systems; Hazard mitigation; High risk locations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deer-vehicle collisions
• Geographic Terms: West Virginia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503981
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Multimodal Transportation and Infrastructure Consortium
• Contract Numbers: 213275
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 23 2014 1:00AM