A More Standardized Approach to Identify and Understand the High-Injury Network
In trying to develop a more data-driven approach to road safety, many cities have created their own version of a high-injury network analysis. The results typically reveal that a disproportionate number of road fatalities are concentrated on a relatively small fraction of streets. Despite the usefulness of the high-injury network thinking, the lack of a consistent methodology across different cities impedes the ability to compare different cities and from identifying trends. The proposed project seeks to develop a generalizable, standardized approach to high-injury network analysis that leverages existing data sources in a way that can similarly applied across different cities. After the approach is developed, it will be applied to the principal city within each of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, thereby offering a broad, comparative perspective on traffic safety. Through this analysis, the specific street and network design features that contributes to urban road fatalities are explored. By standardizing the approach to defining high-injury networks, this research aims to enable more consistent safety analyses, facilitate more widespread adoption, and promote evidence-based strategies to enhancing road safety.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $251330
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348308
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and Sustainability
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND United States 58108 -
Project Managers:
Tolliver, Denver
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Performing Organizations:
Department of Civil Engineering
1200 Larimer Street, Room 3037
Denver, CO United States 80217 -
Principal Investigators:
Marshall, Wesley
Misra, Aditi
Shirgaokar, Manish
Janson, Bruce
- Start Date: 20240817
- Expected Completion Date: 20260816
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
- Source Data: CTIPS-027
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash injuries; Fatalities; Traffic safety; Urban areas
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01928742
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and Sustainability
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348308
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Aug 26 2024 2:35PM