Understanding Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Illinois

Wildlife-vehicle collisions are a common and costly occurrence on U.S. roadways. An estimated 1 million vertebrates are killed on American roads each day. Most wildlife-vehicle collisions of importance occur with deer. The goal of the proposed research is to better understand wildlife-vehicle collisions in Illinois and to identify mitigation strategies that are available to help reduce the negative impacts. Researchers will identify data collected on wildlife-vehicle collisions in Illinois, identify areas where those collisions are most common and the factors that may influence their occurrence, identify mitigation strategies to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions, and understand where data and information gaps are and make recommendations for data collection and testing of mitigation efforts for wildlife-vehicle collisions.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $57867
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-SP70

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Principal Investigators:

  Stodola, Kirk

  Barrett, Melony

  Gronemeyer, Peg

• Start Date: 20241001
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; High risk locations; Recommendations; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Wildlife
• Geographic Terms: Illinois
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01932459
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-SP70
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 1 2024 9:39AM