Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems. Topic 37-12. Animal-Vehicle Collision Data Collection

Animal-vehicle collisions (AVC) have serious consequences for people as well as animals. There are an estimated 725,000-1,500,000 AVC in the US annually, resulting in over 200 human fatalities, over 29,000 human injuries, and over a billion dollars in property damage a year. Wildlife road mortality may affect species on the population level, with some species facing serious reduction in population survival probability. In addition, many species, especially wild game, represent an economic value that is lost when road mortalities occur. AVC data appear to not be collected in all states. In places where data are gathered, agencies such as transportation, natural resources, public safety, and public health use differing methods with varying definitions, thresholds, and degrees of consistency in reporting. Throughout North America, AVC data collection varies from the institutionalized practices in the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation's Wildlife Accident Reporting System to U.S. jurisdictions where public safety officials limit reporting to only those collisions which result in property damage with an estimated cost in excess of a dollar-value reporting threshold. Identifying locations with high numbers of AVCs is critical in deciding where countermeasures are needed.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=104

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $30000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-5, Topic

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Vlasak, Donna

• Performing Organizations:

  Montana State University, Bozeman

  College of Engineering
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717
• Principal Investigators:

  Huijser, Marcel

• Start Date: 20051101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20060228
• Source Data: RiP Project 11626

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Animals; Crashes; Fatalities; Highway safety; Injuries; Research projects; Vehicles; Wildlife
• Identifier Terms: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01462977
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-5, Topic
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:14PM