Documenting the Characteristics of Traffic Crashes for RITI Communities in Idaho

The primary goal of this project is to document the characteristics of traffic crashes in rural, isolated, tribal, or indigenous (RITI) communities in Idaho. The long-term vision of the PIs in this project is to establish an in-depth understanding of the baseline traffic safety conditions in RITI communities as a first step towards the ultimate goal of improving safety for these underserved groups through research, education, and outreach activities. The project has the following three objectives: 1) Identify and document different sources of crash data for RITI communities in Idaho; 2) Conduct an in-depth five-year crash analysis (2012-2016) to document the characteristics of traffic crashes in RITI communities using the Idaho Transportation Department’s (ITD) WebCars crash data tool; and 3) Identify and document different sources for traffic exposure data (vehicle-miles-traveled) for RITI communities in Idaho.

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150,000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747129

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Research and Special Programs Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  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 Safety Equity in Transportation

  University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775
• Project Managers:

  Connor, Billy

• Performing Organizations:

  Center for Safety Equity in Transportation

  University of Alaska Fairbanks
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99775
• Principal Investigators:

  Abdel-Rahim, Ahmed

• Start Date: 20170901
• Expected Completion Date: 20190831
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash characteristics; Data collection; Indigenous peoples; Rural areas; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Idaho
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01653288
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Safety Equity in Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747129
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Dec 5 2017 5:25PM