COMPLIANCE and SURROGATE SAFETY MEASURES for UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALK CROSSINGS in OREGON Draft Final Report
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COMPLIANCE AND SURROGATE SAFETY MEASURES FOR UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALK CROSSINGS IN OREGON Final Report PROJECT SPR 806 COMPLIANCE AND SURROGATE SAFETY MEASURES FOR UNCONTROLLED CROSSWALK CROSSINGS IN OREGON Draft Final Report SPR 806 by Miguel Figliozzi, Professor Avinash Unnikrishnan, Associate Professor Sirisha Kothuri, Research Associate Portland State University 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland OR 97201 for Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section 555 13th Street NE, Suite 1 Salem OR 97301 and Federal Highway Administration 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20590-0003 September 2018 Technical Report Documentation Page 1. 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. FHWA-OR-RD-19-02 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Compliance and Surrogate Safety Measures for Uncontrolled September 2018 Crosswalk Crossings in Oregon 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Miguel Figliozzi, Avinash Unnikrishnan, Sirisha Kothuri, Álvaro Report No. Caviedes, David R. Soto Padín 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section 11. Contract or Grant No. 555 13th Street NE, Suite 1 Salem, OR 97301 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Oregon Dept. of Transportation Covered Research Section and Federal Highway Admin. Final Report 555 13th Street NE, Suite 1 400 Seventh Street, SW 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Salem, OR 97301 Washington, DC 20590-0003 15. Supplementary Notes 16. Abstract This research aims to find readily observable and measurable field measures and geometric data to evaluate relative crosswalk safety performance. A literature review was conducted and crash data analysis was undertaken to determine the significant predictors for pedestrian crashes at unsignalized marked crosswalks. These factors were used to select nine sites for data collection. Video and radar equipment were used to collect pedestrian and traffic information at each of the sites. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses conducted at each site provided important insights into driver and pedestrian behavior. Ultimately, normalized entering volume (NEV) and no-stop percentage (NSP) are recommended as macro-level surrogate metrics that could be used to analyze pedestrian safety at unsignalized marked crosswalks. They are strongly associated with pedestrian-vehicle conflicts and are based on readily observable and measurable field measures and geometric data. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Pedestrian safety, unsignalized marked crosswalk, Copies available from NTIS, and online at macro surrogate measures, field data collection www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP_RES/ 19. Security Classification 20. Security Classification 21. No. of Pages 22. Price Unclassified Unclassified 165 Technical Report Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized Printed on recycled paper i ii SI* (MODERN METRIC) CONVERSION FACTORS APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS TO SI UNITS APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS FROM SI UNITS When You Multiply When You Multiply Symbol To Find Symbol Symbol To Find Symbol Know By Know By LENGTH LENGTH in inches 25.4 millimeters mm mm millimeters 0.039 inches in ft feet 0.305 meters m m meters 3.28 feet ft yd yards 0.914 meters m m meters 1.09 yards yd mi miles 1.61 kilometers km km kilometers 0.621 miles mi AREA AREA millimeters millimeters in2 square inches 645.2 mm2 mm2 0.0016 square inches in2 squared squared 2 2 2 2 ft square feet 0.093 meters squared m m meters squared 10.764 square feet ft 2 2 2 2 yd square yards 0.836 meters squared m m meters squared 1.196 square yards yd ac acres 0.405 hectares ha ha hectares 2.47 acres ac iii 2 kilometers 2 2 kilometers 2 mi square miles 2.59 km km 0.386 square miles mi squared squared VOLUME VOLUME fl oz fluid ounces 29.57 milliliters ml ml milliliters 0.034 fluid ounces fl oz gal gallons 3.785 liters L L liters 0.264 gallons gal ft3 cubic feet 0.028 meters cubed m3 m3 meters cubed 35.315 cubic feet ft3 yd3 cubic yards 0.765 meters cubed m3 m3 meters cubed 1.308 cubic yards yd3 NOTE: Volumes greater than 1000 L shall be shown in m3. MASS MASS oz ounces 28.35 grams g g grams 0.035 ounces oz lb pounds 0.454 kilograms kg kg kilograms 2.205 pounds lb short tons (2000 T 0.907 megagrams Mg Mg megagrams 1.102 short tons (2000 lb) T lb) TEMPERATURE (exact) TEMPERATURE (exact) (F- 1.8C+3 °F Fahrenheit Celsius °C °C Celsius Fahrenheit °F 32)/1.8 2 *SI is the symbol for the International System of Measurement iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank the members of the ODOT Research Section for their sage advice and assistance in the preparation of this report. The authors also acknowledge the contributions of research assistants Alvaro Caviedes, Robert Burdalski, Santiago Espinosa, and David Soto. DISCLAIMER This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Oregon Department of Transportation and the United States Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The State of Oregon and the United States Government assume no liability of its contents or use thereof. 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This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. v vi TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ............................................................................................ 1 1.3 FOCUS AND DATA COLLECTION CONSTRAINTS ............................................... 1 1.4 REPORT ORGANIZATION .......................................................................................... 2 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................ 3 2.1 FACTORS INFLUENCING PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE CRASHES ............................ 3 2.1.1 Pedestrian Behavior and Demographic Factors ................................................................................... 3 2.1.2 Land Use Types ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.3 Traffic Characteristics ........................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.4 Road Characteristics ............................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.5 Safety Treatments ................................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 SURROGATE MEASURES ........................................................................................ 13 2.2.1 Time to Collision (TTC) Group............................................................................................................ 14 2.2.2 Post-Encroachment Time (PET) Group ............................................................................................... 15 2.2.3 Deceleration Group ............................................................................................................................. 16 2.2.4 Mixed Surrogates ................................................................................................................................. 17 2.2.5 Pros and Cons of Surrogate Safety Measures ..................................................................................... 19 2.4 TRAFFIC CONFLICT STUDIES ................................................................................ 21 2.4.1 Traffic Conflicts and Crash Severity .................................................................................................... 21 2.4.2 Swedish Traffic Conflict Technique ..................................................................................................... 22 2.4.3 Traffic Conflicts and Crash Rates ........................................................................................................ 24 2.5 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INDICES ............................................................................. 26 2.5.1 Point System Approach ........................................................................................................................ 26 2.5.2 Regression Approach ........................................................................................................................... 27 2.6 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION ................................................................................ 32 3.0 CRASH AND EXPOSURE ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 33 3.1 PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE CRASHES AT CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS .................................................................................................................... 33 3.1.1 General Trends ...................................................................................................................................