West Virginia FFY 2021 Highway Safety Plan (Wv.Gov)
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July 1, 2017 www.camsys.com report West Virginia Highway Safety Plan Federal Fiscal Year 2021 prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Jim Justice, Governor Everett Frazier, Commissioner Division of Motor Vehicles Department of Transportation Bob Tipton, Director West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program 5707 MacCorkle Avenue SE P.O. Box 17600 Charleston, WV 25317 0010 date August 3, 2020 West Virginia FFY 2021 Highway Safety Plan Table of Contents Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program Overview ......................................................... 1 Mission Statement ......................................................................................................................... 1 GHSP Staff and Responsibilities ................................................................................................... 1 Political and Legislative Status ...................................................................................................... 6 2.0 West Virginia’s Highway Safety Planning Process ............................................................................ 7 Planning Process ........................................................................................................................... 7 West Virginia’s Traffic Safety Challenges ...................................................................................... 8 Performance Measure and Target-Setting Process .................................................................... 21 Countermeasure and Strategy Selection Process ....................................................................... 21 Coordination with the Strategic Highway Safety Plan ................................................................. 23 Other Funding Sources ................................................................................................................ 24 Evidence-Based Traffic Safety Enforcement Program ................................................................ 25 3.0 Highway Safety Performance Plan ..................................................................................................... 27 Highway Safety Performance Targets for FFY 2021 ................................................................... 27 4.0 Highway Safety Strategies and Projects for FFY 2021 ..................................................................... 31 Regional Traffic Safety Programs ................................................................................................ 31 Occupant Protection .................................................................................................................... 40 Impaired Driving ........................................................................................................................... 63 Motorcycle Safety ........................................................................................................................ 82 Speed Enforcement ..................................................................................................................... 85 Traffic Safety Information System Improvements ........................................................................ 88 Distracted Driving ......................................................................................................................... 94 Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety ................................................................................................... 99 Planning and Administration ...................................................................................................... 100 NHTSA Equipment Approval ..................................................................................................... 102 Paid Advertising ......................................................................................................................... 102 Work Zone Safety Funds ........................................................................................................... 103 5.0 Performance Report ........................................................................................................................... 105 6.0 Funding Information .......................................................................................................................... 107 7.0 State Certifications and Assurances ................................................................................................ 111 Appendix A to Part 1300—Certification and Assurances for Highway Safety Grants ............... 111 Appendix B to Part 1300—Application Requirements for Section 405 And Section 1906 Grants ........................................................................................................................................ 124 Governor’s Highway Safety Program i West Virginia FFY 2021 Highway Safety Plan List of Tables Table 2.1 West Virginia Traffic Safety Trends 2009 to 2018 .................................................................. 17 Table 2.2 Population ............................................................................................................................... 19 Table 2.3 Licensing and Motor Vehicles ................................................................................................. 19 Table 2.4 Core Performance Measures FFY 2021................................................................................. 20 Table 2.5 HSP Data Sources .................................................................................................................. 21 Table 3.1 FFY 2021 Performance Measures and Targets ..................................................................... 29 Table 4.1 Population and Area by Region .............................................................................................. 32 Table 4.2 Fatalities by Region ................................................................................................................ 32 Table 4.3 Matching Funds by Regional Traffic Safety Program ............................................................. 40 Table 4.4 Occupant Protection Fatalities and Seat Belt Usage ............................................................. 41 Table 4.5 Regional Traffic Safety Programs ........................................................................................... 42 Table 4.6 Law Enforcement Agencies by County Participating in CIOT ................................................ 43 Table 4.7 West Virginia CPS Fitting Stations and Technicians .............................................................. 51 Table 4.8 Potential CPS Training Courses for FFY 2021 ....................................................................... 55 Table 4.9 Alcohol Impaired Driving Fatalities, Citations, and Arrests ..................................................... 63 Table 4.10 West Virginia State Police FFY 2021 Special Emphasis Counties ........................................ 66 Table 4.11 ABCA Licenses, Fatal Crashes Over 0.08 BAC, DUI and Drug Arrests, and DREs by Priority Counties ..................................................................................................................... 68 Table 4.12 Motorcyclist Fatalities ............................................................................................................. 83 Table 4.13 Speeding-Related Fatalities and Citations ............................................................................. 85 Table 5.1 Progress on FFY 2019 Performance Targets ...................................................................... 106 Table 6.1 West Virginia FFY 2021 Project List ..................................................................................... 107 Table 6.2 Source of Matching Funds .................................................................................................... 108 Table 6.3 Unique Identifiers .................................................................................................................. 109 Governor’s Highway Safety Program iii West Virginia FFY 2021 Highway Safety Plan List of Figures Figure 1.1 Governor’s Highway Safety Program ....................................................................................... 4 Figure 1.2 Division of Motor Vehicles ........................................................................................................ 5 Figure 2.1 HSP Planning Timeline ............................................................................................................. 8 Figure 2.2 Traffic Fatalities ........................................................................................................................ 9 Figure 2.3 Traffic Serious Injuries .............................................................................................................. 9 Figure 2.4 Fatalities Top 10 Counties in 2018 ......................................................................................... 10 Figure 2.5 Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled ................................................................... 10 Figure 2.6 Unbelted Fatalities .................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 2.7 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities 0.08 BAC