2017 Annual Report Office of Transportation Safety Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch
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2017 Annual Report Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch Table of Contents _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Contents Introduction and Accomplishments ���������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Performance Measures ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 Impaired Driving ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 15 Speed Enforcement �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 28 Occupant Protection, Child Passenger Safety, Young Driver and Distracted Driving and Older Drivers ������������������������������������������������������������45 ��������� Occupant Protection ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������47 ��������� Child Passenger Safety �����������������������������������������������������������������������������57 ��������� Young Driver and Distracted Driving and Older Drivers ��������������� 64 Motorcycle Safety ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������77 Communications ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 80 Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety ��������������������������������������������������������������������������92 Grant Funding ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������97 Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch 2017 Annual Report | Page ii Introduction and Accomplishments _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The mission of the Highway Safety Office (HSO), within the CDOT Office of Transportation Safety (OTS) is to “reduce the incidence and severity of motor vehicle crashes and the associated human and economic loss.” One measurement of traffic safety performance is the number of fatalities that occur per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Colorado has made significant progress since 2000 to reduce fatalities on its roadways. In 2002, Colorado had 1.71 fatalities per 100 VMT. By 2014, the rate had declined to 1.00 per 100 VMT. However, since 2009, the reduction in the number of fatalities and fatality rate has plateaued and since 2015 has shown a concerning increase with a VMT of 1.17 in 2016. In 2015, the State of Colorado adopted “Moving Towards Zero Deaths” as the state’s bold new safety initiative and completed the new Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). This new vision and plan guide the CDOT Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch’s mission to reduce the incidence and severity of motor vehicle crashes and the human and economic losses that are associated with them. Work on these plans continued through 2016. In 2015, Colorado had 547 traffic fatalities and in 2016 that increased to 608, an 11% increase. The HSO addresses these challenges through a multi-pronged approach that includes engineering safer highways, educating the roadway users, traffic safety legislative enhancements, and high-visibility enforcement of the State’s driving laws. Transportation safety challenges include impaired driving due to alcohol and/or drugs, occupant protection compliance in a secondary enforcement environment, excessive speed, motorcycle safety and distracted driving. Utilizing a Problem Identification process, the HSO aggressively addresses these challenges by soliciting projects from traffic safety partners and stakeholders, funding enforcement activities and identifying countermeasures to educate the public and raise awareness. Public information programs and high-visibility enforcement have served to raise awareness among users of Colorado roadways and the public regarding their responsibilities as drivers. To address Colorado’s impaired driving issues including the use of marijuana, alcohol and other drugs, innovative campaigns such as Heat is On! and Drive High, Get a DUI continue to raise public awareness about high-visibility enforcement. These countermeasures, along with a combination of partnerships with State and local stakeholders, allow Colorado and the HSO to proactively address current and emerging traffic safety challenges. This report describes the HSO program goals and performance measures, provides an overview of each program area and provides a summary of each project and how that project impacted specific performance measures in Federal Fiscal Year 2017. Accomplishments The HSO continued to make marked improvement toward its goals. Examples of this progress include: • Drivers under age 21 involved in fatal crashes decreased from 67 in 2015 to 59 in 2016, an 18% decline. • The number of fatalities involving a distracted driver decreased from 69 in 2015 to 67 in 2016, a 3% decline. • The number of speed-related fatalities decreased from 217 in 2015 to 211 in 2016, a 3% decline. • Significant improvement continues to be made in the timeliness, availability and accuracy of Colorado vehicle crash data. Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch 2017 Annual Report | Page 1 Program Task Reports Safety Education and Enforcement Programs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Performance Measures Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch 2017 Annual Report | Page 2 Performance Measures _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A-1. Number of seat belt citations issued during grant-funded enforcement activities (grant activity reporting) Number of seat belt citations issued in 2016: 8,448 A-2. Number of impaired driving arrests made during grant-funded enforcement activities (grant activity reporting) Number of impaired driving arrests made in 2016: 11,014 A-3. Number of speeding citations issued during grant-funded enforcement activities (grant activity reporting) Number of speeding citations issued in 2016: 4,729 B-1. Increase the observed seat belt use rate for passenger vehicles Goal: Increase the observed seat belt use rate for passenger vehicles to 84% in 2016 Observed seat belt use rate for passenger vehicles in 2016: 84% STATUS: 2016 performance measure met Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch 2017 Annual Report | Page 3 Performance Measures _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C-1. Reduce the number of traffic fatalities Goal: Maintain the number of traffic fatalities in 2016 at or below 547. Number of traffic fatalities in 2016: 608 STATUS: 2016 performance measure was not met. C-1 Traffic Fatalities 650 608 600 547 550 474 482 488 500 447 450 total 400 342 rural 350 287 300 260 urban 227 241 244 250 266 200 260 220 233 238 228 150 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C-2. Reduce the number of serious injuries in traffic crashes Goal: Maintain the number of serious injuries in traffic crashes in 2016 at or below 3,217. Number of serious injuries in traffic crashes in 2016: 2,932 STATUS: 2016 performance measure was exceeded, however, this is preliminary as the data set was incomplete at the time of this report. C-6 SpeedingC-2 Serious-Related Injuries fatalities 35003350 3319 30003300 3257 3219 3217 25003250 20003200 31501500 3100 1000 3050 500 3000 0 2932 2950 1 2 3 4 5 2900 2012 2013 Series1 2014 Series2 2015 2016 Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch 2017 Annual Report | Page 4 Performance Measures _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C-3. Reduce the fatalities per Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Goal: Maintain the fatality rate per VMT in 2016 at or below 1.08. Total fatalities per Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in 2016: 1.17 STATUS: 2016 performance measure was not met. C-3 Fatalities per 100 million VMT 1.8 1.77 1.6 1.74 1.64 1.58 1.4 1.53 1.56 1.17 total 1.2 1.08 1.01 1.02 rural 0.96 1 1 0.93 urban 0.8 0.76 0.74 0.75 0.8 0.69 0.6 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C-4. Reduce the number of unrestrained passenger vehicle occupant fatalities, all seat positions Goal: Reduce the number of unrestrained passenger vehicle occupant fatalities in 2016 to 176. Number of unrestrained passenger vehicle occupant fatalities in 2016: 186 STATUS: 2016 performance measure was not met. C-4 Unrestrained Passenger Vehicle Fatalities 190 185 188 186 180 177 170 160 158 156 150 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Office of Transportation Safety and Traffic and Safety Engineering Branch 2017 Annual Report | Page 5 Performance Measures _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C-5. Reduce the number of fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of .08 and above Goal: Reduce the number of fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of .08 and above in 2016 to 136. Number of fatalities in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of .08 and above in 2016: 161 STATUS: 2016 performance measure was not met. C-5 Alcohol-Impaired driving Fatalities BAC .08+ 180 170 160 160 161 160 152 150 139 140 130 134 120 110 100 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C-6. Reduce the number of speeding-related fatalities Goal: Maintain the number of speeding-related fatalities in 2016 at or below 217. Number of speeding-related fatalities in 2016: 211 STATUS: 2016 performance measure was exceeded.