Supporting Documentation · Apr 24, 2024
138-24 Exhibit to Resolution Adopting the Township of West Orange Vision Zero Action Plan.pdf
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PROVEN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES MAKING OUR One Countermeasure ROADS SAFER at a Time The FHWA has identified and is promoting widespread use of a set of 28 Proven Safety Countermeasures that can offer significant, measurable impacts as part of any agency’s data-driven, systemic approach to improving safety. These strategies are designed to enhance safety on all kinds of roads—from rural to urban, from high-volume freeways to less traveled two-lane State and county roads, from signalized crossings to horizontal curves, and everything in between. Each countermeasure addresses speed management, intersections, roadway departures, or pedestrians/ bicyclists— along with crosscutting strategies that address all four safety focus areas. Which Proven Safety For more information on this and other FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures, Countermeasures please visit https: //safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ Will You Use? provencountermeasures. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ 6
PROVEN SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES OFFICE OF SAFETY Proven Safety Countermeasures SPEED MANAGEMENT NEW NEW NEW Speed Safety Appropriate Speed Variable Speed Limits Cameras Limits for All Road Users ROADWAY DEPARTURE NEW Longitudinal Rumble Enhanced Delineation Wider Edge Lines Strips and Stripes on for Horizontal Curves Two-Lane Roads Roadside Design SafetyEdgeSM Improvements at Median Barriers Curves INTERSECTIONS Backplates with Dedicated Left- and Corridor Access Retroreflective Right-Turn Lanes at Management Borders Intersections Systemic Application of Multiple Low-Cost Reduced Left-Turn Roundabouts Countermeasures at Conflict Intersections Stop-Controlled Intersections Yellow Change Intervals PEDESTRIANS/BICYCLES NEW NEW NEW Rectangular Rapid Crosswalk Visibility Bicycle Lanes Flashing Beacons Enhancements
Rectangular Rapid Crosswalk Visibility Bicycle Lanes Flashing Beacons Enhancements (RRFB) Medians and Pedestrian Leading Pedestrian Pedestrian Hybrid Refuge Islands in Urban Interval Beacons and Suburban Areas Road Diets (Roadway Walkways Reconfiguration) CROSSCUTTING NEW NEW Pavement Friction Lighting Local Road Safety Plans Management Road Safety Audit FHWA-SA-21-082 7
CRASH STATISTICS Vision Zero focuses on Some crash types can be crashes where victims are more severe than others seriously injured or killed While the most common kinds of crash in West All Crashes Orange involve cars hitting cars (Rear-End 27%, From 2015-2021 in West Same-Direction Sideswipe 18%), the most Backing 7% Same Direction- common kinds of crash with serious injury or Rear End Orange Township: 27% death involve cars hitting other things (Fixed
ther things (Fixed Right Angle 9% • 17 fatal crashes • 28 crashes with serious 12 Object 20% [13% of all crashes], Pedestrian 18% [1% Struck Parked Vehicle 12% Same Direction Sideswipe of all crashes]). 18% injuries Fixed Object
13% CRASH TYPES KSI Crashes All Crashes Serious injuries have 30% 27% Death & Serious Injury 25% 20% increased from 2018 20% 18% 18% 12% 5 5 15% 13% 11% 11% 11% 9% Fixed Object 20% 10%
20% 10% 7% 4% 3% 4% 5% 3 3 3 3 3 0% 1% 0% Overturned 1% 0% 9% DIRECTION - DIRECTION - VEHICLE OVERTURNED
OVERTURNED FIXED OBJECT PEDESTRIAN LEFT TURN/U DIRECTION PEDALCYCLIST (HEAD ON) PARKED STRUCK OPPOSITE 1 SIDESWIPE 1 1 REAR END 2 2
REAR END 2 2 Pedestrian SAME SAME TURN 18% 1 Struck Parked Vehicle 11% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Same Direction- Same Direction-
Same Direction- Rear End Sideswipe Fatal Injury Suspected Serious Injury 11% 11% Source: NJDOT Safety Voyager & NJDHTS Numetric, Crash Data from 2015-2021 Seniors and minors are Pedestrians and bicyclists more at risk of serious have high death and injury and death in crashes injury rates in crashes All Crashes In West Orange: Serious Injury Of all Crashes in West Orange • 1% of crashes involved PEDESTRIANS • Young People involved: 23% • 0.4% involved BICYCLISTS 4% 7% • Seniors Involved: 30% 30%
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