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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Show all pagesAt intersections, right-angle, rear-end, and sideswipe crashes are the most common types of crashes, with pedestrian, bicyclist and left-turn/ u-turn making up the majority of the KSI crashes. Of 2,044 intersection crashes from 2015-2021 in West Orange, there were three primary crash types: right angle (499, 24.75%), rear-end (495, 24.55%), and same direction - sideswipe (365, 18.11%). Two additional types were common: left turn / u-turn (195, 9.67%) and fixed object (156, 7.74%). Twelve KSI crashes occurred at intersections. The most common type was pedestrian crashes (5, 41.67%), and the others with more than one death or serious injury were left turn / u-turn and bicyclist (2 of each, or 16.67%). Distracted driving and unsafe What are the leading speed were the top driver- causes of crashes? contributing factors in all crashes and KSI crashes. In West Orange: Distracted Driving - most common cause of crashes Distracted driving accounted for nearly 56% of the (57%); 56% of crashes in which victims were killed or KSI crashes and 56% of all crashes in West Orange seriously injured (KSI) from 2015 to 2021. Unsafe speed was a factor in Unsafe Speed - 8% of all crashes; 13% of KSI Alcohol-related - 2% of all crashes; 9% of KSI almost 13% of the KSI crashes and 8% of all crashes. Of the other KSI crash causes, alcohol involvement All Crashes KSI Crashes contributed to 2% of all crashes but 9% of KSI Distracted Driving 56% Distracted Driving 56% crashes, drowsy/fatigued driving contributed to 1% Unsafe Speed 8% of all crashes, drugged driving contributed to 2% Unsafe Speed 13% of all crashes but 4% of KSI crashes, and cell phone Alcohol Related 2% Alcohol Related 9% use contributed to 0.6% of all crashes but 2% of KSI Drowsy Fatigued
Alcohol Related 9% use contributed to 0.6% of all crashes but 2% of KSI Drowsy Fatigued 1% Driving crashes. Drugged Driving 4% Cell Phone In Use 0.6% Drugged Driving 0.3% Cell Phone In Use 2% Driving straight ahead, negotiating curves and being parked are the top pre-crash What are people doing actions for KSI crashes. From 2015 to 2021, driving straight ahead was the when they crash in West most common pre-crash action in both KSI crashes Orange Township? (71%) and crashes at large (67%) in West Orange Township. Being parked is the second most common The most common In crashes where people pre-crash actions in all were killed or seriously pre-crash action in all crashes (17%) and third most crashes: injured: common pre-crash action in KSI crashes (13%). Going Straight Ahead 67% 71% However, while being stopped in traffic is the third Going Straight Ahead Parked 17% most common pre-crash action in all crashes (15%), Negotiating Curve 18% Stopped in Traffic 15% it is not common in KSI crashes (4%). Conversely, the Parked 13% Making Left Turn 13% second most common pre-crash action in KSI crashes Slowing or Stopping 12% Making Left Turn 13% is
eft Turn 13% second most common pre-crash action in KSI crashes Slowing or Stopping 12% Making Left Turn 13% is negotiating a curve (18%), a behavior which is Backing 8% present in 3% of all crashes. Changing Lanes 4% Changing Lanes 8% Making U Turn 4% Making Right Turn 6% Starting in Traffic 4% Stopped in Traffic 4% Negotiating Curve 3% Slowing or Stopping 2% WEST ORANGE TOWNSHIP: VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN 29
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