Vulnerable road user traffic deaths in the United States have increased in number and proportion over the last decade. This growing disparity points to a larger need to prioritize safety for vulnerable road users. Evaluating and predicting vulnerable road user crash risk is a data-intensive and complex process. This study aimed to make safety analysis easier and more accessible by (1) developing a modeling framework with minimal data input needs, (2) converting model outputs into cost equivalents to better link the results to project scoping processes, and (3) building this functionality into an online tool and dashboard. In this paper, we present an approach to modeling vulnerable road user crash risk that uses Bayesian probability updating and Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations to blend an existing published statistical model with simple roadway and crash data inputs, which we built into an online tool and dashboard called the Safer Streets Priority Finder. We applied the tool to crash data from the City of New Orleans and describe its application for roadway safety and transit planning use cases. Overall, in most contexts, we found that this modeling approach performed as well or better than sliding window analysis and traditional high injury networks, as it goes beyond just crash history, thus enabling it to estimate crash risk even when there is no history of crashes. This performance improvement, combined with ease of use, suggests the tool could improve on one of the most common safety analysis approaches used in field of transportation planning.


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    Title :

    Safer Streets Priority Finder: An Open-Source Tool for Vulnerable Road User Safety Analysis and Prioritization


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2023-08-08




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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