Dayton Regional Safety Initiative

Background

Participants discuss and provide feedback at Regional Roadway Safety Workshop on April 18, 2006.

The Dayton Regional Safety Initiative (DaRSI) began in SFY2006 as a response to the added emphasis placed on roadway safety by the 2005 Federal Transportation Bill known as SAFETEA-LU (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users).

As a result of federal and state's effort to reduce roadway fatalities and injuries throughout the Miami Valley , the original Regional Safety Analysis (RSA) was initiated in 2006. The goal of DaRSI is to generate a list of locations in need of countermeasures to reduce the frequency or severity of accidents. MVRPC staff collected and analyzed 2002-2004 regional traffic crash data provided by both the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio Department of Public Safety to identify local “high crash locations.” After the 2006 Roadway Safety Workshop MVRPC staff compiled a final list of the top 50 locations based on attendee comments and internal analyses. Ten locations with most promise for low-cost, short-term safety improvements were presented to ODOT for funding consideration, for which funding was subsequently approved for further study or project implementation.

SFY 2009 Regional Roadway Safety Update

The 2009 Dayton Regional Safety Analysis used updated roadway crash data for the years 2005 – 2007 to analyze the regional roadway network to determine high priority crash locations. Please see MVRPC safety analysis report (Adobe Acrobat Reader:39 kb) for complete methodology.

In addition, the new analysis platform will allow comparisons between the SFY2009 update and future iterations of the Regional Safety Analysis. As future analyses are completed, MVRPC can work with our regional partners to identify locations where a roadway safety continues to be a public hazard. Pre- and post-implementation data can also be compared to determine if implemented safety countermeasures are achieving noticeable reductions in crash frequency and/or severity.

Documents:

MVRPC Regional Safety Analysis Posters:

  • Summary ( PDF:1.8 MB)
  • Background and Crash Data ( PDF:2.4 MB)
  • Special Studies (Elderly, Youth, Alcohol-related, and Severe Crashes) ( PDF:2.9 MB)
  • Special Studies (Rear-end, Run Stop Sign/ Signal, Bicycle and Pedestrian, and Angle/ Fixed Object Crashes) ( PDF:2.7 MB)

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