1. Safety Update First Quarter FY 2017
Operations, Planning, and Safety Committee
February 15, 2017

2. Introduction
Capital Metro sets annual goals for vehicle and passenger accidents per contractor
Vehicle accident goals for total and preventable accidents
Disincentives in the contracts for failure to meet the goals
Action plans required to address accident trends
Accidents are tracked by severity and accident cause
Severity stable compared to FY 2016
Accident frequency rate increasing

3. Preventable Accidents
A preventable accident is one in which the driver failed to exercise every reasonable precaution to prevent the accident. This is irrespective of whether or not there is property damage or personal injury, the extent of the loss of injury, to whom it occurred and the location of the accident.
Source: National Safety Council
A collision is any contact with another vehicle, object or person.
When a Capital Metro vehicle makes contact with another vehicle, pedestrian, cyclist, animal, road debris or any other obstruction, etc. it must be reported and investigated.
Accident Definitions & Criteria for Monthly Reporting Policy [RM-106]

4. Severity Pyramid I II III IV Category I Catastrophic
Death or severe injury, system loss, extreme financial loss, damages greater than $100k
Category II Critical
Severe injury/illness resulting in transport, significant equipment damage, minor service disruption, damages $25k - $100k
Category III Minor
Minor injury, minor damages and insignificant service disruption; damages less $1k - $25k
Category IV Less than $1,000
Minor injury, insignificant service disruption; damages less than $1,000

5. Vehicle Collision and Incident Severity FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
0.50 [1]
5.53% [11]
31.66% [63]
62.31% [124]
Category I Catastrophic
Death or severe injury, system loss, extreme financial loss, damages greater than $100k
Category II Critical
Severe injury/illness resulting in transport, significant equipment damage, minor service disruption, damages $25k - $100 k
Category III Minor
Minor injury, minor damages insignificant service disruption; damages $1k - $25k
Category IV Less than $1,000
Minor injury, insignificant service disruption; damages less than $1,000
BUS & PARATRANSIT

6. Vehicle Collision Severity by Mode FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
0.62% [1]
5.59% [9]
36.65% [59]
57.14% [92]
Category I Catastrophic
Severe loss, damages greater than $100k
5.26% [2]
10.53% [4]
84.21% [32}
Category II Critical
Significant loss, damages $25k – $100k
Category III Minor
Minor loss, damages less than $1k - $25k
Category IV Less than $1,000 Insignificant loss, damages less than $1,000
BUS
McDonald and MV Bus
PARATRANSIT
MV Para and Ride Right

7. Vehicle Collisions Per 100,000 Miles YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
Through 12/31/2016
2.33

8. Preventable Vehicle Collisions Per 100,000 Miles YTD Rates vs
Preventable Vehicle Collisions Per 100,000 Miles YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
Through 12/31/2016
1.48

9. Passenger Injuries Per 100,000 Trips YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
Through 12/31/2016

10. Vehicle Collisions by Classification Groups Bus Mode FY 2017 through 12/31/2016

11. Vehicle Collisions by Classification Groups Paratransit Mode FY 2017 through 12/31/2016

12. Rail Collisions, Derailments and Passenger Injuries YTD Rates vs
Rail Collisions, Derailments and Passenger Injuries YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
*MetroRail – DMU collisions with other vehicles or with pedestrians

13. Rail Collisions, Derailments and Passenger Injuries Severity FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
Red = Category I Catastrophic Severe loss, damages greater than $100k I II
III
Yellow = Category II Critical Significant loss, damages $25 – $100k
Green = Category III Minor Insignificant loss, damages less than $25k 1
METRORAIL
VEHICLE COLLISIONS
COMMUTER
PASSENGER INJURIES
FREIGHT
COLLISIONS
FREIGHT
DERAILMENTS

14. Actions to Address Accident Rates
On-going monitoring by the Risk Management Oversight Team
Safety Management System Plans based on Federal Transit Administration and FAST Act guidance
Continuing service provider countermeasures on most frequent accident types
Texas Transportation Institute Study work ongoing
Safety Culture Survey
Accident hot spot analysis and communications
Correlate accident data with route trip data
Safety Champion Campaign