1. Moving Maryland Toward Zero Deaths

2. Presentation Overview
Infrastructure Emphasis Area Team
What’s included
Data trends and performance objectives
Strategies and action steps
SHA – systematic approach to safety
Local Data and Plans

3. Infrastructure Emphasis Area Overview
A Run-Off-the-Road Crash is defined as a crash where the first event was recorded as striking a fixed object or running off the road, or the location of the crash was reported as off-road or in the median.
Intersection Crashes are those crashes reported as occurring in an intersection or being intersection-related (i.e., in a traffic situation resulting from an intersection). An average of 103 fatalities and 1,320 serious injuries occurred in intersection- related crashes each year from 2009 to 2013.
Work Zone Crashes are those crashes reported as occurring in a work zone in the standard crash report. They can include construction, maintenance, and utility work zones. From Maryland suffered an average of six fatalities and 48 serious injuries in work zone-related crashes.

4. Infrastructure Emphasis Area Overview
An average of 276 fatalities and 2,169 serious injuries occurred in crashes involving infrastructure-related issues.
Intersection-related and run-off-the-road crashes are the prime indicators of roadway infrastructure opportunities for improvement.
Work zone crashes are also included in this emphasis area.

5. Infrastructure Emphasis Area Overview
This safety problem is spread across both the state and local roadway networks.
Approximately 70 percent of fatalities occur on the state-owned system.
The approach to address these crashes must include empowering local jurisdictions to address these crashes.

6. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
Fatality Objective: Reduce the five-year average number of infrastructure-related fatalities on all roads in Maryland from 276 in to 226 or fewer by December 31, ( average).
Serious Injury Objective: Reduce the five-year average number of infrastructure-related serious injuries on all roads in Maryland from 2,169 in to 1,745 or fewer by December 31, 2020 ( average).

7. Highway Infrastructure Fatalities
Toward Zero Deaths
Highway Infrastructure Fatalities
Interim yearly goals
We used more that 300 participants to plan the 2006 Plan.
We found that it was more comprehensive than strategic and we felt it was necessary to be more focused.
Many
In order to achieve maximum success, there needs to be top down support from leadership
Emphasis area teams must be multi-disciplinary - need to have a good cross section of the 4 E’s.
Plan must be research-based and include effective countermeasures – we know that many strategies have been tried and proven so we want to access the best of best to integrate into our plan; i.e. high visibility enforcement coupled with a high impact media campaign.
Strategic focus achieves the “biggest bang for the buck”

8. Highway Infrastructure Serious Injuries
Toward Zero Deaths
Highway Infrastructure Serious Injuries
Interim yearly goals
,956
,883
,813
,745
We used more that 300 participants to plan the 2006 Plan.
We found that it was more comprehensive than strategic and we felt it was necessary to be more focused.
Many
In order to achieve maximum success, there needs to be top down support from leadership
Emphasis area teams must be multi-disciplinary - need to have a good cross section of the 4 E’s.
Plan must be research-based and include effective countermeasures – we know that many strategies have been tried and proven so we want to access the best of best to integrate into our plan; i.e. high visibility enforcement coupled with a high impact media campaign.
Strategic focus achieves the “biggest bang for the buck”

9. Highway Infrastructure Emphasis Area: Run-off-the-Road Fatalities
Interim Yearly Targets
2016 > 159
2017 > 154
2018 > 149
2019 > 144
2020 > 139
2016:
153
2030 TZD Goal
104

10. EMPHASIS AREA STRATEGIES
Identify intersections where the Crash Severity Index is high and implement safety improvements.
Identify and target safety improvements along corridors where the Crash Severity Index is high and address roadway elements that contribute to crashes.
Develop and implement system-wide improvements to reduce the number and severity of infrastructure-related crashes (e.g., intersection-related, run-off-the-road, work zone-related, etc.).
Identify, develop, and implement system-wide improvements that address the safety of vulnerable user groups (e.g., bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists, older and young drivers, etc.).
Identify and implement recommended safety initiatives for commercial motor carriers.

11. How Do We Improve Safety Along Our Roadways?

12. Conducting Traffic Engineering Studies – A Systematic Approach
A list of Candidate Safety Improvement Locations (CSIL) is prepared by OOTS yearly for study by District Traffic Engineers, identifying intersections and sections of roadway based on crash numbers, rates, and severity.
Road Safety Audits are conducted by independent teams along roadways where safety concerns have been expressed or where patterns of crashes have been identified.
Fatal crash locations are reviewed by District Traffic soon after the crash to determine if all traffic control devices are up to current standards.
District Traffic responds to customer concerns about traffic safety and conduct studies as requested.

13. Basic Steps A.) Identify Crash Patterns.
B.) Complete a field review of location and determine probable cause.
C.) Identify strategies to reduce crashes .
D.) Submit design & funding requests in order to implement countermeasures.
E.) Track all locations, study results, and improvements.
F.) Complete Before & After studies at improvement locations to determine effectiveness.

14. How Do We Fund Improvements?
Separate Funding Sources Based on Project Type.
For larger projects fund allocation is done in phases.
Well established rating and ranking system for fund allocation.

15. Candidate Safety Improvement Locations (CSIL)
Reviews completed for the following 2015 Candidate Safety Improvement Locations in Baltimore County:
19 intersections
27 sections
Reviews completed for the following 2013 – Combined Crash Trends Locations in Baltimore County:
25 fixed object or Run Off Road specialty sections
20 pedestrian involved sections
9 bike involved sections
8 wet surface involved sections

16. Low Cost Geometric Improvement MD 26 PRSA in Baltimore
BEFORE
AFTER

17. Low Cost Signal Improvement
BEFORE
AFTER

18. Beyond Low Cost Improvements
Existing Conditions

19. Baltimore County – Trends & Analysis

20. Baltimore County – Trends & Analysis

21. Baltimore County – Trends & Analysis

22. Baltimore County – Trends & Analysis

23. Q and A/Contact Info.
Anyesha Mookherjee, P.E.
Deputy Director- Programs and Planning
Office of Traffic and Safety
Maryland Department of Transportation - State Highway Administration /
Bala Akundi Principal Transportation Engineer Baltimore Metropolitan Council McHenry Row 1500 Whetstone Way - Suite 300 Baltimore, MD Tel: x 1019 Cell: Fax: