New York Department of Transportation 2011 Annual Evaluation Report. Highway Safety Improvement Program, Five Percent Report.

摘要

This report is intended to comply with Section 148 (C) (1) (D) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requiring New York State to submit an annual report that describes not less than five percent of locations on public roads identified with severe safety needs. Problem identification or Accident Surveillance is the element of the Highway Safety Investigation Process where data is used to uniquely identify crash patterns at specific roadway locations. Crash data is derived from police and motorist accident reports submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). New York State requires police organizations to investigate all fatal and injury crashes. Motorists are required to report all crashes involving fatalities, injuries or property damage crashes in excess of $1,000 (8/91). More than one million reports from motorists and the 500+ police agencies in the state are submitted to DMV for processing annually. Of the 114,000 plus miles of highway in New York State, almost 16,000 miles are under the jurisdiction of state government. All other highways, including highways under counties, cities, towns, and villages, are referred to as the local system. The locations submitted for this report are primarily locations on the State Highway System. New York currently lacks a crash data system that can electronically identify and evaluate both state and local crash locations in the state.