Table 9: Contributing Factors for Active Transportation Crashes; 2016 – 2020

Table 9: Contributing Factors for Active Transportation Crashes; 2016 – 2020

Contributing Factors from Crashes involving Active Transportation Users Instance Count

Distracted driving 31 Failed to yield 27 Erratic driving 13 Speeding 10 Disregard traffic control 4 Under influence 3 Improper passing 2 Fatigued 2 Impaired visibility 2 Improper parking 2 Improper turning 1 Road rage 1 No data 91 Other 16

Source: CRIS, 2016-2020

Key Findings

This assessment of key transportation safety issues for both motorized and non-motorized users will be used to inform the future development of safety strategies for Temple. Key findings from this analysis include:

• Speeding is the top contributing factor for all crashes and for those that result in a fatality or serious injury. • Distracted Driving is the highest contributing factor for crashes involving active transportation in

Temple. • Vulnerable users, i.e., Pedestrians and Bicyclists are at a high risk. • Single vehicle or same direction collisions were the top collision type for speed related contributing factors.

Strategies developed using proven safety countermeasures can contribute to achieving a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The development of recommendations for safety improvements that will occur later in the planning process will use best practices from FHWA. FHWA has set out a variety of proven safety countermeasures, shown in Figure 33. Further detail can be found on FHWA’s safety page.6 Additional information on CMFs can be found on the CMF Clearinghouse.7

6 https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/provencountermeasures/fhwasa18029/ 7 http://www.cmfclearinghouse.org/