2018-2019 Polk Vision Annual Report PV AR 2019_web | Page 34

MARY CROWE, Ph.D.
Co-Chair
Florida Southern College
POLK COUNTY
TOM DEARDORFF
Co-Chair
Polk County BoCC
5 YEARS OF PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE
DATA (2014-2018)
WHEN DID CRASHES OCCUR?
HOW MANY CRASHES INVOLVING
BICYCLISTS & PEDESTRIANS
OCCURRED IN POLK COUNTY
OVER 5 YEARS (2014-2018)?
LEFT: On May 15, 2019 members of
the community participated in the
Ride & Walk of Silence around Lake
Hollingsworth in Lakeland. This event
raised awareness of pedestrians and
cyclists’ rights to public roadways as
well as honored those pedestrians and
cyclists who have been injured or killed.
In Polk County, a pedestrian or bicyclist
dies every two weeks in a traffic crash.
These persons are more than a statistic -
everyone has a name and loved ones who
will miss them dearly. Every traffic fatality
is a tragedy. The Pedestrian & Bicycle
Safety Team is working with community
partners towards a future with zero
traffic-related fatalities. Anything less is
a continuing tragedy. Success will rely
on a “3-E” approach: Engineering (safer
streets), Education (better safety habits)
and Enforcement (everyone following the
rules of the road).
— TOM DEARDORFF, Executive Director,
Polk TPO
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2015
2016
204 195
222 239
161 169 165
STREET
OWNERS
2018
204
189 193
Sept
208 222
Nov
Pedestrians or cyclists
INJURED A DAY
PEDESTRIAN
CRASHES
VS
IN FDOT
DISTRICT 1
PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
3.49
IN
POLK
BICYCLE CRASHES
1,076 INJURIES
94 FATALITIES
1 in 5
pedestrians hit by
motorists were killed
or severely injured
BICYCLE
CRASHES
696 INJURIES
21 FATALITIES
1 in 9
bicyclists hit by
motorists were killed
or severely injured
occurred in
daylight
This Data Applies to Polk County
MILLIE BROWN
Florida DOT
27%
State JENNIFER CIPRIANO
Lakeland Regional Health
46%
Local 10%
County JULIA DAVIS
Polk TPO
3%
Other 20%
Parking
Lot 55%
Mid-block 22%
Intersection
4%
Other 5%
Parking
Lot
44%
Mid-block 47%
Intersection
DIANA DEGROOT
Lakeland Regional Health
BRYAN DORMAN
Bartow Police Department
MICHAEL O. FLORA
Community Volunteer
TAYLOR FREEMAN
Florida Department of Health
in Polk County
LAUREN HINTON
Florida Department of Health
in Polk County
PATRICIA JACKSON
City of Polk City
CURTIS KNOWLES
Polk TPO
RYAN KORDEK
Polk TPO
PAM LUCE
Polk County Public Schools
XIOMARA MEEKS
Polk TPO
EDWARD MINGUS
Lakeland Police Department
THEO PETRITSCH
Landis Evans & Partners
TRICIA PICHETTE
Polk County BoCC
KRISTINA QUENNEVILLE
Florida Highway Patrol
ANGELO RAO
City of Lakeland
JERRY RODRIGUEZ
Polk County Public Schools
BILL SKELTON
Polk County BoCC
JULIE TOWNSEND
Lakeland Downtown
Development Authority
ED TRAIL
City of Haines City
TODD VARGO
City of Lakeland
NELSON VEGA
City of Haines City
ADDITIONAL FACTORS
60%
of crashes
JOHN BOHDE
Polk County BoCC
DEBORAH CHESNA
Florida DOT
Pedestrians or cyclists
KILLED EVERY
2 WEEKS
ART BODENHEIMER
Lake Alfred Police
Department
17%
Other
Pedestrian and bicycle fatalities per year per
100,000 population:
3.65
2017
WHERE DID CRASHES
COMMONLY OCCUR?
The Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan
area became more dangerous for
pedestrians between 2016 and 2019*
CHUCK BARMBY
City of Lakeland
RONNIE BLACKSHEAR
Polk TPO
BY MONTH BETWEEN 2014-2018
Jan
Mar
May
Jul
*Red background indicates peak season
The Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan
area is ranked the 5th most dangerous
metropolitan area for pedestrians in the
2019 Dangerous by Design Report. *
503
505
421
2014
of all people killed in
vehicular crashes were
pedestrians or bicyclists
1
1
476
466
of pedestrian and
bicycle crashes
result in an injury
or fatality
1,777 INJURIES
115 FATALITIES
19%
BY YEAR
77 %
OF
2,371 NUMBER
CRASHES
BECKY ALFONSO
Florida Bicycle Association
LUKE HAUSER
City of Bartow
Lighting conditions during
fatal crashes:
20% Daylight 49% Dark
4% Dusk/
25% Dark but
Dawn
Sources: Signal Four Analytics 2014–2018
lighted
23%
of fatalities
involved
alcohol
* Smart Growth American Dangerous by Design 2019
DAVID WHEELER
Florida DOT
KATHLEEN WRIGHT
Polk County Public Schools
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