EVALUATING TRAFFIC DATA: Crash statistics
Data Sources: 2016 TCLS Report, Lake County Illinois,
2016 Crash Data, LCDOT Traffic Department
Crash Data Analysis
TOP CRASH CAUSES:
failing to reduce speed [32%]
failing to yield [20%]
following too closely [9%]
improper lane usage [6%]
disregarding signals [4%]
=
5 year averages
CRASHES and CRASH SEVERITY:
5 YEAR AVERAGES
71%
3796
3673
3530
3485
3704
3994
4236
Of 4027 crashes total in 2016,
1749
AVERAGE
CRASHES
PER YEAR
were rear end collisions
2011-2015
500
1000
Property damage only
IN 2016, CRASHES INVOLVED:
36%
4 pm
3286
942
8
0
3055
931
8
2006-2010
2744
952
8
2007-2011
2504
974
7
2008-2012
2544
978
8
2009-2013
2662
1004
8
2010-2014
2741
1046
10
CRASHES: WHEN AND WHERE
9 am
29
17
2012-2016
of crashes
occurred between
9am and 4pm
1500
2000
Crash with injury
2500
3000
Fatality
ROUNDABOUTS
improve
safety in part by reducing the
severity of collisions. The data
below compares crash statistics
from three locations before and
after roundabouts were installed:
REDUCTION IN
CRASHES WITH INJURIES
2007–2010 vs 2013–2016
pedestrians
bicyclists
91%
Hunt Club & Millburn
Hunt Club & Wadsworth
of crashes occurred
at an intersection
3500
Riverwoods & Everett
60%
50%
100%
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