THE STORY FOR ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS IN LOS ANGELES
Getting to Zero
Since Vision Zero launched in 2015, we have learned a lot about traffic collisions on our streets. Bicycle and motorcycle collisions are on the rise, and high-speed arterial streets are hotspots for collisions. 5
Through analysis of five years of collision data, we identified important trends that informed how we prioritize projects. For example, while people walking and biking are involved in only 14 percent of all traffic collisions, they represent almost 50 percent of traffic fatalities. 6 Simply protecting people from being hit while walking and biking would get us halfway to our goal of zero deaths. To do this, we will focus our early efforts on locations where collisions most often result in deaths and serious injuries for people walking and biking.
Using this data as a starting point, we conducted an analysis of City of Los Angeles streets to identify locations that account for the majority of traffic deaths for people walking and biking. We found that 65 percent of all severe and fatal collisions involving people walking and biking happen on just 6 percent of City streets. 7 These streets represent the City’ s initial High-Injury Network. Targeting investments along the High-Injury Network will have the greatest effect toward achieving our first benchmark of reaching a 20-percent reduction in deaths by the end of 2017.
To create projects that reach our Vision Zero goals, we are pursuing ambitious solutions in engineering, education, enforcement, and evaluation—“ the 4 Es." Our work is rooted in a commitment to equity and engagement. All Angelenos have a right to safe mobility; Vision Zero ensures this by prioritizing projects that protect our most vulnerable communities.
COLLISIONS BY MODE VERSUS MODE OF PEOPLE KILLED
8 % 6 %
44 %
5 Vision Zero Los Angeles, Los Angeles Vision Zero Technical Analysis: Final Report 2015( Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Transportation, 2015). 6 Vision Zero Los Angeles, Los Angeles Vision Zero Technical Analysis: Final Report 2015( Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Transportation, 2015). 7 Vision Zero Los Angeles, Los Angeles Vision Zero Technical Analysis: Final Report 2015( Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Transportation, 2015).
86 %
People Involved in Collisions
50 %
5 % People Killed in Collisions
SOURCE: California Highway Patrol, " Annual Report of Fatal and Injury Motor Vehicle Traffic Collisions," years 2009 – 13 provided by the Statewide Integrated Records Systems( SWITRS), undated, https:// www. chp. ca. gov / Programs-Services / Services-Information / SWITRS-Internet-Statewide-Integrated-Traffic-Records-System /. SWITRS-2013-Report # 2013section1.
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