West Virginia

Highway Safety Improvement Program

2016 Annual Report

Prepared by: WV
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Disclaimer

Protection of Data from Discovery & Admission into Evidence

23 U.S.C. 148(h)(4) states “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reports, surveys, schedules, 

lists, or data compiled or collected for any purpose relating to this section [HSIP], shall not be 

subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in a Federal or State court proceeding or considered 

for other purposes in any action for damages arising from any occurrence at a location identified or 

addressed in the reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or other data.” 

23 U.S.C. 409 states “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reports, surveys, schedules, lists, 

or data compiled or collected for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, or planning the safety 

enhancement of potential accident sites, hazardous roadway conditions, or railway-highway 

crossings, pursuant to sections 130, 144, and 148 of this title or for the purpose of developing any 

highway safety construction improvement project which may be implemented utilizing Federal-aid 

highway funds shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in a Federal or State 

court proceeding or considered for other purposes in any action for damages arising from any 

occurrence at a location mentioned or addressed in such reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data.”
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Table of Contents

Disclaimer...................................................................................................................................................... ii

Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................... 1

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2

Program Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Program Administration ........................................................................................................................... 2

Program Methodology.............................................................................................................................. 4

Progress in Implementing Projects............................................................................................................... 6

Funds Programmed............................................................................................................................... 6

General Listing of Projects.................................................................................................................. 10

Progress in Achieving Safety Performance Targets .................................................................................... 19

Overview of General Safety Trends........................................................................................................ 19

Application of Special Rules.................................................................................................................... 34

Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Improvements (Program Evaluation) ..........................................35

SHSP Emphasis Areas.............................................................................................................................. 38

Groups of similar project types............................................................................................................... 42

Systemic Treatments............................................................................................................................... 43

Project Evaluation....................................................................................................................................... 46

Glossary....................................................................................................................................................... 52
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Executive Summary

West Virginia’s Highway Safety Improvement Program is coordinated by the Mobility and 

Safety Section of the WVDOH’s Traffic Engineering Division. The Section is responsible for 

initially reviewing and evaluating any project that is a candidate for highway safety 

funding. The initial review and evaluation of a potential project will include the analysis of 

crash data for the location, a field review of the site, and the collection of any other information 

found appropriate to evaluate the proposed project. Once a positive safety benefit is 

determined to exist for a project, the methodology discussed below is used to select and 

prioritize projects for the State’s HSIP. Once a project is selected for the HSIP, the Section is 

responsible for selecting an HSIP funding category for the project and submitting appropriate 

programming documents where HSIP funds are encumbered and projects are assigned to the 

State’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The Mobility and Safety 

Section remains responsible for monitoring and balancing the use of HSIP funds, and 

evaluating the effectiveness of a project following its completion.

The overall purpose of the HSIP is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and 

incapacitating injuries through the implementation of infrastructure-related highway safety 

improvements. The Strategic Highway Safety Program (SHSP) plays a large roll in achieving 

the reduction. Emphasis Areas identified in the SHSP are evaluated and countermeasures 

developed under the HSIP.

WVDOH is currently updating their SHSP and the revised SHSP includes five emphasis areas:

1. Roadway Departure

2. Impaired Driving

3. Occupant Protection

4. Speeding/Aggressive Driving

5. Improving Highway Safety Data

West Virginia strives to insure that projects receiving HSIP funding are consistent with the 

goals and objectives set forth in the five emphasis areas of the SHSP. West Virginia has 

successfully participated in FHWA’s EDC each year, and have implemented several new safety 

countermeasures such as SafetyEdge and High Friction Surface Treatments.

Since the SHSP implementation, West Virginia has seen 38% reduction in fatalities.

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Introduction

The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core Federal-aid program 

with the purpose of achieving a significant reduction in fatalities and serious 

injuries on all public roads. As per 23 U.S.C. 148(h) and 23 CFR 924.15, States are 

required to report annually on the progress being made to advance HSIP 

implementation and evaluation efforts. The format of this report is consistent 

with the HSIP MAP-21 Reporting Guidance dated February 13, 2013 and consists 

of four sections: program structure, progress in implementing HSIP projects, 

progress in achieving safety performance targets, and assessment of the 

effectiveness of the improvements. 

Program Structure

Program Administration

How are Highway Safety Improvement Program funds allocated in a State? 

Central

Describe how local roads are addressed as part of Highway Safety Improvement Program.

 West Virginia Department of Transportation maintains approximately ninety-five percent (95%) of the 

roads in the State, including all secondary or county routes. As such, all HSIP funds are typically used for 

highway safety projects on the State Highway System. Very few of the State's municipalities own city 

streets. These are typically lower volume and do not have significant numbers of fatal or serious injury 

crashes occurring on them; however, should a safety concern exist on a municipal street, the project 

would be eligible to compete for available HSIP funds.

Identify which internal partners are involved with Highway Safety Improvement Program planning. 

Design

Planning

Maintenance

Operations
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Briefly describe coordination with internal partners. 

The Mobility and Safety Section coordinate with every division within WVDOT. Any division or district 

within DOH, as well as safety partners, legislators or the public can recommend a location for safety 

improvements. The Mobility and Safety Section will review crash data and determine whether a safety 

concern exists. This review may include performing a Road Safety Audit (RSA) that can be performed 

either at district level or a full scale RSA involving multiple disciplines. Once the concern is identified, 

and countermeasures are determined, an estimate to implement the countermeasures is prepared. The 

Mobility and Safety Section shall perform a benefit/cost ratio to see if project is eligible for HSIP 

funding. All projects utilizing HSIP funds must be reviewed, approved and programmed by Mobility and 

Safety. The Mobility and Safety Section will provide Design Division with all recommendations, and will 

coordinate with all divisions throughout the multiple phases of a project. 

 The below flowchart graphically explains the HSIP funding process:

Identify which external partners are involved with Highway Safety Improvement Program planning. 

Metropolitan Planning Organizations

Governors Highway Safety Office
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Identify any program administration practices used to implement the HSIP that have changed since 

the last reporting period.

Other-No change

Describe any other aspects of Highway Safety Improvement Program Administration on which you 

would like to elaborate.

West Virginia's Highway Safety Improvement Program is coordinated by the Mobility and Safety Section 

of the WVDOH's Traffic Engineering Division. The Section is responsible for reviewing and evaluating 

any project that is a candidate for highway safety funding. The initial review and evaluation of a 

potential project will include the analysis of crash data for the location, a field review of the site, and the 

collection of any other information found appropriate to evaluate the proposed project.

Once a positive safety benefit is determined to exist for a project, the methodology is used to select and 

prioritize projects for the State's HSIP. Once a project is selected for the HSIP, the Section is responsible 

for selecting an HSIP funding category for the project and submitting appropriate programming 

documents where HSIP funds are encumbered and projects are assigned to the State's Statewide 

Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The Mobility and Safety Section remains responsible for 

monitoring and balancing the use of HSIP funds, and evaluating the effectiveness of a project following 

its completion.

Program Methodology

Select the programs that are administered under the HSIP. 

Roadway Departure

Program: Roadway Departure

Date of Program Methodology: 9/17/2007

 

What data types were used in the program methodology? 
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Crashes Exposure Roadway

All crashes Traffic Functional classification

What project identification methodology was used for this program? 

Crash frequency

Crash rate

Are local roads (non-state owned and operated) included or addressed in this program?

Yes

If yes, are local road projects identified using the same methodology as state roads?

Yes

How are highway safety improvement projects advanced for implementation?

Competitive application process

Select the processes used to prioritize projects for implementation. For the methods selected, indicate 

the relative importance of each process in project prioritization. Enter either the weights or numerical 

rankings. If weights are entered, the sum must equal 100. If ranks are entered, indicate ties by giving 

both processes the same rank and skip the next highest rank (as an example: 1, 2, 2, 4).

Rank of Priority Consideration

Available funding 1

What proportion of highway safety improvement program funds address systemic improvements? 

8%

Highway safety improvement program funds are used to address which of the following systemic 

improvements?

Cable Median Barriers

Rumble Strips

Traffic Control Device Rehabilitation

Pavement/Shoulder Widening

Install/Improve Signing

Install/Improve Pavement Marking and/or Delineation

Upgrade Guard Rails

Safety Edge

Install/Improve Lighting

Add/Upgrade/Modify/Remove Traffic Signal
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What process is used to identify potential countermeasures? 

Engineering Study

Road Safety Assessment

Identify any program methodology practices used to implement the HSIP that have changed since the 

last reporting period.

Other-no change

Describe any other aspects of the Highway Safety Improvement Program methodology on which you 

would like to elaborate. 

The overall purpose of the HSIP is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and incapacitating 

injuries through the implementation of infrastructure related highway safety 

improvements. Components of West Virginia's HSIP include the Strategic Highway Safety Program 

(SHSP), the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), the High Risk Rural Roads Program (HRRRP), 

the Railway-Highway Grade Crossing Program (HRGX), and the Penalty Transfer (Section 154).

The High Risk Rural Road Program (HRRRP) no longer has a set aside amount, and was absorbed by the 

larger HSIP. In West Virginia, the HRRRP is managed through the Traffic Engineering Division's Traffic 

Mobility and Safety Section, as a part of the overall HSIP. Rural collectors or rural local roads generally 

correlate to the county route highway class and WVDOH maintains all of the State's more than 28,000 

miles in county routes. The State has been able to allocate HSIP funds to some of the routes; 

however,as County Routes are the most rural and low-volume of the highway classes, they often lose 

out when competing for funding against projects on routes in highway classifications. The availability of 

HRRRP funding has provided WVDOH with the ability to combat this problem by utilizing HRRRP funding 

to implement safety improvements on routes with this system which have fatal and/or serious injury 

crash rates above the statewide average for county routes.

Progress in Implementing Projects

Funds Programmed

Reporting period for Highway Safety Improvement Program funding.

State Fiscal Year
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Enter the programmed and obligated funding for each applicable funding category.

How much funding is programmed to local (non-state owned and operated) safety projects? 

$0.00

How much funding is obligated to local safety projects?

$0.00

How much funding is programmed to non-infrastructure safety projects? 

$8,228,542.00

How much funding is obligated to non-infrastructure safety projects?

$8,228,542.00

How much funding was transferred in to the HSIP from other core program areas during the reporting 

period?

$0.00

How much funding was transferred out of the HSIP to other core program areas during the reporting 

Funding Category Programmed* Obligated

HSIP (Section 148) $32,941,234.00 70 % $9,303,216.80 100 %

HRRRP (SAFETEA-LU) $1,638,659.00 3 % $0.00 0 %

Penalty Transfer -

Section 154

$12,490,773.00 27 % $0.00 0 %

Totals $47,070,666.00 100% $9,303,216.80 100%
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period?

$0.00

Discuss impediments to obligating Highway Safety Improvement Program funds and plans to 

overcome this in the future.

For the past several years, project prioritization has been a difficult task due to the combined effects of 

rapidly increasing HSIP funding and the Mobility and Safety Section being understaffed. As such, large 

surpluses of HSIP funding had accumulated without the staff to allocate it all. 

Another concern in implementation is many other sections that could assist in the development of HSIP 

project were unfamiliar with the requirements of HSIP funding. The Mobility and Safety Section has 

reached out to all division through their respective annual conference to explain HSIP and eligibility for 

use of funds. 

On September 23, 2014, WVDOH hosted a HSIP peer exchange. Staff from surrounding states came to 

West Virginia to discuss how to streamline the HSIP project delivery. Recommendations from this 

exchange included refining HSIP elements, expanding HSIP resources and streamlining the project 

delivery. Mobility and Safety have requested a consultant to assist with project delivery. 

 In addition to being short-staffed, Mobility and Safety Section has also been working with 

Traffic’s Strategic Highway Safety Planning and Analysis Section to develop a new Safety 

Management System (SMS). The SMS was part of a larger project formally known as 

wvOASIS, which set out to modernize and consolidate nearly all of the State’s data 

systems. Everything from human resources, to time keeping and payroll, and all other aspects of 

finance were to be included. Additionally, wvOASIS set out to develop a large Transportation 

Management System for WVDOH. The Transportation Management System was broken into 

modules which impacted nearly everything WVDOH does. Transportation Operations 

Management, which included one of largest Transportation Asset Inventories ever attempted, 

Right of Way, Fleet Management, Facilities Management and Highway Safety.

The Highway Safety Management System was scoped to enable better management of the 

State’s Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) through the implementation of the 

Highway Safety Manual Volume 1. The project enabled HSIP projects to be tracked cradle to 

grave with ties to WVDOH’s new project management system that was also being developed 

within the framework of wvOASIS. Everything from data analysis, to project selection, 

prioritization, and pre and post evaluation were covered under the module. As a part of its data 

analysis features the Safety Module was to integrate data from the State’s Crash Records 

Database, Citation Tracking System, Driver Records, Vehicle Registration, EMS Run data, and 

Trauma Registry. Additionally a Grants Management component of the module was developed 

for the use of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program and the State’s Commission on Drunk 

Driving Prevention. Similarly to HSIP management features, the grant management component 

would enable both entities to track grants from advertisement, to application, to evaluation and 

selection through post analysis. The majority of the Safety Module was developed by 
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AgileAssets using their Safety Analyst package, however some components of the Grants 

Management portion were developed in CGI’s Advantage software. The wvOASIS project and 

subsequently the Safety Module were broken into phases. The first phase impacting the Safety 

Module went live in January of 2014. This phase included an interface of crash records data into 

the Safety Module and allowed the HSIP management portion of the module to go live, including 

the cradle to grave tracking of HSIP projects. The Grants Management components along with 

all of the other data interfaces were included in a later phase, which unfortunately has been met 

with delay after delay. Much work has been completed on this phase particularly on the 

development of interfaces with the various other data sets, which largely accounts for the Crash 

Records Database Project’s many scope changes. However, there are a variety of outstanding 

issues which have prevented this phase from going live. 

A timeframe for when the wvOASIS effort will be accomplished is still in debate within WVDOT 

management. Although, the sliding window analysis and hotspot identification portion of SMS is 

functional, the inaccuracy of the mileposts associated with the crashes has caused analysis efforts to be 

burdensome for the time being. Due to the percentage of inaccurate mileposts of crashes, hotspots that 

are identified by SMS drastically change upon further review/correction of mileposts. To remedy this 

situation we are working with our contractors to educate and provide better tools to enhance the 

accuracy of mileposts assigned to crashes. We anticipate that the accuracy will be reflected in our 

analysis in the coming year.

Describe any other aspects of the general Highway Safety Improvement Program implementation 

progress on which you would like to elaborate.

At the present time, the Strategic Highway Safety Planning and Analysis Section is working on rectifying 

the data quality issue. 80% of the crashes are able to be mapped using the SMS system. New 

straightline maps to better locate crashes have been developed and provided to contractor. Training to 

more accurately locate crashes for both police and contractor is ongoing.
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General Listing of Projects

List each highway safety improvement project obligated during the reporting period. 

Project Improvement Category Output HSIP 

Cost

Total 

Cost

Funding 

Categor

y

Functional 

Classificati

on

AAD

T

Spee

d

Roadway 

Ownersh

ip

Relationship to 

SHSP

Emphasis 

Area

Strate

gy

Develop 

and 

Implement

Miscellaneous 1 

Numbe

rs

43850

0

145200

0

HRRRP 

(SAFETE

A-LU)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Salary

WV 28 / 

WV 956

Intersection traffic 

control Intersection 

traffic control - other

1 

Numbe

rs

15750

0

175000 HRRRP 

(SAFETE

A-LU)

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

7203 40 State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

D2 and D3 

Lane 

Departure

Roadway Pavement 

surface - high friction 

surface

9 

Numbe

rs

10426

59

104265

9

HRRRP 

(SAFETE

A-LU)

Various State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

West Run 

Road

Roadway Roadway 

widening - travel lanes

2 Miles 80100 89000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Major 

Collector

4300 25 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

D8 Sign 

Inventory 

and 

Replace

Roadway signs and 

traffic control Roadway 

signs (including post) -

new or updated

1 

Numbe

rs

31000

0

423000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Various State 

Highway 

Agency

Signage

Skid 

Testing

Miscellaneous 1 

Numbe

rs

16244

1

250417 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

Strategic 

Highway 

Safety Plan

Non-infrastructure 

Transportation safety 

planning

1 

Numbe

rs

31500

0

400000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Data
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Road 

Safety 

audits

Non-infrastructure 

Road safety audits

1 

Numbe

rs

90000 100000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Study

Highway 

Safety 

Improveme

nt Program

Miscellaneous 1 

Numbe

rs

13156

94

145229

4

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Salary

Statewide 

Crash 

Records

Non-infrastructure 

Data/traffic records

1 

Numbe

rs

13550

00

145000

0

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

US 250 

TWLTL

Roadway Roadway 

widening - travel lanes

1 Miles 22500 25000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

8750 40 State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

Advance 

Intersectio

n

Intersection traffic 

control Modify traffic 

signal - add closed loop 

system

1 

Numbe

rs

72000

0

800000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

Incident 

Manageme

nt

Non-infrastructure 

Enforcement

1 

Numbe

rs

24750

0

275000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Incident 

Manageme

nt

Rock Cliff 

I/S Design

Non-infrastructure 

Transportation safety 

planning

1 

Numbe

rs

15210

0

169000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Minor 

Arterial

5600 25 State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

WVSP 

ATMS 

Integration

Non-infrastructure 

Enforcement

1 

Numbe

rs

21250

00

212500

0

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Enforceme

nt

I-70 

Roadway 

Lighting

Lighting Continuous 

roadway lighting

5 Miles 54761

22

608458

0

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

4104

4

65 State 

Highway 

Agency

Lighting

I-70 

Roadway 

Lighting

Lighting Continuous 

roadway lighting

6 Miles 43623

85

484705

0

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

5143

9

55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Lighting
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Interstate

West Run 

Road

Roadway Roadway 

widening - travel lanes

2 Miles 27000

0

300000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Major 

Collector

4300 25 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

District 4 

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

11948

43

119484

3

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

District 1 

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

93234

4

932344 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

District 8

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

60587

7

635230 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Davis -

Bismarck 

Sec 1-5

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - new

10 

Miles

19509

51

731565

87

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

5000 65 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

ADA Traffic 

Signal 

Upgrade

Pedestrians and 

bicyclists Pedestrian 

beacons

1 

Numbe

rs

35228

8

440360 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Pedestrian

s

East 

Huntington 

Signal 

System

Intersection traffic 

control Modify traffic 

signal -

modernization/replace

ment

8 

Numbe

rs

16245

43

196457

9

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Various State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

CR 45/5 

Left Turn 

Lane

Intersection geometry 

Auxiliary lanes - add 

left-turn lane

1 

Numbe

rs

43090

0

430900 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

9127 45 State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

Cantley 

Street 

Lighting

Lighting Intersection 

lighting

1 

Numbe

rs

26482

5

121576

7

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

4260

0

55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns
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Harrison -

Lost Creek 

Guardrail

Roadside Barrier- metal 3 Miles 80950

4

899449 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

2830

1

70 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Wood WV 

2 TWLTL

Roadway Roadway 

widening - add lane(s) 

along segment

1 Miles 13417

81

149086

8

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

1240

0

55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

Ohio CR 23 

Guardrail

Roadside Barrier- metal 6 Miles 30620

0

340200 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Major 

Collector

1663 35 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Patteson 

Drive 

Lighting

Lighting Continuous 

roadway lighting

1 Miles 80000 100000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

3109

4

35 State 

Highway 

Agency

Lighting

Upgrade 

ITS and 

Traffic 

Control

Advanced technology 

and ITS Advanced 

technology and ITS -

other

1 

Numbe

rs

23235

00

511935

5

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

I-77 Mink 

Shoals

Roadway Rumble strips 

- edge or shoulder

4 Miles 19950

0

575401

3

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

2476

9

70 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

East 

Beckley 

Lighting 

Upgrade

Lighting Site lighting -

interchange

2 Miles 90000 100000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

1542

4

70 State 

Highway 

Agency

Lighting

Corridor G 

Bullnose 

Med 

Treatment

Roadside Barrier end 

treatments (crash 

cushions, terminals)

3 

Numbe

rs

13500 15000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

1550

0

65 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

D-3 Recall 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

1 

Numbe

12419

4

177392 HSIP 

(Section 

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Roadway 

Departure
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markings - remarking rs 148) Agency

D-4 Recall 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

14937

1

186714 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

D-5 Recall 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

18607

0

265786 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

D-10 Recall 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

15851

3

226418 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Teays 

Valley 

TWLTL 

Study

Non-infrastructure 

Transportation safety 

planning

1 

Numbe

rs

21150

0

235000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Minor 

Arterial

1030

0

45 State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

Patteson 

Drive 

Lighting

Lighting Continuous 

roadway lighting

1 Miles 40000 50000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

3109

4

35 State 

Highway 

Agency

Lighting

Buffalo 

Bridge 

Right Turn 

Lane

Intersection geometry 

Auxiliary lanes - add 

right-turn lane

1 

Numbe

rs

67500 75000 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural 

Major 

Collector

4300 55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Intersectio

ns

Hancock 

CR 11 

Guardrail

Roadside Barrier- metal 1 Miles 59200 65800 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Minor 

Arterial

1536 25 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

21600

0

130311

9

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

29610

0

144634

4

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway Roadway delineation 1 22530 116678 HSIP Districtwid State Roadway 
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Striping Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

Numbe

rs

0 2 (Section 

148)

e Highway 

Agency

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

16820

0

163342

7

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

27960

0

154201

3

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

17240

0

103955

8

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

21080

0

116442

0

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

17960

0

101938

8

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

22730

0

125350

3

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Roadway 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

21920

0

148655

2

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

River Road Roadway Rumble strips 

- edge or shoulder

2 Miles 66660 133319

8

HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

1460

5

35 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Guardrail 

Barbour CR 

1

Roadside Barrier- metal 1 Miles 12998 14442 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Rural Local 

Road or 

Street

200 55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

D-2 Recall 

Striping

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - remarking

1 

Numbe

rs

14633

0

182913 HSIP 

(Section 

148)

Districtwid

e

State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure
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Traffic 

Incident 

Manageme

nt

Non-infrastructure 

Educational efforts

1 

Numbe

rs

90000

0

100000

0

Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Education

Statewide 

Safety 

Campaign

Non-infrastructure 

Educational efforts

1 

Numbe

rs

45233

42

502600

0

Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Education

Safety 

Culture 

Assessmen

t

Miscellaneous 1 

Numbe

rs

20000

0

200000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Assessmen

t

WVSP Cad 

System 

Feasibility

Non-infrastructure 

Non-infrastructure -

other

1 

Numbe

rs

10000

0

100000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Study

WV 

Graduated 

Driver 

License

Non-infrastructure 

Non-infrastructure -

other

1 

Numbe

rs

80000 80000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Study

GSHP 

Highway 

Safety Plan 

Coordinati

on

Non-infrastructure 

Non-infrastructure -

other

1 

Numbe

rs

90000 90000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Coordinati

on

Continuum 

of Care 

Server

Non-infrastructure 

Data/traffic records

1 

Numbe

rs

70000 70000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Data
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Section 

154

Tucker US 

219 Survey

Alignment Horizontal 

and vertical alignment

28 

Miles

10000 10000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

2100 55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

US 119 

Survey

Alignment Horizontal 

and vertical alignment

2 Miles 10000 10000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

1010

0

65 State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

GSHP 

Highway 

Safety Plan 

Coordinati

on

Non-infrastructure 

Non-infrastructure -

other

1 

Numbe

rs

80000 80000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Coordinati

on

High 

Friction 

Surface 

Treatment

Roadway Pavement 

surface - high friction 

surface

3 

Numbe

rs

23019

1

230191 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

1270

0

55 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Saturation 

Patrols for 

Law 

Enforceme

nt

Non-infrastructure 

Enforcement

1 

Numbe

rs

20200

00

202000

0

Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Enforceme

nt

US 19 

Harrison 

Guardrail

Roadside Barrier- metal 2 Miles 59797 68655 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Urban 

Minor 

Arterial

5438 45 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

WV 7 Roadside Barrier- metal 6 Miles 35037 389308 Penalty Rural 819 25 State Roadway 
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Monongali

a Guardrail

7 Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

Highway 

Agency

Departure

Access 

Manageme

nt Study

Access management 

Access management -

other

1 

Numbe

rs

25000

0

250000 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Study

Corridor H: 

Davis -

Bismarck

Roadway delineation 

Longitudinal pavement 

markings - new

10 

Miles

24180

66

731565

87

Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

65 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure

Fusion 

Center 

Budget

Advanced technology 

and ITS Congestion 

detection / traffic 

monitoring system

1 

Numbe

rs

12000

0

170000

0

Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Salary

HSIP Data 

Analysis

Non-infrastructure 

Data/traffic records

1 

Numbe

rs

69520

0

150000

0

Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Statewide State 

Highway 

Agency

Data

Cabell I-64 

HFST

Roadway Pavement 

surface - high friction 

surface

1 Miles 28380

0

283800 Penalty 

Transfer 

-

Section 

154

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

3740

5

65 State 

Highway 

Agency

Roadway 

Departure
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Progress in Achieving Safety Performance Targets

Overview of General Safety Trends

Present data showing the general highway safety trends in the state for the past five years. 

Performance Measures* 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Number of fatalities 364 345.4 336.2 319.2 309.8

Number of serious injuries 3214 2385 1992.8 1788 1601.4

Fatality rate (per HMVMT) 1.888 1.808 1.776 1.704 1.648

Serious injury rate (per HMVMT) 16.612 12.448 10.526 9.558 8.53

*Performance measure data is presented using a five-year rolling average.
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To the maximum extent possible, present performance measure* data by functional classification and ownership. 

Year - 2015

Function Classification Number of fatalities Number of serious injuries Fatality rate (per HMVMT) Serious injury rate (per HMVMT)

RURAL PRINCIPAL 

ARTERIAL - INTERSTATE

25.2 41.8 0.81 1.25

RURAL PRINCIPAL 

ARTERIAL - OTHER

48.4 196.2 1.83 7.39

RURAL MINOR 

ARTERIAL

39 167.4 2.43 10.09

RURAL MINOR 

COLLECTOR

10 42.6 2.59 10.97

RURAL MAJOR 

COLLECTOR

70 302.6 2.5 10.7

RURAL LOCAL ROAD OR 

STREET

37.2 129.2 3.71 12.94

URBAN PRINCIPAL 

ARTERIAL - INTERSTATE

15.4 32.6 0.64 1.52

URBAN PRINCIPAL 

ARTERIAL - OTHER 

FREEWAYS AND 

EXPRESSWAYS

1 4.6 1.24 5.79
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URBAN PRINCIPAL 

ARTERIAL - OTHER

26.2 133.2 1.52 7.25

URBAN MINOR 

ARTERIAL

26 142 1.43 7.63

URBAN MAJOR 

COLLECTOR

4.8 32.4 0.76 5

URBAN LOCAL ROAD 

OR STREET

6.6 19.4 3.4 8.87
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Year - 2015

Roadway Ownership Number of 

fatalities

Number of serious 

injuries

Fatality rate (per 

HMVMT)

Serious injury rate (per 

HMVMT)

STATE HIGHWAY AGENCY 296.2 1396.2 1.61 7.58

CITY OF MUNICIPAL HIGHWAY 

AGENCY

9.4 158.8

OTHER STATE AGENCY 4.2 46.4
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Describe any other aspects of the general highway safety trends on which you would like to elaborate.

West Virginia has seen the number of fatalities decease since 2007. In 2007, there were 432 

fatalities. This number dropped to 268 in 2015. The number of serious injuries has decreased over the 

past 9 years. In 2007, there were 6,034 serious injuries. By 2015, the number has decreased to 1,268.

The fatality fate has decreased in 2015. In 2006, it was 2.21 per HMVMT and in 2015, it was 1.42 per 

HMVMT. The serious injury rate has dropped significantly. In 2007, it was 30.92 per HMVMT and in 

2015, it was 6.72 per HMVMT.

Application of Special Rules

Present the rate of traffic fatalities and serious injuries per capita for drivers and pedestrians over the 

age of 65. 

Older Driver

Performance Measures

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Fatality rate (per capita) 0.494 0.534 0.538 0.542 0.492

Serious injury rate (per 

capita)

4.344 2.904 1.726 1.484 1.47

Fatality and serious injury 

rate (per capita)

4.84 3.44 2.266 2.026 1.962

*Performance measure data is presented using a five-year rolling average.

In 2014, the population per 10,000 for drivers and pedestrians 65 years of age and older was 173. There 

were 55 fatalities and 273 serious injures for people in this age group.

The fatality rate for drivers 65 years of age and older was calculated by taking 55 divided by 173 and the 

serious injury rate as calculated by taking 273 divided by 173.

 It should be noted that we determined the population of drivers 65 years of age and older by using 

the MAP-21 / guidance / Section 148: Older Drivers and Pedestrian Special Rule Interim 

Guidance. Additionally it should be noted that HMVMT for 2015 was unable for this report. We used 

2014 HMVMT numbers when calculating 2015 rates.
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Does the older driver special rule apply to your state? 

No

Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Improvements (Program 

Evaluation)
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What indicators of success can you use to demonstrate effectiveness and success in the Highway 

Safety Improvement Program?

Benefit/cost

If 'benefit/cost', indicate the overall Highway Safety Improvement Program benefit/cost ratio.

great than one

Other-Significant reduction in traffic fatalities and incapacitating injuries

What significant programmatic changes have occurred since the last reporting period? 

None

Briefly describe significant program changes that have occurred since the last reporting period. 

The first phase of West Virginia's Safety Management Module, completed as a part of wvOASIS 

went live in January 2014. The wvOASIS project is informally referred to as the Enterprise 

Resource Planning (ERP) project. This portion of the project enabled the State to partially begin 

managing the HSIP through the new Safety Management System. Specifically the State is able to 

complete network screening and analysis (such as outlined in Chapter 4 of the HSM) to identify 

locations on the State's Highway Network that may be in need of some type of highway safety 

improvement. This analysis can be completed for a wide variety of categories, including the 

entire roadway network, roadway departure crashes only, etc. As locations are identified through 

the analysis, safety engineers further analyze sites through the review of crash report narratives 

and diagrams. Following this additional review, site visits to narrowed list of locations are 

completed. From these, potential projects are developed. The potential projects are "built" within 

the Safety Management Module where Information from the National CMF Clearinghouse is 

utilized to conduct benefit/cost analysis for potential projects. From there, projects showing a b/c 

ratio of greater than 1 are progressed through the system. Under the currently live phase of ERP, 

candidate projects cannot automatically be submitted to the project selection process; however, 

the phase of the ERP project which is currently under development will rectify this situation 

streamlining the project submission process for safety. The current "live" portion of the system 

requires manual intervention to progress projects through the system from cradle to grave.

Currently all Highway Safety staff within Traffic Engineering Division have access to all of the 
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components of the ERP system that are live. Additionally, district traffic engineers and MPO 

safety personnel have access to the data within the system; however, not to the project analysis 

and development portions of the system. 

As with any new system, WV's safety management system is not without faults; however most 

of its faults are known and will be overcome quickly following the completion of the remainder 

of the ERP project. Not all crashes on the State Highway System currently locate on the LRS 

which means those crashes are excluded from network screening analysis. There are a couple of 

reasons for this problem, but fortunately the fix is the same for all. WV's LRS is relatively new, 

developed simultaneously with the ERP system, as such crashes have never been located on the 

LRS before moving them into this system so minor errors of as little as 1/100 of a mile can result 

in a crash errors get out on the LRS. Additionally, the crash data in the system predates the LRS 

data so situations where a road has been realigned, renumbered, etc. result in crash location 

errors. Lastly, the LRS in the live portion of ERP is currently static so crashes can potentially 

have a more up to date location than is available in the system, thus they may error when 

locating on the LRS as well. As the remaining phase of ERP is completed older "not located" 

crashes are being Corrected. When the remaining portion of ERP is completed and the LRS 

interface begins to operate the newer "not located" crashes will largely locate without 

intervention and only a few will require manual intervention. It should also be noted that any 

crashes, regardless of age, that have occurred on municipal streets currently are not locating on 

the LRS. This is because prior to the development of the LRS for ERP municipal streets did not

have a "route" assigned to them, as such crashes have always been stored by municipality and 

street name. As the final phase of ERP is completed crash data for municipal street crashes has to 

have those "route" numbers assigned to them. All of this crash data cleansing takes a lot of 

resources, which unfortunately the Strategic Highway Safety Planning and Analysis Section 

currently does not have. The work can be accomplished however under current constraints it will 

take some time.
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SHSP Emphasis Areas

For each SHSP emphasis area that relates to the HSIP, present trends in emphasis area performance measures. 

Year - 2015

HSIP-related SHSP 

Emphasis Areas

Target 

Crash Type

Number of 

fatalities

Number of 

serious injuries

Fatality rate (per

HMVMT)

Serious injury rate 

(per HMVMT)

Other1Other2Other3

Roadway Departure 233 725 1.25 5.05
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Groups of similar project types
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Present the overall effectiveness of groups of similar types of projects.

Systemic Treatments

Present the overall effectiveness of systemic treatments.

Year - 2015

HSIP Subprogram TypesTarget 

Crash Type

Number of 

fatalities

Number of 

serious injuries

Fatality rate (per 

HMVMT)

Serious injury rate 

(per HMVMT)

Other1Other2Other3

Roadway 

Departure

233 930.8 1.24 4.96

Year - 2015

Systemic improvement Target 

Crash 

Type

Number of 

fatalities

Number of 

serious 

injuries

Fatality rate 

(per HMVMT)

Serious injury 

rate (per 

HMVMT)

Other1Other2Other3

Add/Upgrade/Modify/Remove 309.8 1601.4 1.65 8.53
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Traffic Signal

Traffic Control Device Rehabilitation 309.8 1601.4 1.65 8.53

Safety Edge 233 930.8 1.24 4.96

Install/Improve Lighting 128.6 466 0.68 2.48

Install/Improve Pavement Marking 

and/or Delineation

233 930.8 1.24 4.96

Install/Improve Signing 309.8 1601.4 1.65 8.53

Rumble Strips 233 930.8 1.24 4.96

Cable Median Barriers 233 930.8 1.24 4.96

Upgrade Guard Rails 233 930.8 1.24 4.96

Pavement/Shoulder Widening 233 930.8 1.24 4.96
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Describe any other aspects of the overall Highway Safety Improvement Program effectiveness on 

which you would like to elaborate. 

The number of fatalities has generally decreased between 2007 and 2015. In 2007, there were 432 

fatalities and it decreased to 268 in 2015. The number of serious injuries has decreased between 2007 

and 2015. In 2007, there were 6,034 serious injuries. By 2015, this number has decreased to 1,268.

The fatality rate has decreased between 2007 and 2015. In 2007 the fatality rate was 2.21 per 

HMVMT. In 2015, the fatality rate was 1.42 per HMVMT. The serious injury rate also decreased 

between 2007 and 2015. In 2007 the serious injury rate was 30.92 per HMVMT. In 2015, the serious 

injury rate was 6.72 per HMVMT.

It should be noted that the 2015 HMVMT is unavailable at this time. Programming Division supplies 

Traffic Engineering Division with the most current HMVMT and at the time of preparing the report, they 

were currently updating their records. In order to calculate the fatality rate and serious injury rate, we 

used 2014 HMVMT.
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Project Evaluation

Provide project evaluation data for completed projects (optional). 

Location Functional 

Class

Improvement 

Category

Improvement Type BefFatalBefSerious 

Injury

Bef-All 

Injuries

BefPDOBefTotalAftFatalAftSerious 

Injury

Aft-All 

Injuries

AftPDOAftTotalEvaluation 

Results 

(Benefit/ 

Cost 

Ratio)

Webster 

County CR 

46

Rural 

Major 

Collector

Roadway Roadway widening - travel 

lanes

1 3 3 7 4 3 7

Randolph 

County US 

219

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

Roadside Barrier- metal 6 24 55 85 1 2 28 63 94
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Lewis 

County I79

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

Lighting Site lighting - interchange 1 12 40 53 1 1 2

Grant 

County US 

220

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

Roadside Barrier - other

Hampshire 

County US 

50

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

Roadway Pavement surface - high 

friction surface

1 1 2 1 2 3

Hampshire 

County 

WV 127

Rural 

Major 

Collector

Shoulder 

treatments

Pave existing shoulders 2 2 7 13 24 1 6 12 19
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Hampshire 

County 

WV 127

Rural 

Major 

Collector

Roadside Barrier- metal 2 2 7 13 24 1 6 12 19

Kanawha 

County CR 

83

Rural 

Major 

Collector

Roadside Barrier- metal 2 2 12 17 33 1 7 14 22

Lewis 

County I79

Rural 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

Roadway Pavement surface - high 

friction surface

1 4 5

Pendleton 

County US 

33

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

Roadway 

delineation

Raised pavement markers 1 3 5 9 1 4 3 8
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Preston 

County 

WV 26

Rural 

Minor 

Arterial

Roadway Pavement surface - high 

friction surface

6 10 16 1 1

Cabell 

County US 

60

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Other

Intersection 

traffic control

Modify traffic signal -

modernization/replacement

11 34 45 2 20 22

Logan 

County 

WV 10

Urban 

Minor 

Arterial

Intersection 

traffic control

Systemic improvements -

signal-controlled

1 6 7

Kanawha 

County CR 

25/47

Urban 

Major 

Collector

Intersection 

traffic control

Systemic improvements -

signal-controlled

2 17 19 1 7 8
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Putnam 

County I64

Urban 

Principal 

Arterial -

Interstate

Roadway 

signs and 

traffic control

Roadway signs (including 

post) - new or updated

1 1 31 137 170 3 8 44 55

Randolph 

County US 

33

Urban 

Minor 

Arterial

Shoulder 

treatments

Widen shoulder - paved or 

other

6 18 24 4 7 18 29
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Glossary

5 year rolling average means the average of five individual, consecutive annual points of data (e.g. 

annual fatality rate).

Emphasis area means a highway safety priority in a State’s SHSP, identified through a data-driven, 

collaborative process. 

Highway safety improvement project means strategies, activities and projects on a public road that are 

consistent with a State strategic highway safety plan and corrects or improves a hazardous road location 

or feature or addresses a highway safety problem. 

HMVMT means hundred million vehicle miles traveled.

Non-infrastructure projects are projects that do not result in construction. Examples of noninfrastructure projects include road safety audits, transportation safety planning activities, 

improvements in the collection and analysis of data, education and outreach, and enforcement 

activities.

Older driver special rule applies if traffic fatalities and serious injuries per capita for drivers and 

pedestrians over the age of 65 in a State increases during the most recent 2-year period for which data 

are available, as defined in the Older Driver and Pedestrian Special Rule Interim Guidance dated 

February 13, 2013. 

Performance measure means indicators that enable decision-makers and other stakeholders to monitor 

changes in system condition and performance against established visions, goals, and objectives.

Programmed funds mean those funds that have been programmed in the Statewide Transportation 

Improvement Program (STIP) to be expended on highway safety improvement projects.

Roadway Functional Classification means the process by which streets and highways are grouped into 

classes, or systems, according to the character of service they are intended to provide.

Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) means a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary plan, based on safety 

data developed by a State Department of Transportation in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 148. 

Systematic refers to an approach where an agency deploys countermeasures at all locations across a 

system.

Systemic safety improvement means an improvement that is widely implemented based on high risk 

roadway features that are correlated with specific severe crash types. 

Transfer means, in accordance with provisions of 23 U.S.C. 126, a State may transfer from an 

apportionment under section 104(b) not to exceed 50 percent of the amount apportioned for the fiscal 

year to any other apportionment of the State under that section.