West Virginia

Highway Safety Improvement Program

2015 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

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

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

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

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

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

Progress in Implementing Projects............................................................................................................. 10

Funds Programmed............................................................................................................................. 10

General Listing of Projects.................................................................................................................. 14

Progress in Achieving Safety Performance Targets .................................................................................... 22

Overview of General Safety Trends........................................................................................................ 22

Application of Special Rules.................................................................................................................... 36

Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Improvements (Program Evaluation) .......................................... 38

SHSP Emphasis Areas.............................................................................................................................. 40

Groups of similar project types............................................................................................................... 45

Systemic Treatments............................................................................................................................... 50

Project Evaluation...................................................................................................................................56

Glossary.......................................................................................................................................................60
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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 reviewing and evaluating

any project that is a candidate for highway safety funds.  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 later is

used to select the prioritze 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.
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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

District

Other

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

West Virginia Division 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 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.  
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Design

Planning

Maintenance

Operations

Governors Highway Safety Office

Other:  

Briefly describe coordination with internal partners.  

Maintenance and operations identify potential projects throughout the state.  They contact the Mobility

and Safety Section to see if safety funds can be used to fund the proposed projects.  Often during road

safety assessments, their expertise is often sought for potential solutions to found safety issues.

Once a project is programmed, it is often the responsible for the design division to prepare all necessary

plans for the project.  The Mobility and Safety Section will provide them with the proposed location of

the improvement and provide any necessary expertise throughout the design phase.  Planning Division

helps coordinate with all external partners, mainly the Metropolitan Planning Organizations.

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

Metropolitan Planning Organizations

Governors Highway Safety Office

Local Government Association

Other:  
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Identify any program administration practices used to implement the HSIP that have changed since

the last reporting period.

Multi‐disciplinary HSIP steering committee

Other: 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 responsble 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

responsble for selecting an HSIP fuding 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

responsble 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.  

Median Barrier Intersection Safe Corridor

Horizontal Curve Bicycle Safety Rural State Highways

Skid Hazard Crash Data Red Light Running Prevention

Roadway Departure Low‐Cost Spot Improvements Sign Replacement And

Improvement

Local Safety Pedestrian Safety Right Angle Crash
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Left Turn Crash Shoulder Improvement Segments

Other:      

   

   

Program: Roadway Departure

Date of Program Methodology: 9/17/2007

    

What data types were used in the program methodology?  

Crashes Exposure Roadway

All crashes Traffic Median width

Fatal crashes only Volume Horizontal curvature

Fatal and serious injury

crashes only

Population Functional classification

Other   Lane miles Roadside features

Other   Other  

What project identification methodology was used for this program?  

Crash frequency

Expected crash frequency with EB adjustment

Equivalent property damage only (EPDO Crash frequency)

EPDO crash frequency with EB adjustment

Relative severity index
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Crash rate

Critical rate

Level of service of safety (LOSS)

Excess expected crash frequency using SPFs

Excess expected crash frequency with the EB adjustment

Excess expected crash frequency using method of moments

Probability of specific crash types

Excess proportions of specific crash types

Other  

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

Yes

No

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

Yes

No

How are highway safety improvement projects advanced for implementation?

Competitive application process

selection committee

Other  

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).
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Relative Weight in Scoring

Rank of Priority Consideration

Ranking based on B/C   

Available funding 1

Incremental B/C   

Ranking based on net benefit   

Other    

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

25   

   

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 Clear Zone Improvements

Safety Edge Install/Improve Lighting

Add/Upgrade/Modify/Remove Traffic Signal Other  

   
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What process is used to identify potential countermeasures?  

Engineering Study

Road Safety Assessment

Other:  

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

last reporting period.

Highway Safety Manual

Road Safety audits

Systemic Approach

Other: 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 signficant reduction in traffic fatalities and incapacitating

injuries through the implementation of infrastructure related highway safety improvements.  

Components of West Virgina's HSIP include the Strategic Highway Safety Program (SHSP), the Highway
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Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), the High Risk Rural Roads Program (HRRRP), the Railway‐Highway

Grade Crossing Program (HRGX), and the Pentality Transfer (Section 154).

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

larger HSIP.  In West Virginia, the HRRRP is manage 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 within this system which have fatal and/or serious injury

crash rates above the statewide average for county routes.
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Progress in Implementing Projects

Funds Programmed

Reporting period for Highway Safety Improvement Program funding.

Calendar Year

State Fiscal Year

Federal Fiscal Year

Enter the programmed and obligated funding for each applicable funding category.

Funding Category Programmed* Obligated

HSIP (Section 148) 49828238   76 % 13187844   78 %

HRRRP (SAFETEA‐LU) 1596359     2 % 343000     2 %

HRRR Special Rule

Penalty Transfer	‐	

Section 154

14549386    22 % 3341061    20 %

Penalty Transfer –

Section 164

Incentive Grants	‐		

Section 163

      

Incentive Grants

(Section 406)

Other Federal‐aid

Funds (i.e. STP, NHPP)

      

State and Local Funds
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Totals 65973983 100% 16871905 100%

How much funding is programmed to local (non‐state owned and maintained) 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?

$15,985,729.00

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

$15,985,729.00

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

period?

$0.00
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How much funding was transferred out of the HSIP to other core program areas during the reporting

period?

$0.00

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

overcome this in the future.

The Mobility and Safety Section is actively working towards improving the process but it still incredible

hampered by staffing issues. In order to improve their ability to progress, they have requested a

consultant to assist with crash data location and analysis

West Virginia has observed several impediments to obligating Highway Safety Improvement Program

funds.  First, many throughout the DOH organization are not familiar with the safety program.  Often

they are unaware that there are potential funds to correct a safety problem.  Second, even though the

Mobility and Safety Section is responsible for monitoring and balancing the use of HSIP funds, they do

not handle the design of the project.  We have found that people who are responsible for the design of

the project have too much work.  Often these people have other projects from other core programs.

To overcome this, members of the Mobility and Safety Section are attempting to reach out to the

districts and other divisions to familiarize them with the safety program.  They are also keeping contact

with people who are responsible for the design during the entire process and checking with their

workload before assigning the design of the project to them.

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 includeing refining HSIP elements, expanding HSIP resources and steamlining the project

delivery.

            The WVDOH made a commitment to be able to do systemic analysis and evaluation

encompassing the entire state‐owned highway network.  When this commitment was made this was

under the assumption that the ERP system would be fully functional and operating at full capacity.  

While the ERP did go live in 2014 and was functioning properly, it was discovered that there was some

major crash mapping and data quality issues that needed to be remedied.  At launch there were

approximately 60% of the crashes statewide that were able to be mapped.  This means that all of the

data analysis as well as network screening (sliding window analysis) were only able to utilize 60% of the

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

progress on which you would like to elaborate.

Additional work is still needed to improve crash locations in addition to the mapping issues.  It is

WVDOH to work with consultant over the next years to improve accuracy of crash location.

At the present time, the WVDOH has rectified the data quality issue to where the percenrage is up to

80% of the crashes are able to be mapped.  As such the network screening and analysis can be run

against 80% of the total crashes.  It is anticipated that this percentage will continue to climb into the

90%+ range within the next 1‐2 years.

It is being recommended that the WVDOH begin utilizing the SMS functionality for the identification of

hotspots.  This means that sliding window analysis will analyze and rank hotspots using the 80% of

crashes that were able to be mapped.  Once the hotspots have been identified, a further indepth

analysis will be necessary as usual to identify potential countermeasures at the identified locations.  
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General Listing of ProjectsList each highway safety improvement project obligated during the reporting period.

Project Improvement Category Output HSIP

Cost

TotalCost

FundingCategory

FunctionalClassification

AADT

Speed

RoadwayOwnership

SafetyCultureAssessment

Miscellaneous 1

Numbers

200000

200000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

Statewide State

HighwayAgency

WVSP CadSystemFeasibility

Non‐infrastructureNon‐infrastructure ‐ other

1Numbers

100000

100000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

Statewide State

HighwayAgency

WVGraduatedDriverLicense

Non‐infrastructureNon‐infrastructure ‐ 

other

1Numbers

80000 80000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

Statewide State

HighwayAgency

Evaluationof SchoolZone

Non‐infrastructureNon‐infrastructure ‐ other

1Numbers

90000 90000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section

Statewide State

HighwayAgency
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Continuumof CareServer

Non‐infrastructureData/traffic records

1Numbers

70000 70000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

Statewide State

HighwayAgency

Tucker US219 Survey

Alignment Horizontaland vertical alignment

28Miles

10000 10000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

2100 55 State

HighwayAgency

US 119Survey

Alignment Horizontal

and vertical alignment

2 Miles 10000 10000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

Rural

PrincipalArterial ‐ Other

7200 65 State

HighwayAgency

District 2Guardrail

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 1

Numbers

2104185

2104185

PenaltyTransfer ‐ Section154

Districtwide

StateHighwayAgency

GSHPHighwaySafety Plan

Coordinati

Non‐infrastructureNon‐infrastructure ‐ 

other

1Numbers

80000 80000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section

Statewide State

HighwayAgency
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on 154Belo	‐	MyrtleRoad

Roadway Rumble strips‐ edge or shoulder

3 Miles 72783

2

2945790

PenaltyTransfer ‐ Section154

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

6000 65 State

HighwayAgency

Safety Sign

PlanAlleghenyMountain

Roadway signs andtraffic control Roadway

signs (including post) ‐ 

new or updated

2 Miles 12050

0

120500 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

RuralMinorArterial

1700 55 State

HighwayAgency

AltaInterchange Road

Roadway delineationLongitudinal pavementmarkings ‐ remarking

1 Miles 89300 192950

0

PenaltyTransfer ‐ Section154

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

15552

70 State

HighwayAgency

KanawhaLine	‐	AmblerRidge

Roadway Pavementsurface ‐ high friction

surface

6 Miles 27890

0

3531900

PenaltyTransfer ‐ Section154

RuralMajorCollector

2000 55 State

HighwayAgency

SaturationPatrols forLawEnforceme

Non‐infrastructureEnforcement

1Numbers

2020000

2020000

PenaltyTransfer ‐ Section

Statewide State

HighwayAgency
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nt 154Davis	‐	BismarckSec 6, 7, 8

Roadway delineationLongitudinal pavementmarkings ‐ new

6 Miles 12239

55

96971548

PenaltyTransfer ‐ Section154

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

5000 65 State

HighwayAgency

US 19HarrisonGuardrail

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 2 Miles 10550

0

105500 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

UrbanMinorArterial

6300 45 State

HighwayAgency

WV 7Monongalia Guardrail

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 6 Miles 28500

0

285000 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

1200 25 State

HighwayAgency

UpgradeITS andTrafficControl

Advanced technologyand ITS Advancedtechnology and ITS ‐ other

1Numbers

2323500

5119355

HSIP(Section 148)

Statewide State

HighwayAgency

District 2

Guardrail

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 1

Numbers

274 212418

5

HSIP(Section 148)

Districtwide

StateHighwayAgency

Interstate81

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 5 Miles 55280 552800 HSIP

(Sectio

RuralPrincipal

4600 70 State

Highway
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Interstate

0 Agency 

Doc BaileyRoadTrafficSignal

Intersection trafficcontrol Modify traffic

signal ‐ modernization/replacement

1Numbers

144780

160889 HSIP

(Section 148)

UrbanMinorArterial

20300

35 State

HighwayAgency

I‐64 TruckExcapeRampRenovation

Speed managementSpeed management ‐ other

1 Miles 29355

5

326172 HSIP

(Section 148)

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

13212

70 State

HighwayAgency

RiversideDrive	‐	WV

16

Roadway Rumble strips

‐ edge or shoulder

2 Miles 13900 727100 HSIP

(Section 148)

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

2700 45 State

HighwayAgency

Pennsylvania Avenue

Roadway Rumble strips‐ edge or shoulder

1 Miles 47200 116520

0

HSIP(Section 148)

UrbanMinorArterial

10100

35 State

HighwayAgency

FreedomWay Road

Roadway Rumble strips

‐ edge or shoulder

1 Miles 9400 349802 HSIP

(Section 148)

UrbanMinorArterial

6000 40 State

HighwayAgency

GuardrailBarbour CR1

Roadside Barrier ‐ cable 1 Miles 9000 10000 HSIP

(Section 148)

Rural LocalRoad orStreet

200 55 State

HighwayAgency
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NewhouseBranch	‐	Edens Fork

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 4 Miles 46119

9

461199 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

52000

70 State

HighwayAgency

Intersection Flasher

Intersection trafficcontrol Intersectionflashers ‐ add advanceintersection warningsign‐mounted

1Numbers

34732 34732 Penalty

Transfer ‐ Section154

UrbanMinorArterial

9000 40 State

HighwayAgency

WV 20GuardrailandSignage

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 2 Miles 22941

3

229413 HSIP

(Section 148)

Rural

MajorCollector

2300 55 State

HighwayAgency

RWISInstall

Advanced technologyand ITS Advancedtechnology and ITS ‐ other

1Numbers

616500

685000 HSIP

(Section 148)

Statewide State

HighwayAgency

Wood WV 2

TWLTL

Roadway Roadway

widening ‐ add lane(s)along segment

1 Miles 12600

00

1400000

HSIP(Section 148)

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

13000

55 State

HighwayAgency

WVSPATMSIntegration

Non‐infrastructureEnforcement

1Numbers

2125000

2125000

HSIP(Section 148)

Statewide State

HighwayAgency
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I‐70

RoadwayLighting

Lighting Continuousroadway lighting

5 Miles 54761

22

6084580

HSIP(Section 148)

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

42000

65 State

HighwayAgency

I‐68 / I‐79Interchange Lighting

Lighting Site lighting ‐ interchange

1Numbers

1102068

1224517

HSIP(Section 148)

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

41500

70 State

HighwayAgency

US 250 /

WV 7 HFST

Roadway Pavementsurface ‐ high friction

surface

1 Miles 24988

4

275605 HSIP

(Section 148)

Districtwide

StateHighwayAgency

MelroseSquare I/SImprovement

Intersection trafficcontrol Intersectiontraffic control ‐ other

1Numbers

374004

415560 HSIP

(Section 148)

UrbanMinorArterial

7900 35 State

HighwayAgency

Ohio CR 23Guardrail

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 6 Miles 73350 81500 HSIP

(Section 148)

UrbanMajor

Collector

2000 35 State

HighwayAgency

I‐70RoadwayLighting

Lighting Continuousroadway lighting

6 Miles 43623

85

4847050

HSIP(Section 148)

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

53000

55 State

HighwayAgency

West RunRoad

Roadway Roadway

widening ‐ travel lanes

2 Miles 90000 100000 HSIP

(Section 148)

UrbanMajorCollector

1750 25 State

HighwayAgency
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Davis	‐	BismarckSec 1‐5

Roadway delineationLongitudinal pavementmarkings ‐ new

10Miles

1950951

66145373

HSIP(Section 148)

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

5000 65 State

HighwayAgency
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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* 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Number of fatalities 378.6 364 345.4 336.2 319.2

Number of serious injuries 4192 3211.8 2382.8 1990.6 1786.8

Fatality rate (per HMVMT) 1.944 1.888 1.808 1.776 1.704

Serious injury rate (per

HMVMT)

21.47 16.612 12.448 10.526 9.564

*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 ‐ 2014

FunctionClassification

Number of fatalities Number of serious injuries Fatality rate (per HMVMT) Serious inj

RURAL PRINCIPALARTERIAL ‐ INTERSTATE

28.6 59.4 0.94 1.9

RURAL PRINCIPALARTERIAL ‐ OTHERFREEWAYS ANDEXPRESSWAYS

0 0 0 0

RURAL PRINCIPALARTERIAL ‐ OTHER

47.2 184.2 1.81 7.04

RURAL MINORARTERIAL

39.6 162 2.46 9.67

RURAL MINOR

COLLECTOR

10 39.8 2.62 10.42

RURAL MAJORCOLLECTOR

76.4 278 2.54 9.74

RURAL LOCAL ROAD OR

STREET

38.2 115.6 3.84 11.78

URBAN PRINCIPAL 14.4 42 0.61 1.88
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FREEWAYS AND

EXPRESSWAYS

0.4 4.2 0.52 5.52

URBAN PRINCIPALARTERIAL ‐ OTHER

27.8 123.4 1.61 6.79

URBAN MINOR

ARTERIAL

29 138 1.56 7.36

URBAN MINORCOLLECTOR

0 0 0 0

URBAN MAJOR

COLLECTOR

5.4 30 0.86 4.66

URBAN LOCAL ROADOR STREET

7.4 18 3.72 8.28
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Roadway Ownership Number of

fatalities

Number of seriousinjuries

Fatality rate (perHMVMT)

SH

STATE HIGHWAY AGENCY 306.2 1564.2 1.67 8COUNTY HIGHWAY AGENCY 0 0 0 0TOWN OR TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY AGENCY 0 0 0 0CITY OF MUNICIPAL HIGHWAY AGENCY 10.2 171.6 0 0STATE PARK, FOREST, OR RESERVATION AGENCY 0 0 0 0LOCAL PARK, FOREST OR RESERVATION AGENCY 0 0 0 0OTHER STATE AGENCY 2.8 52.2 0 0OTHER LOCAL AGENCY 0 0 0 0PRIVATE (OTHER THAN RAILROAD) 0 0 0 0RAILROAD 0 0 0 0STATE TOLL AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0LOCAL TOLL AUTHORITY 0 0 0 0OTHER PUBLIC INSTRUMENTALITY (E.G. AIRPORT,

SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY)

0 0 0 0

INDIAN TRIBE NATION 0 0 0 0
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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 numnber of fatalities decrease since 2006.  In 2006, there were 411

fatalities.  This number dropped to 272 in 2014.  The number of serious injuries has decreased over the

past 9 years.  In 2006, there were 6,855 serious injuries.  By 2014, the number has decreased to 1,384.

The fatality rate has decreased in 2014.  In 2006, it was 2.09 per HMVMT and in 2014, it was 1.44 per

HMVMT.  The serious injury rate has dropped significantly.  In 2006, it was 34.83 per HMVMT and in

2014, it was 7.34 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

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Fatality rate (per

capita)

0.468 0.494 0.534 0.538 0.542

Serious injury rate

(per capita)

5.896 4.344 2.904 1.726 1.484

Fatality and serious

injury rate (per capita)

6.364 4.84 3.44 2.266 2.044

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

In 2013, the population of WV was 1,853,994.  Therefore the population per 10,000 was 173.  There

were 81 fatalities and 232 serious injuries for people 65 and over.

      The fatality rate for drivers over 65 is 81 divided by 173 and the serious injury rate is 232 divided by

173.

The population numbers are different from the 2014 report.  In 2014, we used an estimated

population.  In 2015, we used numbers from MAP‐21 / guidance / Section 148: Older DRivers and

Pedestrian Special Rule Interim Guidance.
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Does the older driver special rule apply to your state?  

No
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Improvements (Program

Evaluation)

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

Safety Improvement Program?  

None

Benefit/cost

Policy change

Other: Other‐Significant reduction in traffic fatalities and incapacitating injuries

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

Shift Focus to Fatalities and Serious Injuries

Include Local Roads in Highway Safety Improvement Program

Organizational Changes

None

Other: Other‐ERP

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

West Virginia is beginning to use a new system called the electronic report system.  With this new

system, people are able to pull accident data covering the entire state from their computer.  
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Implementation of the system has been delayed for several years.  Right now, it is a working system and

people are pulling accident data.

At this time, there are several issues with this system.  Many times the milepoint associated with

particular accidents are entered wrong in the system.  To address this, people still have to read the

individual accident report and change the milepost when appropriate.
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Year ‐ 2014

HSIP‐related SHSPEmphasis Areas

TargetCrash Type

Number offatalities

Number ofserious injuries

Fatality rate (perHMVMT)

Serious injury rate(per HMVMT)

Ot1

Roadway Departure 243.2 1058.8 1.3 5.66 0 
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Groups of similar project typesPresent the overall effectiveness of groups of similar types of projects.

Year ‐ 2014

HSIP Sub‐program Types

TargetCrash Type

Number offatalities

Number ofserious injuries

Fatality rate (perHMVMT)

Serious injury rate(per HMVMT)

Ot1

RoadwayDeparture

243.2 1058.8 1.3 5.66 0 
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Year ‐ 2014

Systemic improvement Target

CrashType

Number offatalities

Number ofseriousinjuries

Fatality rate(perHMVMT)

Serious injuryrate (perHMVMT)

Ot1

Install/Improve Pavement Marking

and/or Delineation

243.2 1058.8 1.36 5.66 0 

Rumble Strips 243.2 1058.8 1.36 5.66 0 Add/Upgrade/Modify/RemoveTraffic Signal

319.2 1789 1.71 9.56 0 

Install/Improve Signing 319.2 1789 1.71 9.56 0 
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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 2006 and 2014.  In 2005, there were 411

fatalities and it decreased to 272 in 2014.  The number of serious injuries has decreased between 2006

and 2014.  In 2006, there were 6,855 serious injuries.  By 2014, this number has decreased to 1,384.

The fatality rate has decreased between 2005 and 2014.  In 2006 the fatality rate was 2.09 per HMVMT.  

In 2014, the fatality rate was 1.44 per HMVMT.  The serious injury rate also decreased between 2006

and 2014.  In 2006 the serious injury rate was 34.83 per HMVMT.  In 2014, the serious injury rate was

7.34 per HMVMT.
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Location Function

al Class

Improvement Category

Improvement Type Bef‐

Fatal

Bef‐SeriousInjury

Bef‐AllInjuries

Bef‐PDO

Bef‐Total

Aft‐Fatal

Aft‐SeriousInjury

Aft‐Al

Injuris

UpshurCounty CR9/2

UrbanLocalRoad orStreet

Roadway Roadway widening ‐ curve 0 1 2 5 8 0 0 1 

WoodCounty CR

50/5

RuralLocal

Road orStreet

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 0 1 3 8 12 0 0 1 

BerkeleyCountyWV 45

UrbanMinorArterial

Intersectiontraffic control

Modify traffic signal ‐ miscellaneous/other/unspecified

0 0 4 14 18 0 1 3 

BerkeleyCounty US11

Urban

MinorArterial

Intersectiontraffic control

Modify traffic signal ‐ 

miscellaneous/other/unspecified

0 0 3 1 4 0 1 2 

PutnamCounty CR

UrbanMinor

Roadwaysigns and

Roadway signs (includingpost) ‐ new or updated

2 5 47 111 165 0 5 23 
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RuralMajorCollector

Roadway Pavement surface ‐ high

friction surface

0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 

NicholasCounty US19

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

Roadwaydelineation

Raised pavement markers 1 3 15 36 55 0 3 12 

RaleighCounty I‐64

RuralPrincipal

Arterial ‐ Interstate

Roadwaydelineation

Raised pavement markers 3 26 88 196 313 1 2 24 

LoganCounty US119

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

Roadwaysigns andtraffic control

Roadway signs (includingpost) ‐ new or updated

0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 

PutnamCountyWV 34

Urban

MinorArterial

Intersectiontraffic control

Modify traffic signal ‐ 

miscellaneous/other/unspecified

0 1 1 8 10 0 0 2 

KanawhaCounty US60

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Monongal Urban Intersection Modify traffic signal ‐  0 0 2 24 26 0 0 6 
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Principal

Arterial ‐ Other

traffic control miscellaneous/other/unspec

ified

MercerCounty I‐77

RuralPrincipalArterial ‐ Interstate

Roadway Pavement surface ‐ high

friction surface

0 0 4 16 20 0 0 0 

BrookeCountyWV 2

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

Roadside Barrier‐ metal 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 4 

LincolnCountyWV 10

RuralMinorArterial

Roadwaydelineation

Roadway delineation ‐ other 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 

LincolnCountyWV 10

RuralMinorArterial

Intersectiongeometry

Auxiliary lanes ‐ add left‐turn

lane

0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 

BrookeCountyWV 2

UrbanPrincipalArterial ‐ Other

Intersectiongeometry

Auxiliary lanes ‐ add left‐turnlane

0 8 15 37 60 0 7 17 
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Optional Attachments

Sections Files Attached

   
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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 non‐

infrastructure 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.  

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.