Update on United States Road

Assessment Program (usRAP)

SCOHTS MeetingApril 29, 2010

RESEARCH PLANS

“Safer drivers in safer vehicles on safer roads”

Road Assessment Programs

• 2000 - EuroRAP• 2003 - AusRAP• 2004 - usRAP• 2005 - iRAP• future - CanRAP

usRAP Objectives

• Benchmark safety of road segments• Allocate resources based on risks

InfrastructureEnforcement

• Inform and provide guidance to motorists

• Foster collaboration

Ongoing Tenets

• Assist, as needed• Complement and supplement• Collaborate fully• Remain sensitive to liability and media issues• Free

Research Team Midwest Research Institute Iowa State University

usRAP Advisory Panel• AASHTO•AHUA & RSF•ATSSA•Auto Clubs•FHWA•ITE•NACE•Local/State Highway Agencies

usRAP Protocols

• Risk Mapping – Fatals and Serious Injuries

• Road Protection Score

• Performance Tracking

Phase IPhase IIPhase III

usRAP

RPS Validation – Washington, Iowa

Public Awareness Campaigns – Utah, Michigan

Applications of usRAP• Highway safety improvement plans• Performance “metrics”• 5% reports• High risk rural road grants• Guide resource allocation

InfrastructureEnforcement• Support asset management

Current Plans

• Expand Risk Mapping Pilots• Demonstrate utility of RPS in collaboration

with NAVTEQ• Expand Utah RSF outreach project• Expand collaboration with ISU• Explore collaboration with CERS• Raise funds for expansion

Navteq Collaboration

• Navteq will provide video-logs• Joint project to reduce data and

produce RPS maps• Navteq – In vehicle navigation• AAAFTS – Free maps & countermeasure

options to public agencies• AAA – Triptiks

Possible Resolutions•Integrate into state highway safety plans

Highway safety manualSafety analyst• Promote usRAP RPS• Explore collaboration with Navteq• Consider usRAP mapping to generate grass

roots support for increased investments

One Death Is Unacceptable, One Death Every Thirteen Minutes Is An Outrage

National Rural Summit On Traffic Safety Culture

Where: Big Sky, MontanaWhen: July 11-13, 2010Who: Western Transportation

Institute, Montana State University, Montana DOT, and AAAFTS

www.ruraltscsummit.org

For more information, go to:

AAAFoundation.orgwww.usrap.us

Specialty Maps• Intersections• Older drivers• Novice drivers• Alcohol• Speed

Core Maps• Crash density• Crash rate• Crash rate

ratio• Potential

crash savings

Fatals and Serious Injuries

Risk Map-West of Orlando

Star Ratings based on Road Protection Score

• Provide star ratings based on safety features of specific sitesCrash LikelihoodCrash protection

• Can supplement and explain risk maps• Useful when crash data are limited • Identifies countermeasure options

Star Ratings based on Road Protection Score

• Star rating based on features related to:– head-on crashes– run-off-road crashes– intersection crashes

• Pilot tested in Phase I• Validated in Phase III

Typical Inspection Vehicle

Hawkeye Processing Toolkit