GDOT Annual Report 2019

S A F E T Y

City Adopts Plan to Reduce Trafc Fatalities and Serious Injuries

VISION ZER0 GREENSBORO

At its May 21 meeting, the Greensboro City Council unanimously adopted the Vision Zero Greensboro Two-Year Action Plan, a data-driven, interdisciplinary approach to signifcantly reduce trafc fatalities and serious injuries over time with a long term goal of zero through infrastructure improvements, policy changes, enforcement, education, and community engagement. The plan is available at the Vision Zero website, www.greensboro-nc.gov/VisionZero. The Two-Year Action plan was developed with the help of community stakeholders and consultants, who analyzed trafc crash data. It focuses on several areas for safety improvements: speed and keeping drivers alert, running of-road crashes, and protecting every road user, especially the most vulnerable. The plan takes into account comments from hundreds of residents, who identifed distracted drivers, running red lights and speeding as their top safety concerns in an online survey. The plan identifes strategies that Greensboro, partner agencies, and community groups will work on over the next two years to meet the death and injury reduction goals. It also identifes a “high injury network” – areas identifed by data analysis where it is a high priority to invest resources in roadway improvements and other eforts.

Fatal Crash Data There were 138 fatalities between 2012 and 2016: • 72%motor vehicle drivers or occupants • 26% pedestrians • 2% bicyclists • 78% of roadway departure fatalities involved a younger driver • 2 of 3 bicyclist fatalities were related to intersections • Speeding contributed to 50% of unbelted fatalities

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In 2017, a record high of 42 trafc fatalities occurred in Greensboro.

These fatalities, along with serious injuries from roadway crashes, bring profound and sorrowful impacts in our community, afecting family, friends, neighbors, and community members from throughout the City. — Nancy Vaughan Mayor, City of Greensboro ”

(2012 - 2016 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), NHTSA)

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