Some interesting stats: Mon County ranks 5th in the state in ped-MV crashes but 24th in bicycle-MV crashes. You can see and hear the presentation at the next Traffic Commission meeting.

Frank

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From: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board walkmgw@yahoo.com Date: August 8, 2012 3:04:12 PM EDT To: Bill Reger-Nash wreger@hsc.wvu.edu, Bob Anderson randerson@hsc.wvu.edu, Christiaan Abildso cgabildso@mail.wvu.edu, Dan Harris harrisda@wvuhealthcare.com, David Small dsmall1@mix.wvu.edu, Debbie Cain dcain@hsc.wvu.edu, Dwight Harshbarger dwight.harshbarger@gmail.com, George Lilley mgranlil@frontier.com, Ilana Chertok ichertok@hsc.wvu.edu, Jan Derry jderry@nwvcil.org, Jimmie Simmons Jsimmons2642@yahoo.com, Margaret Stout Margaret.Stout@mail.wvu.edu, Maria Smith mariasmith@busride.org, Martha Summers msummers@hsc.wvu.edu, Mary Gutmann maryg1010@comcast.net, Michael Graham mwgraham11@gmail.com, Regina Mayolo reginam@verizon.net, Sarah Bias sarahbias@gmail.com, Stan Cohen Stanley.Cohen@mail.wvu.edu, Tom Bias tbias@hsc.wvu.edu, Angela Wiley wileya120@gmail.com, Bill Austin baustin@labyrinth.net, Claire Chantler cchantler@nwvcil.org, Courtney Pawlak cpawlak@mix.wvu.edu, Damien Davis ddavis@cityofmorgantown.org, Danielle Williams dwilliams@labyrinth.net, Don Spencer dspencer36@comcast.net, Ella Belling ella@montrails.org, Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@gmail.com, Hugh Kierig Hugh.Kierig@mail.wvu.edu, Jim Rye Jim.Rye@mail.wvu.edu, Jonathan Rosenbaum freesource@cheat.org, Josh Woods joshua.woods@mail.wvu.edu, Kevin Leyden Kevin.Leyden@mail.wvu.edu, Maria Brann Maria.Brann@mail.wvu.edu, Matt Cross crossnyc@hotmail.com, Melody Thomas mthoma29@mix.wvu.edu, Michael Simms michael.d.simms@gmail.com, Mike Breiding mike@EpicRoadTrips.us, Nick Hein director@positivespin.org, Ron Bane citycouncilward1@cityofmorgantown.org, Roy Nutter roy.nutter@mail.wvu.edu Subject: Pedestrian & Cyclist-Motor Vehicle crashes, WV 2000-2006 Reply-To: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board walkmgw@yahoo.com

There was some interest expressed in the final product of Courtney Pawlak's MPH internship. Please find attached a PDF of the poster she presented re: statewide crash data and an excel table with county-specific rates of pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes, cyclist-motor vehicle crashes, and combined - all per 100,000 residents.

Nugget: estimated $1.07 BILLION in costs related to ped/cyclist-vehicle crash injuries & fatalities in the 7 years of data statewide (~$150 million per year on average). For data heads: statewide - roughly 20.6 crashes per 100,000 residents using a 5 year moving average from 2000-2005 (5.5 cyclist & 15.1 pedestrian) For morbid types: there were 206 fatalities over the 7 years (~30 per year) For senior citizens: 47 of the 206 fatalities were aged 60+ For parents: 32 of the 206 fatalities were <16 years old For Mon County residents: 5th highest ped-bike rate of 40.7 crashes per 100,000 residents (5.2 cyclist & 35.5 ped- per 100,000 residents)

Courtney is preparing a final report that we anticipate sharing with the WV AARP for those with interest.

Because the Pedestrian Safety Board will NOT likely meet in September (Bill & I will both be traveling), I have asked Courtney to present to the Traffic Commission directly and encourage our members to attend that meeting. We could fairly easily drill down to Morgantown specific numbers, including corridors, fatality rates, etc.

Damien - please add a presentation by Courtney to the September TC agenda and confirm to all that the meeting will be 6:30 on Sept 5th in Council chambers. Thank you, Christiaan

Walk more, safely

Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board Christiaan Abildso, Chair Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm