Efforts to Reduce Crashes on County
Roads in Iowa
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Strategic Highway Safety Plan
Lane Departures
Local Roads
1,400
Speed-related
Unprotected Persons
Annual Fatalities and Major Injuries
Statewide
Data-driven
Proactive
Inter-agency
Annual Fatalities and Major Injuries by SHSP Topic Area
1,600
Younger Drivers
1,200
Roadside Collisions
Intersections
1,000
Impaired Driving
Older Drivers
Motorcycles
800
Winter Road Conditions
Heavy Trucks
600
Pedestrians
Inattentive/Distracted Driving
Pedalcyclists
400
Other Special Vehicles
Work Zones
Train
200
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Reduce fatalities/major injuries
SHSP Strategies
Education
 Zero Fatalities
 Driver Education
Enforcement
 High Visibility
 Technology
 Impaired Programs
Policy
 Multi-Agency Efforts
 Inform Legislators
Data Improvement
SHSP Strategies
Engineering
 Rumble Strips
 Curve Delineation
 Shoulder Treatments
 Cable Barrier Rail
 Innovative Intersections
 Traffic Signal Modifications
 Intersection Lighting
Efforts to Reduce Crashes on County
Roads in Iowa
Creation of HSIP Secondary Roads program
– Set aside $2 million in HSIP funding
– Sought state aid grant to provide match
– Offering design and construction inspection
services to counties
– Seek systemic improvements across one or
multiple counties
– Net zero cost to the counties
Results of this Approach
County System
Louisa County, IA
• Black routes are
the paved county
roads
• Red dots are
severe (fatal or
major injury) crash
location
Results of this Approach
County System
Louisa County, IA
• Yellow routes have
a crash rate above
the statewide
average.
Results of this Approach
County System
Louisa County, IA
• Blue routes have a
crash frequency
above the statewide
average.
Results of this Approach
County System
Louisa County, IA
• Green routes have
a crash rate and crash
frequency above the
statewide average.
• Priority would be
green routes then
blue routes or yellow
routes, black routes
Traffic Safety Improvement Program
 Site Specific Projects
 Includes construction projects to improve traffic safety and
operations
 Annual funding varies, $5-$6 million generally
 Traffic Control Device Projects
 For the purchase of traffic control device materials
 Annual funding is $500,000
 Traffic Safety Studies
 Includes transportation safety research, studies, and public
information programs
 Annual funding is $500,000
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ALL Town City Sign Program
 Replace damaged, obsolete or substandard signs and signposts
 The program will provide up to $5,000 of signs and signposts
per applying community on a first- come, first-served basis
 All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply even if they have
already participated in a similar program in the past
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Traffic Engineering Assistance Program
Who is eligible to request funding?
 Iowa cities and counties without the resources of a staff traffic engineer —
typically cities with populations less than 35,000
Safety studies and Roundabout reviews
Qualifications for funding
 No local match is required. However, the applicant will be required to assist the
consultant with data collection, if needed (as-built plans, traffic counts, street
maps, crash reports, etc.)
Type of submittal required
 Letter of request explaining the problem must be sent to the appropriate district
local systems engineer
Application amount
 TEAP will fund up to 100 hours of consultant time
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Horizontal Curve Sign Program
 Provides funding to counties for the purchase of curve warning and chevron
signs
 Funds can be used to reimburse counties for purchases of advance warning
signs, advisory speed plaques, chevrons, and arrows
 Beginning January 2013, posts and hardware are eligible to be reimbursed
 Maximum of $10,000 per applicant, per year may be awarded
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Overhead Beacon Replacement Program
 Replaces overhead beacons with post mounted beacons
 All public agencies may request funding for use on any public road
 An application form must be submitted and include a quote from a supplier of
the beacons desired, location of the intersection where the beacons are
planned to be replaced, and a timeline for the replacement
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