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