20181598_Att. 37 - US 70 Corridor Commission Cras_20160222

US 70 Corridor Commission
Crash Summary-2004-2007
SEGMENT CRASH DATA (MAY 2004—JUNE 2007)
Length Average AADT Crash Rate
County Segment (miles) (veh/day) Crashes (per 100MVMT)
US 70 BUS to Smithfield 6.86 25,800 122 63.04
Johnson Smithfield Bypass* 2.79 20,700 33 52.24
Pine Level to Goldsboro 19.14 23,400 612 124.91
Wayne MLK Expressway* 4.29 40,900 114 59.37
Goldsboro to LaGrange 8.25 20,500 246 132.86
"LaGrange Bypass"* 4.12 15,900 50 69.75
Lenoir
Little Baltimore to Dover 19.16 18,600 587 150.27
Jones
Dover to New 8ern * 26.03 16,200 273 59.13
Craven �ames City to Havelock 19.72 30,100 975 150.18
Newport Area 7.47 24,900 198 97.12
Carteret
Morehead City Area 7.97 30,100 834 317.52
Entire Corridor 125.8 23,000 4,047 127.92
* Freeway Segments A Crash rate is reported as number of crashes per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.
MORE CORRIDOR CRASH DATA
CRASH SEVERITY
Fatal Crashes: 28 fatalities in 27 crashes
0.7% of all crashes
0.83 fatalities per 100MVMT
Non-fatal I njuries: 2,456
Severity: Injury numbers show the equivalent of
84 minor injuries for every 100 crashes
Property Damage Costs: $19.1 million
CRASH TYPES
The top five crash types are:
1) rear end (1614 total, 35.6%)
2) single vehicle (1045 total, 23.1%)
3) angle (764 total, 16.9%)
4) sideswipe (394 total, 8.7%)
5) left turn (350 total, 7.7%)

US 70 FATALITY CRASH COMPARISON, 2005-2007
Route Segment Fatality Fatalities Fatality Crash Rate Fatality Rate
Crashes (per 100MVMT) (per 100MVMT)
I-40 Raleigh to Wilmington 15 19 0.42 0.53
US 64 Raleigh to Williamston 13 16 0.61 0.75
US 70 Clayton to Morehead City 28 28 0.92 0.92
100MVMT: 100 million vehicle miles traveled
For the analyzed segments, the fatalify crash rate for US 70
is 119� higher than 1-40 and 51% higher than US 64.
Carteret County US 70 Crash Data �r Statistics
Statewide
Length AADT Crash Rate" Crash Rates*
County Setting Access (miles) (veh/day) Crashes (per 100MVMT) (per 100MVMT)
Carteret Craven Co. Line to Morehead City Port Entrance 1,032 221.21 --
Rural No/partial 7.47 24,900 198 97.12 88.68-124.42
No/partial 6.02 28,700 536 283.39 253.68-380.90
Urban
TWLTL 1.95 34,400 298 405.34 395.46
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* (source: http://www.doh.dot.state.nc.us/preconstruct/traffic/Safety/ses/rates/2002/statewide.pdf)
CRASH SEVERITY
Fatal Crashes: 5 fatalities in 4 crashes
0.4% of all crashes
0.86 fatalities per 100MVMT
Non-fatal I njuries: 602
Severity: Injury numbers show the equivalent of
81 minor injuries for every 100 crashes
Property Damage Costs: $4.27 million
CRASH TYPES
The top five crash types are:
1) rear end (547 total, 45.6%)
2) angle (279 total, 23.3%)
3) left turn (100 total, 8.3%)
4) single vehicle (97 total, 8.1%)
5) sideswipe (86 total, 7.2%)
Hazardous Crash Areas
• Intersections
o Mason Town Rd. (Newport): 19 crashes, extremely high severity index (channelized left-turn
constructed)
o Howard Rd./9 Foot Rd. (Newport): 28 crashes, very high severity index (advance warning signs installed)
o Atlantic Beach Causeway (Morehead City): 75 crashes, high crash rate
• Segments
o Chatham St. to Tom Mann Rd. (Newport): crashes, very high severity index
o Carl Garner Rd. to Sam Garner Rd. (Newport): 29 crashes, very high severity index
o NC 24 Bridges St. to Lee St. (Morehead City): 128 crashes
CARTERET COUNTY CRASH FACT
Carteret County has the highest countywide crash rate as well as the seqment with the highest crash rate,
Arendell 5treet from NC 24 Bridges Street to Lockhart Street (5-lane sedionJ.