The Seattle Department of Transportation

TRAFFIC REPORT 2010

2010SeattleTrafficReport

SectionOneIntroduction

TableofContents

1. Introduction 2. TrafficVolumeandSpeed a. MotorVehicle Volume b. BicycleVolume c. PedestrianVolume d. TrafficFlowMap e. MotorVehicle Speed 3. TrafficCollisions 4. TrafficCollisionRates a. CitywideCollision Rate b. BicycleCollision Rate c. PedestrianCollision Rate 5. TrafficEnforcement a. TrafficCitations b. AutomatedTraffic Enforcement 6. DataUseFauntleroy WaySW 7. FutureDataCollection 8. Appendices

ThisreporthasbeenpreparedincompliancewithSeattleMunicipalCode11.16.220,whichrequires theCityTrafficEngineertopresentanannualtrafficreportthatincludesinformationabouttraffic trendsandtrafficcollisionsoncitystreets. Ingatheringandcompilingtheinformationinthisreport,theSeattleDepartmentofTransportation doesnotwaivethelimitationsonthisinformationsdiscoverabilityoradmissibilityunder 23U.S.C409. ForadditionalinformationaboutcollisionsonSeattlestreets,readersmaycontactBrianKemper, ActingCityTrafficEngineer,atbrian.kemper@seattle.gov. PeterHahn,Director SeattleDepartmentofTransportation BrianKemper,P.E. ActingCityTrafficEngineer SeattleDepartmentofTransportation

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed

Trafficvolume,speedand reportedcollisionsarethe threecardinalpiecesofdata thattrafficengineersuseto evaluatethefeasibilityof engineeringchangestothe streets.

TrafficVolumeandSpeed TheSeattleDepartmentofTransportation(SDOT)collectsandmaintainsvolumedataforvehicles, pedestriansand bicycles.Volume dataisusedto identifythehighest volumearterials andcreatethe citystrafficflow map,identifyareas wherepedestrian andbicycletrafficis highest,select futureproject locationsand measure performanceof trafficprojectsonce theyareinstalled. SDOThasrecentlystartedcollectingvehiclespeeddataregularly.Weexpectthisdatatobeusedin selectingtrafficcalmingcandidatelocations,particularlywheretherearehighconcentrationsof pedestriansandbicyclists.

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed MotorVehicleVolume SDOTisresponsibleforcountingthevolumeoftrafficoncertaincityarterialstreetseachyear.Trafficcountsaretakenthroughouttheyearat20 controlcountlocations,164screenlinelocationsand111additionallocations. SDOTtakescontrolcountsat20locationseverymonth.Thesecountsareaddedtogetheranddividedby12toderiveamonthlycontrolfactor.This factoristhenappliedtoeverycountwetaketocorrectforseasonalchangesintraffic.Inaddition,SDOTmeasuresvehiclevolumeat164screen linelocations.TheselocationsareidentifiedinSeattlesComprehensivePlan,andthecountsareusedtodeterminescreenlinelevelsofserviceas requiredbytheplan.Wealsomeasurevehiclevolumeat111additionallocationseachyear.Acompletelistofcontrol,screenlineandother regularcountlocationscanbefoundintheappendix. SDOTalsomeasuresvolumeatadhoclocationsthroughouttheyearasneededfortrafficanalysisandengineeringstudies.Foranexampleofhow thesevolumesareused,pleaserefertoSectionFiveDataUse. Usingtheannualcountstakenat19ofSeattlesbridges,SDOTderivesaproxynumberforcitywidemotorvehicleannualaveragedailytraffic.We usethesecountsbecausedrivingalmostanywhereinSeattleislikelytoinvolvecrossingoneofthebridges.Basedonthisdata,traffichasincreased 0.86percentsince2009,whichappearstobeareversalofasteadydownwardtrendsince2006.ThegraphofSeattlesannualaveragedailytraffic (AADT)onpage23showsthatwhilevolumehasincreasedslightlyover2009numbers,itisstilltrendingdownwardfromahighin2003,despitethe steadilyincreasingpopulation. SDOTisoftenaskedwhethertrafficvolumescorrelatetogasprices,employmentfiguresandtransitridership.Atthebottomofpage23aregraphs showingaverageannualemploymentfiguresfortheSeattleTacomaBellevueregion,gaspricesandMetroandSoundTransitridershipfigures, whichcanbecomparedwithgraphsofSeattlesAADTandpopulationatthetopofthepage.

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed

AnnualAverageDailyTrafficin Seattle
1,000,000 980,000 960,000 940,000 920,000 900,000 880,000 860,000 20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

SeattlePopulation
620,000 610,000 600,000 590,000 580,000 570,000 560,000 550,000 540,000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

AverageAnnualPriceof UnleadedGasinSeattle
$4.00 $3.50 $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 $ 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

AverageAnnualEmployment SeattleBellevueTacoma
1,800,000 1,750,000 1,700,000 1,650,000 1,600,000 1,550,000 1,500,000 1,450,000 1,400,000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 0

TotalTransitRidership

Source: Oil Price Information Service

Source: US Department of Labor , Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source: King County Metro and Sound Transit

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed

Top10ArterialSegmentsbyVolume AuroraAvenueN EastMarginalWayS NE45thStreet MontlakeBoulevardNE ElliottAvenueW LakeCityWayNE CorsonAvenueS LakeCityWayNE ValleyStreet SMichiganStreet southof southof westof northof southeastof southwestof northof northeastof westof eastof HarrisonStreet SAlaskaStreet NE45thPlace NEPacificPlace WMercerPlace NE115thStreet SMichiganStreet NE95thStreet FairviewAvenueN 6thAvenueS

AverageWeekdayTraffic(AWDT) 79,200 69,300 46,800 46,200 45,900 44,400 41,700 39,500 39,200 38,600

In2010thetoptenarterialsfortrafficvolumeincludethreestreetsthatdidnotmakethelistin2009:CorsonAvenueSnorthofSMichiganStreet, LakeCityWayNEnortheastofNE95thStreetandSMichiganStreeteastof6thAvenueS.TheincreaseinvolumeforthelocationsonSMichigan StreetandCorsonAvenueScouldbeduetothe2010closureoftheSouthParkBridge.

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed BicycleVolume ThecityofSeattlecountsbicyclesatselectedlocationsononeday eachyear.Since2007,SDOThascountedbicyclesentering downtowninoddnumberedyearsandatlocationsaroundthecityin evenyears.In2010,wecountedatboththedowntowncordonand thecitywidelocations.PleaseseeSectionSevenFutureData Collectionforinformationonfuturebicycledatacollectionplans. Asshowninthegraph,therehasbeensubstantialgrowthinbicycle commutingasrepresentedbythedowntowncordoncountover thepastseveralyears.Thesedatashowamarkeduptickin2009and apositivegrowthtrend.

SDOTBiennialBicycleCordon Count
3500 3000 NumberofBicyclists 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0
*2008Count isanestimation

3251 2475* 2677

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Thecordoncountsshowthatthenumberofbicyclistsenteringdowntown duringthemorningcommutehasincreasedby21percentbetween2009 and2010.Asrecordedbyvolunteersat30locations,3,251bicyclists commutedintothedowntowncoreonthedayofthecountin2010.The topfivelocationsforbicycliststoentertheCenterCityare,inorder: ColmanDock,DexterAvenueN,theElliottBayTrail,theAlaskanWayPath, andPineStreet. However,thecitywidecountshowedadeclineinbicycling.In2008,the firstcitywidecount,therewere4,666bicyclists.In2010,thatnumber declinedto3,961a15percentdecrease.Thesecountsareavital measurementtoolasthecitystrivestoreachitsgoaloftriplingthe numberofbicyclistsby2017.

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed PedestrianVolume SDOThaslesswelldevelopeddataforpedestrianvolume.Wemeasure pedestrianvolumeusingtheDowntownSeattleAssociationsdowntown pedestriancounts,bothsummerandholidayseason,aswellasUSCensus figuresforSeattlespopulation. Since2007,Seattlehasseenanincreaseinpopulationup7percent.During thattime,downtownSeattlehasseenadecreaseinpedestriantraffic. In2011,SDOTstartedusingtheNationalBicycleandPedestrian Documentationprojectmethodologyforcountingbicyclesandpedestrians. Thesespotcountswillprovideconsistent,annualpedestrianvolumesthatwe cantrackovertime.

DowntownSeattlePedestrian Counts
60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 DSA Summer DSA Holiday Average

SeattlePopulation
615,000 610,000 605,000 Population 600,000 595,000 590,000 585,000 580,000 575,000 2007 2008 2009 2010

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed FlowMap Oneoftheusesofannualvehiclecountsistocreatetheflowmap, whichusesdifferentlineweightstoshowrelativetrafficvolumeson arterialstreets.Acopyofthe2010FlowMapisshown.Priorto2008, thismapwasdrawnbyhand.Startingin2008,themaphasbeenmade electronicallyusingdatafromthetrafficcountsdatabaseandGIStools. ThevolumesonthemaprepresenttheAverageAnnualWeekdayTraffic (AAWDT)(5day,24hour)forthatsectionofroadway.Thismapisalso availableonSDOTswebsite.

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed MotorVehicleSpeed Until2010,SDOTcollectedvehiclespeedattherequestofatrafficengineerforpurposesoftrafficsafetyinvestigations,prospectiveproject selectionanddesign,andforevaluationofcompletedprojects.Engineersmeasurespeedinanumberofdifferentways,including:85thpercentile speedoftraffic1;andhighendspeederpercentage2,ameasureofaggressivedrivers.Anexampleoftheuseofthehighendspeederpercentage dataisinmeasuringareductioninthehighspeederpercentageafterinstallingatrafficcalmingmeasure. Startingin2010,SDOTiscollectingspeeddatamuchaswecollect volumedataatspecifiedlocationseachyear,inadditiontothose adhoclocationsthatservesitespecifictrafficevaluationneeds. AuroraAvenueN,StoneWayN,FauntleroyAvenueSW,24thAvenue NW,andRainierAvenueSareallspecifiedinthePedestrianMaster Planaslocationstoreportontrendsinthe85thpercentilespeedof traffic.

1 2

Thespeedatorbelowwhich85percentoftraffictravels,sometimescharacterizedasthespeedareasonabledriverwillchooseasbeingsafe. Highendspeederpercentagehascometomeanthepercentageofdriverswhoexceedthepostedspeedlimitby10milesperhourormore.

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SectionTwoTrafficVolumeandSpeed

2010SpeedonSelectedArterials Location Speedlimit Direction 85thpercentile speed 41.8 40.6 40.5 40.3 39.9 39.8 39.7 39.1 38.8 37.9 36.4 36.3 35.1 34.7 34.6 33.5 32.7 32.4 31.9 30.6 28.5 Direction 85thpercentile speed SB SEB SB SB SB SB SWB WB WB SB SB SB WB SB WB WB SB WB WB WB SWB 43.3 42.1 40.1 40.1 37 40.9 40.9 39.9 37.7 35.8 37.8 36.3 37.4 35 36.6 32.8 35.0 32.8 31.9 30.1 29.3 Highend Speeder Percentage* 7.9% 25.5% 17.5% 16.4% 6.9% 3.2% 17.7% 5.5% 9.7% 0.6% 11.8% 0.7% 5.7% 2.0% 4.0% 0.9% 0.5% 7.2% 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 2.1%

GreenwoodAvenueN,S/ON145thStreet SWAdmiralWay,SE/OSWCityViewStreet EllisAvenueS,S/OSWarsawStreet GreenwoodAvenueN,S/ON100thStreet 4thAvenueS,S/OSBennettStreet 35thAvenueSW,N/OSWWillowStreet PinehurstWayNE,NE/ONE115thStreet NE125thStreet,W/O25AvenueNE N130thStreet,W/OAshworthAvenueN DelridgeWaySW,N/OSWMyrtleStreet 8thAvenueS,S/OSDirectorStreet 8thAvenueSW,N/OSWRoxburyStreet NE50thStreet,W/O1stAvenueNE SeaviewAvenueNW,N/ONW63rdStreet NickersonStreet,W/OWarrenAvenueN SOthelloStreet,E/O43rdAvenueS FremontAvenueN,S/ON42ndStreet SWRoxburyStreet,E/O26thAvenueSW NW65thStreet,W/O12thAvenueNW SLucileStreet,W/OAirportWayS

35 30 30 30 35 35 30 35 30 35 30 35 30 30 30 30 35 30 30 30 30

NB NWB NB NB NB NB NEB EB EB NB NB NB EB NB EB EB NB EB EB EB NEB

MadisonStreet,SW/OLakeWashingtonBlvd 30 SB 32.7 RooseveltWayNE,N/ONE52ndStreet *Thepercentofdriversgoing10percentormoreabovethespeedlimit.Thehighestpercentdirectionisshown.

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SectionThreeTrafficCollisions

TrafficCollisions
Whilemostcollisionsresultfromroadusererrororinattention,collisiondatacanbeusedtohelp gaugetheeffectivenessofengineeringandenforcementeffortsandcanhelpengineersidentify locationsthatmaybenefitfromadditionalengineeringtreatmentsorenhancedenforcement efforts.Onlycollisionsforwhichthepolicereceiveorcreateareportareincludedinthedataused forthisreport. Therewere11,913reportedcollisionsonSeattlestreetsin2010,downnearly11percentfrom2009. Thetablesinthissectionprovideanoverviewofthesecollisions.Greaterdetailonspecifictypesof collisionssuchasthoseinvolvingpedestriansorbicyclescanbefoundintheappendices. In2010,asin2009,themostcommontypeofcollisionwaswithaparkedcar,followedbyright anglecollisionsandrearend collisions. 2010TotalCollisionsbyCollisionType Lawenforcementofficers CollisionType TotalCollisions PercentofAllCollisions areresponsiblefor ParkedCar 2,462 21% determining,wherepossible, RightAngle 1,940 16% thecauseofacollision.The RearEnd 1,782 15% tableon32shows TurningVehicle 986 8% contributingcircumstances; Sideswipe 966 8% HitObject 814 7% thethreemostcommonly Other 584 5% identifiedcontributing Pedestrian 529 4% circumstancesarenot 366 3% grantingtherightofwaytoa Bicycle HeadOn 46 0% vehicle,inattentionand Unknown 1,438 13% followingtooclosely. GrandTotal 11,913 100%

Therewere11,913reported collisionsonSeattlestreets in2010,downnearly11 percent.

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Pleasenotethatthenumberofcontributingcircumstancesishigherthanthenumberofcollisionsbecausemorethanonedrivermaybe involvedineachcollision. ContributingCircumstance Number ContributingCircumstance,continued Number DistractionsInsideVehicle 35 Nonenoted 6,609 OperatingHandheldCellPhone 26 DidNotGrantRightofWaytoVehicle 2,073 ImproperParkingLocation 26 Inattention 865 UndertheinfluenceofDrugs 22 FollowingtoClosely 821 ApparentlyFatigued 13 ImproperTurn 473 AdjustingAudioorEntertainmentSystem 12 ImproperBacking 448 EatingorDrinking 12 DisregardStoplight 426 FailingtoSignal 10 DidNotGrantRightofWaytoPedestrian 421 Smoking 8 UndertheInfluenceofAlcohol 408 OperatingOtherElectronicDevices 8 ExceedingReasonableandSafeSpeed 392 HadTakenMedication 6 DisregardStopSign 193 HeadlightViolation 5 OvertheCenterLine 193 DisregardFlagger/Officer 5 OperatingDefectiveEquipment 109 ImproperSignal 3 DistractionsOutsideVehicle 105 OperatingHandsFreeCellphone 2 ImproperUTurn 104 ReadingorWriting 2 ExceedingSpeedLimit 87 Grooming 1 ImproperPassing 81 Other 3,079 DisregardYieldSign 61 Unknown 2,940 ObjectsInsideVehicle 60 Total 20,235 ApparentlyIll 46 ApparentlyAsleep 45

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SectionThreeTrafficCollisions

In2010,therewere19trafficfatalitiesonSeattlestreets,approximately26percentofwhichwerepedestrian fatalities.This2010CollisionFatalitieslistshowsthelocationanddateofthecollisionsthatresultedinafatality,as wellascharacteristicsofthedeceased. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Location AuroraAveN&NPhinneyWay 16thAveSWbetweenSWOrchardStandSWOthelloSt RainierAveSbetweenSLucileStandSFindlaySt SWAdmiralWaybetween36thAveSWand37thEAveSW NW54thStbetweenNWMarketStand30thWR*AveNW NW54thStbetweenNWMarketStand30thWR*AveNW NW54thStbetweenNWMarketStand30thWR*AveNW OlsonPlSWbetween3rdAveSWandSWCambridgePl 16thAveandEJeffersonSt HarvardAveNbetweenEThomasStandEHarrisonSt 24thAveNEbetweenLakeCityWayNEandNENorthgate AuroraAveNbetweenGarfieldStandHoweSt 12thAveandEAlderSt AirportWaySbetweenSOthelloStandMilitaryRdS WestlakeAveNbetweenHalladayStandNewellSt 1stAveSOffRampbetweenAlaskanWYViaductSBand1st 15thAveNWbetweenNW73rdStandNW75thSt 7thAveandCherrySt 2ndAveandBellSt Date 01/28/10 03/09/10 03/13/10 03/21/10 04/04/10 04/04/10 04/04/10 04/21/10 05/03/10 05/03/10 05/30/10 05/31/10 07/28/10 08/17/10 09/03/10 09/10/10 10/21/10 11/17/10 12/27/10 Type Pedestrian RanoffRoad Headon Headon RanoffRoad RanoffRoad RanoffRoad Headon Pedestrian Pedestrian RanoffRoad RanoffRoad Bicycle LeftTurn RanoffRoad RanoffRoad RearEnd Pedestrian Pedestrian Ag 47 44 25 29 20 19 20 66 51 91 27 23 36 51 30 53 37 80 48 Sex M M M M M M M M F F M M M M M M M F F

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In2010,therewerefivepedestriancollisionsinSeattleresultingina fatality.Thisisthelowestnumberofpedestrianfatalitiesinacalendar yearsince2002. PedestrianInvolvedCollisions Year TotalCollisions 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 10yearAverage 474 476 454 457 473 565 490 503 479 529 485 Injury Collisions 430 465 446 368 452 542 480 448 429 454 451 Fatal Collisions 10 5 11 10 8 10 6 9 11 5 8.5

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Therewasonlyonereportedfatalcollisioninvolvingabicyclistin2010. BicycleInvolvedCollisions Year Total Collisions 2001 302 2002 293 2003 263 2004 257 2005 279 2006 354 2007 359 2008 355 2009 382 2010 366 10yearaverage 321 Injury Collisions 238 267 229 211 245 305 310 310 325 301 274 Fatal Collisions 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 4 1 1.4

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SectionFourTrafficCollisionRates

Collisionratesarecommonlyusedtocomparethefrequencyofcollisionsatdifferentlocationsby normalizingthetotalnumberofcollisionsagainstthetrafficvolumeatanintersectionormid blocklocation.Collisionratescanbeusefulinexpressingtrendsovertime.SDOTisbeginningto usecollisionratesasonemethodtoevaluateengineeringimprovements,documenttraffictrends andprioritizetransportationprojects. Collisionratescanbecalculatedinseveraldifferentways.ThecityofSeattleisusingthefollowing formulae: IntersectionCollisionRateFormulathenumberofcollisionspermillionvehiclesenteringper year. N*1,000,000/24hrenteringvolume*365days RoadSegmentCollisionRateFormulathenumberofcollisionspermillionvehiclemilesof travelperyearperroadsegment. N*1,000,000/lengthofsegmentinmiles*AADT

Seattlesnumberofmotor vehiclecollisionsandthe citywidecollisionrateareboth falling.

Spotcomparisonsofcollisionratescanbemadeformeasuringtheeffectivenessofengineering andenforcement. VehicleCollisionRateTrends UsingSDOTsannualarterialtrafficcountprogramdata,wehavederivedtheAverageDailyTraffic (ADT)forSeattle.

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SectionFourTrafficCollisionRates CitywideCollisionRate Wehaveseenadownwardtrendinthecitywidecollisionrate.Care shouldbeexercisedininterpretingthisrate.TheADTusedisacitywide approximationofarterialtrafficvolumesandinthiscaseithasbeen adjustedtoexcludevolumesonI5,I90andSR520becauseour collisiondatadonotincludecollisionsonthesehighways.Collisions occuronbotharterialandnonarterialstreets.Thoughthe methodologyisimperfect,itisneverthelessillustrative.

Year

Collisions

CitywideCollisionRate
100.00 90.00 80.00 70.00 60.00 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010 Collisionsper1MVehicleMiles Traveled

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

17,846 17,547 16,497 16,057 15,527 16,148 15,967 15,134 14,173 13,344 11,913

Average Daily Traffic 545,548 543,006 540,351 540,028 540,423 543,675 557,068 523,616 531,508 525,925 541,320

AADT

199,125,020 198,197,041 197,228,115 197,110,220 197,254,395 198,441,375 203,329,820 191,119,840 194,000,420 191,962,687 197,581,800

Citywide Collision Rate 89.62 88.53 83.64 81.46 78.72 81.37 78.53 79.19 73.06 69.51 60.29

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SectionFourTrafficCollisionRates PedestrianandBicycleinvolvedCollisionRates Calculatingcollisionratesforpedestrianandbicyclistinvolved collisionsiscomplex,primarilybecauseofthedifficultyandexpenseof collectingthenecessarydata,andalackofagreementintheindustry onfactorsthatshouldbeconsidered.1However,SDOTusessimple formulaeforcalculatingacitywideratethatmaybeusefulin identifyingcitywidetrends: Citywideannualpedestriancollisionspercapita: N/SeattlePopulation Citywideannualbicyclecollisionspercapita: N/SeattlePopulation
620,000 610,000 600,000 Population 590,000 580,000 570,000 560,000 550,000 540,000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

SeattlePopulation

MetropolitanTransportationCommission,SanFrancisco,CAhttp://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/bicyclespedestrians/safety/analysis.htm

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SectionFourTrafficCollisionRates PedestrianCollisionRate The2009PedestrianMasterPlandefinedadecreasingtrendintherate ofcollisionsinvolvingpedestriansasasafetygoal.Since2002,Seattles populationhasgrownaboutsevenpercent.Duringthesametime, Seattlehasseenaslightincreaseintheabsolutenumberofpedestrian involvedcollisions. WhenwenormalizepedestrianinvolvedcollisionsagainstSeattles population,thereisamuchflattertrendforpedestrianinvolved collisionspercapita.SDOTanticipatesthatwithnewplanningand fundingdevotedtopedestrianimprovements,therateofpedestrian involvedcollisionspercapitashoulddecrease.
NumberofPedCollisionsPerCapita 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

PedestrianInvolvedCollisions

NumberofPedCollisionsPerCapita

0.00120 0.00100 0.00080 0.00060 0.00040 0.00020

PedestrianInvolvedCollisions perCapita

PedestrianinvolvedCollisionsPerCapita Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 PedestrianInvolved Seattle Collisions Population 476 570,859 454 570,437 457 570,375 473 573,296 565 580,485 490 589,304 503 598,541 479 602,000 529 608,660 Pedestriancollisions percapita 0.00083 0.00080 0.00080 0.00083 0.00097 0.00083 0.00084 0.00080 0.00087

0.00000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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SectionFourTrafficCollisionRates BicycleCollisionRate
450

BicycleInvolvedCollisions
400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

The2007BicycleMasterPlansetsanambitiousgoalofdecreasing therateofbicycleinvolvedcollisionsbyathirdoverthe10yearlife oftheplan.SDOTscollisiondatashowadecreaseinthenumber andrateofbicycleinvolvedcollisionsfrom2009to2010,butthe sheernumberofcollisionsishigherthanitwasbeforetheadoption oftheBicycleMasterPlanin2007. Populationisnotthebestwaytonormalizebicyclecollisions becausearelativelysmallpercentageofthepopulationridebicycles withregularitywedothisprimarilytoprovideavisualcomparison withpedestriancollisions.

BicycleInvolvedCollisionsper Capita
0.0007 CollisionsperCapita 0.0006 0.0005 0.0004 0.0003 0.0002 0.0001 0.0000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

BicycleinvolvedCollisionsPerCapita Year BicycleInvolved Seattle Collisions Population 2002 293 570,859 2003 263 570,437 2004 257 570,375 2005 279 573,296 2006 354 580,485 2007 359 589,304 2008 355 598,541 2009 382 602,000 2010 366 608,660

BicycleInvolved CollisionsPerCapita 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006

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SectionFiveTrafficEnforcement TrafficEnforcement Acriticalcomponentoftrafficsafetyisenforcement.SDOTpartnerswiththeSeattlePolice Department(SPD),sharinginformationthathelpsfocusenforcementeffortsintherightplaces. Enforcementcancurbundesirablebehaviorsuchasspeeding,aggressivedriving,jaywalkingand failuretoyieldtherightofway. SDOTregularlyreceivessuggestionsaboutstreetlocationswhereadditionaltrafficenforcement mighthelpcurbundesirabletrafficbehavior.Inaddition,asaresultofourengineerswork,SDOT identifieslocationswherepoliceenforcementmightyieldabetterroadwayenvironment.SDOT forwardsenforcementrequeststotheSPDTrafficSectionmonthly,andtheSPDTrafficSectiontakes theserequestsintoconsiderationastheyallocatetheirofficerstimeandefforts.SPDregularly, thoughinformally,reportsbacktoSDOTabouttheresultsofenforcementatrequestedlocations.

SDOTpartnerswiththeSeattle PoliceDepartment(SPD)tofocus enforcementintherightplaces.

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SectionFiveTrafficEnforcement PedestrianSafetyEmphasisPatrols SPDhasaprogramofpedestriansafetyemphasispatrols,wherean officerdressedinplainclothesactsasapedestriancrossingthe streetatalegalcrossingtoenforcedrivercompliancewithlawsthat requiredriversyieldtherightofwaytopedestrianswhoarelegally crossingthestreet.In2010,SPDcompletedoperationsattwo locations.Fortyeightviolationswerewritten. TrafficCitations Becauseofthewaypoliceofficercalldataisrecorded,SDOTisusing 20072010SeattlePoliceDepartmentTrafficrelatedCalls
TypeofIncident BlockingTraffic AccidentInvestigation AssistMotorist DUI MovingViolation PedestrianViolation ParkingViolation(excluding abandonedvehicles) TrafficControl(special events) RefusetoStop(pursuit) UnknownTrafficrelated Incident GRANDTOTAL 2007 2,890 21,111 2,173 1,703 36,971 2,649 29,361 56 53 n/a 96,967 2008 2,774 20,386 2,027 1,637 32,838 1,981 26,592 62 45 n/a 88,342 2009 2,204 17,884 1,754 1,812 33,861 1,824 21,630 44 39 1,507 82,559 2010 2,444 18,061 1,663 2,060 37,131 2,676 20,845 36 44 248 85,208

SPDTrafficrelatedCalls
120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 2007 2008 2009 2010

twodatasetsforanalysis.ThefirstisthedataextractedfromSPDs computeraideddispatchsystem(CAD).Thissystemrecordsofficers calls.SDOTisalsousingtheinfractionstatisticsfromSPDsTraffic Section.Onpage53isalistingofthenumberofcitationsissuedby membersofSPDscadreoftrafficpolice. CADgenerateddatadoesnotreflectahighdegreeofspecificitywithin certaintypesofincidents.Forexample,amovingviolationcallmayor maynothaveresultedinacitation.Itmightbeaspeedingticket,afailure toyieldticketoranyothertypeofmovingviolation.SPDsTrafficSections statisticscontainthislevelofdetail,buttheirstatisticsdonotreflecttraffic infractionsissuedbySPDsnontrafficpatrolofficersandarentalways recordedintheCADsystem.Theseareverydifferentsetsofdata,which cannotbecombined.

Source:SeattlePoliceDepartmentComputerAidedDispatch(CAD)CallData

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SectionFiveTrafficEnforcement Itisperhapsnotsurprisingthatthenumberonecitationissuedby TrafficSectionofficersisforspeeding.Speedingisatopcomplaintof residentsandareasonoftencitedastowhypeopleare uncomfortablecrossingthestreet.Itisalsocitedasafactorthat affectsgeneralneighborhoodlivability. CitationsforLeadingContributingFactorsinCollisions Whenacollisionoccurs,oneorallofthedriversinvolvedmaybecited foratrafficinfraction,andthecontributingfactorsnotedonthe collisionreport.Basedoncollisionreports,themostcommon contributingfactortocollisionsisdriversnotproperlyyieldingthe rightofway. AutomatedTrafficEnforcement 20092010SeattlePoliceDepartmentTrafficSectionCitations TypeofInfraction 2009 2010 Pedestrianinfraction 1,274 1,570 Warnings 3,557 5,071 SchoolZonerelated 3,727 1,468 MovingViolations 29,347 27,384 RightofWaytoPedestrians 406 197 RightofWaytoVehicles 140 165 Signal/StopSign 2,226 2,172 Speeding 20,868 19,323 AggressiveDriving 1,740 1,884 Turns 2,816 2,047 NegligentDriving 160 157 RecklessDriving 26 25 InattentiontoDriving 186 335 HOVlanes 779 1,079
Source:SPDTrafficSectionCitationData

ThecityofSeattleusestwokindsofautomatedphotoenforcement:trafficsafetycameraslocatedatsignalizedintersections;andamobilespeed van,usedinschoolzonesandonarterialstreetswithdocumentedspeedingissues. TrafficSafetyCameras SeattlePoliceDepartmentcurrentlyhas30trafficsafetycamerasalsoknownasredlightcamerasat21differentarterialintersections throughoutthecity.Basedonevaluationofthefirstsixcamerasdeployedin2006,thecamerasreducedredlightrunningbymorethan40percent. Thesesamecameralocationsshowedan18percentdropinredlightrelatedcollisions(rightanglecrashes),comparingthreeyearsbeforecameras (55collisions)withthreeyearsafter(45collisions).ThesefindingsarepreliminaryandshouldbeusedcautiouslyasSDOTdatashowthatcollision ratesaredowncitywideoverthelastdecade.In2010,thetrafficsafetycamerasresultedinSPDissuing45,802citations,asdetailedinthetableon page54.

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SectionFiveTrafficEnforcement
2010TrafficSafetyCameraLocations CrossStreets 45 Street NWMarketStreet NWMarketStreet 15th AvenueNW StoneWayN AuroraAvenueN NE80thStreet NE45thStreet NE45thStreet NE45thStreet 6thAvenue 5thAvenue DennyWay DennyWay Broadway OliveWay Broadway BorenAvenue 23rdAvenueE 9thAvenue RainierAvenue RainierAvenue 14thAvenueS SCloverdaleStreet SWAvalonWay 35th AvenueSW RainierAveS SMcClellanStreet MartinLutherKingJr.WayS MartinLutherKingJr.WayS
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2010citations RooseveltWay 15thAvenueNW 15thAvenueNW NW80thStreet NW40thStreet NW85thStreet 5thAvenueNE UnionBayPlace UnionBayPlace UnionBayPlace JamesStreet SpringStreet FairviewAvenue FairviewAvenue EOliveWay Broadway PineStreet JamesStreet EJohnStreet JamesStreet SOrcasStreet SOrcasStreet SCloverdaleStreet 14thAvenueS 35thAvenueSW SWThistleStreet SMassachusetts MartinLutherKingJrWayS SMcClellanStreet SMcClellanStreet 1,968 3,068 1,177 2,973 2,679 1,973 555 1,699 1,624 241 3,359 2,075 1,914 1,191 1,125 820 1,415 763 1,667 568 625 1,230 393 1,752 1,033 1,999 3,851 486 1,262 317

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Note:Eachintersectionmayhavemultipleapproachesandcameras.

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SectionFiveTrafficEnforcement SpeedVanPhotoEnforcement TheSeattlePoliceDepartmentalsodeploysamobilevanequippedwithatrafficsafetycameraandacrosstheroadradartodocumentandissue citationsforschoolzoneandarterialstreetspeedviolations.Theprimarypurposeofthespeedvanistoenhancepedestriansafetybyslowing vehiclespeedsandcitingspeedzoneviolators. BeginninginApril2010,SPDinitiatedphotospeedenforcementonarterialstreetsinapilotprojectauthorizedduringthe2009statelegislative session.Usingthesamephotoradarvanemployedinschoolzones,theSPDTrafficSectiondeploysthevantoselectedarteriallocationsfourdays perweek,inanefforttogaugeeffectsonspeeding.In2010,thespeedvanphotoenforcementresultedinSeattlePoliceDepartmentissuing1,808 citations,asshowninthetablebelow. Thespeedvanhasbeeneffectivewhenandwheredeployed.Anevaluationofresultsfromthepilotdeploymentofthevanduringthe20082009 schoolyearshowedadecreaseofbetween5milesperhourand10milesperhourinschoolzoneswithchildrenpresentacriticalreductionfor pedestriansafety. 2010SpeedVanLocations BryantElementarySchool BagleyElementarySchool WestWoodlandElementarySchool GatewoodElementarySchool Arterial Arterial CrossStreets NE60thStreet N80thStreet NW58thStreet SWMyrtleStreet 35thAvenueSW ElliottAvenueW 35thAvenueNE StoneAvenueN 3rdAveNW FauntleroyWaySW SWDawsonStreet 6thAvenueW 2010Citations 260 20 58 297 593 580

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ProjectOutcomes Highendspeedersdeclined Injurycollisionsdeclined Trafficvolumeandtravel timeincreasedslightly

DataUseCaseStudy:FauntleroyWaySW ThankstofundingmadeavailablebytheBridgingtheGaplevy,SDOTrepavedFauntleroyWaySWin2009. TherepavingprojectprovidedanopportunitytoreconfiguretheroadwayusingtheCompleteStreets approach,accommodatingfreight,transit,pedestrians,bicyclesandmotorvehicles.Thisincludedre stripingfromfourtravellanestoonelaneineachdirectionwithaleftturnlane,abicyclelaneuphill,anda newmarkedcrosswalkandcurbbulb. ThechangestoFauntleroyWaySWhaveimprovedconditionsforallusersoftheroadway.Thenumberof speedersisdown.Anewmarkedcrosswalkhasbeenprovidedinalocationwhereitwasdifficulttocross. Motorvehicletrafficvolumehasnotdeclined.Whilethereissomeadditionaldelayformotorvehicle drivers,theCompleteStreetsapproachhasresultedinsomesignificantbenefitsfordriversincludinga reductioninthe numberofcollisions, especiallythenumber ofinjurycollisions.

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Collisions Collisionsdeclinedaftertherechannelizationwascompleted.Thetotalnumberofcollisionsdeclined31percentwhilethenumberofcollisions involvinginjurydeclined73percent.Leftturn,cyclistandsideswipecollisionsalldeclinedtozero.Collisionsinvolvingparkedcarsdeclined50 percent.Theonlyincreasenotedwasthenumberofincidentsinvolvingrearendcollisions. Collisions Total Injury RightAngle Rearend SideSwipe Before 20.3 7.3 3.7 3 2 After 14 2 5 6 0 Change 31% 73% 36% 100% 100% Collisiondatainthebeforeperiodisaverage20052008andaverageDecember2009December2010 Speed

Cyclist .3 0 100%

LeftTurn 2 0 100%

ParkedCar 6.7 3 55%

Aftertheprojectwascompleted,speedingdeclined.Driverstravelingat40mphorfasterdeclined7percentnorthboundand17percent southbound.Reducingthenumberoftopendspeederscanhaveasignificantbenefitforpedestrians.Accordingtoa1987reportbytheU.K DepartmentTransportation,apedestrianstruckbyamotorvehicletraveling40milesperhourhasa15percentchanceofsurvivingtheevent. Reducingvehiclespeedto30mphincreasesthechanceofsurvivalto55percent. Speed 85thPercentileSpeed 38.8 39.6 38.6 39.0 1% PercentSpeeding 90% 90% 90% 76% 7% TopendSpeeders 13% 18% 12% 15% 13%

FauntleroyWaySWEatSWBrandonStreet Before Northbound Southbound After Northbound Southbound CombinedChange

BeforedatacollectedinOctober,2008.AfterdatacollectedinFebruary2011

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Volume Trafficvolumeincreasedslightlyaftertherechannelizationwascompleted.Averageweekdaytrafficincreased0.4percentnorthboundand0.3 percentsouthbound.Totalaverageweekdaytrafficvolumeremainedroughly17,500vehicles. Volume Before After Change Northbound Southbound Northbound Southbound AverageDailyTraffic 8,250 8,216 8,268 8,240 0.2% WeekdayTraffic 8,802 8,797 8,837 8,828 0.3% PeakMorning 1,021 378 998 423 1.5% PeakAfternoon 497 977 537 940 0.1%

FauntleroyWaySWatSWEdmundsStreet

BeforedatacollectedinMay,2008.AfterdatacollectedinMay,2011

TravelTime Traveltimealongthecorridorincreasedslightlyformotorvehicles.Thisincreasevariedbydirectionandtimeofday.Inthesouthbounddirection, theincreaseintraveltimewasfoursecondsinthemorningand76secondsintheafternoon.Northboundtheincreaseintraveltimewas45seconds inthemorningandfivesecondsintheafternoon. MorningPeakTravelTime AlaskatoCalifornia Northbound Southbound 2009 2min,52sec 2min,51sec 2011 3min,37sec 2min,55sec AfternoonPeakTravelTime AlaskatoCalifornia Northbound Southbound 2009 2min,34sec 2min,46sec 2011 3min,39sec 3min,40sec

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Section Seven Future Data Collection

FutureDataCollection SDOTsabilitytocollectdatainawaythathelpsestablishandillustratetraffictrendscontinuesto grow.Wehavealwayscollectedcollisiondataanduseitregularlytoprioritizesafetyimprovements andtoassesswhereoursafetyimprovementsmightbehelpful.Volumedataiscollectedatregular locationsannually,andinsomecasesmonthly,andpaintsapictureofwheretrafficisgrowingand diminishing.In2010,SDOTbegancollectingspeeddatamuchaswecollectvolumedataatspecified locationseachyear. BicycleParticipation Historically,Seattlehasusedspotcountstomeasurethenumberofcyclists.Spotcountsarelimitedin thattheycollectinformationonlyatcertainlocations.Whilethisdataisvaluable,theresultscannot beextrapolatedandappliedto thewholecity. In2011,SDOThasconducteda surveytodeterminebicycle participation.Thesurveyhas polledastatisticallyvalid sampleofSeattleresidentsto determinehowmanypeople ridetheirbicycles,howoften andforwhatpurpose.The percentagesdrawnfromthis surveywillbeappliedto Seattlespopulationtogivea truerpictureofhowmany

Followingaconsistent, statisticallyvalidmethodology willimprovethequalityand consistencyofourdata.

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peopleridetheirbikesinSeattlewhetherforcommuting,errands,orrecreation.Thesenumberswillbereportedinthe2011TrafficReportand willbeusedtocalculatebicycleinvolvedcollisionratesandmaybeusedforcampaignstoencouragemorepeopletobicycle. BicycleandPedestrianCounts Inthisreport,SDOTusesanumberofmethodstocountaggregatenumbersofpedestriansandbicyclists:thepopulationofSeattle,theAmerican CommunitySurveycommuterestimatesandtheDowntownSeattleAssociationpedestriancountnumbers.Startingin2011,SDOTisconducting pedestrianandbicyclevolumecountsat50locationsacrossSeattleinJanuary,May,JulyandSeptemberaspartoftheNationalBicycle&Pedestrian 1 DocumentationProject .Thelocationswereselectedtopreservemanyexistingbicyclecountlocations,whiletakingPedestrianMasterPlanhigh prioritylocationsintoconsideration. Followingaconsistent,nationallyrecognizedmethodologywillimprovethequalityandconsistencyofourdata,andalsoincreasethefrequencywith whichwecollectthistypeofdata.Theinformationwecollectwilldocumentcurrentlevelsofwalkingandbiking,helpusmeasureourprogress towardsincreasingthenumberofpeoplewhowalkandbike,andhelpmakethecaseforadditionalinvestments.

http://bikepeddocumentation.org/

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2010VolumeCountLocations ControlCountLocations 1. DENNYWAY,W/O2NDAVE 2. EMADISONST,SW/O17THAVE 3. EASTGREENLAKEWAYN,NE/ON57THST 4. FREMONTBR,S/OPOINTA 5. N85THST,W/OASHWORTHAVEN 6. QUEENANNEAVEN,S/OCROCKETTST 7. UNIVERSITYBR,SW/OPOINTA 8. LAKECITYWAYNE,NE/ONE95THST 9. MLKINGJR.WAYS,N/OSANDOVERST 10. NWMARKETST,W/O8THAVENW 11. RAINIERAVES,S/OSOTHELLOST 12. SLANDERST,W/O6THAVES 13. ALKIAVESW,W/OHARBORAVESW 14. 3rdAveSE/OUnionSt 15. ALASKANWAYSE/OBLANCHARD 16. STEWARTSt,NE/O4thAVE 17. UNIVERSITYST,SW/O4thAVE 18. EASTMARGINALWAYS,S/OSALASKAST 19. WESTSEATTLEBRIDGE,NE/OFAUNTLEROY 20. SWSPOKANEBRIDGE,W/OSWSPOKANEST

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VolumeCountLocations 81 PedestrianCollisionTables 813 BicycleCollisionTables 824 GlossaryofTerms 827

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ScreenLineCountLocations

N85THST,W/OLINDENAVEN VALLEYST,W/OFAIRVIEWAVEN 12THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE145THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE65THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 1STAVENE,S/ONE145THST 25THAVENE,S/ONE47THST 25THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 30THAVENE,S/ONE145THST 35THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 5THAVENE,S/OI5145OF LAKECITYWAYNE,S/ONE145THST MONTLAKEBR,S/OPOINTA NE145THST,E/O5THAVENE NE45THST,W/ONE45THPL NE45THST,W/OROOSEVELTWAYNE NE50THST,W/OROOSEVELTWAYNE NE55THST,E/O35THAVENE NE75THST,W/OROOSEVELTWAYNE NE80THST,E/O5THAVENE NENORTHGATEWAY,E/O5THAVENE NEPACIFICST,NE/O2NDAVENE ROOSEVELTWAYNE,N/ONE50THST ROOSEVELTWAYNE,N/ONE73RDST ROOSEVELTWAYNE,SE/ONE130THNST SANDPOINTWAYNE,S/ONE74THST

ALASKANWYVINB,S/O1STAVSONRP ALASKANWYVISB,S/O1STAVSOFFRP ALASKANWYVINB,N/OEASTMARGINALWAYS ALASKANWYVISB,N/OEASTMARGINALWAYS EASTMARGINALWAYS,N/OALASKANWYVINB EASTMARGINALWYS,N/OALASKANWYVISB MARIONST,W/OALASKANWAY YESLERWAY,W/OALASKANWAY YESLERWAY,W/OALASKANWAY 1STAVSBRNB,S/OPOINTA 1STAVSBRSB,S/OPOINTA ALASKANWYVINB,NW/O1STAVSONRP ALASKANWYVISB,NW/O1STAVSOFFRP BATTERYSTTUNNELNB,N/OALASKANWYVINB BATTERYSTTUNNELSB,S/OAURORAAVEN BEACONERAVES,S/OSSPOKANEST BEACONWRAVES,S/OSSPOKANEST SR509NB,S/OCLOVERDALESTOFFRP SR509SB,S/OCLOVERDALESTONRP WESTSEATTLEBREB,E/O1STAVSOFFRP WESTSEATTLEBRWB,W/O4THAVSOFFRP WESTSEATTLEBREB,E/ODELRIDGEWSEATTLEBREBONRP WESTSEATTLEBRWB,E/OWSEATTLEBRWBOFFRP WESTSEATTLEBREB,NE/OFAUNTLEROYWAYSW WESTSEATTLEBRWB,NE/O35THAVESW ELLIOTTAVE,W/OLENORAST WESTERNAVE,NW/OLENORAST

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ScreenLineCountLocations,continued
SCOLUMBIANEBWAY,NW/O14THAVES SCOLUMBIANWBWAY,NW/O14THAVES I5CHERRYREVRP,E/OCHERRYST I5COLUMBIAREVRP,E/OCOLUMBIAST 1STAVE,NW/OLENORAST 1STAVE,SE/OPIKEST 2NDAVE,NW/OLENORAST 2NDAVE,SE/OPIKEST 3RDAVE,NW/OLENORAST 3RDAVE,SE/OPIKEST 4THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 4THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 5THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 5THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 6THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 6THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 7THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 7THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 8THAVE,SE/OPIKEST ALASKANWAY,SE/OBLANCHARDST ALASKANWAY,SE/OPIKEST COLUMBIASTONRP,NE/OALASKANWYVISB DENNYWAY,E/OMINORAVE DENNYWAY,E/OWESTLAKEAVE ELLIOTTAVONRP,NW/OALASKANWYVISB I5COLUMBIAOF,N/OCOLUMBIAST I5JAMESON,S/O6THAVE 15THAVENW,S/ONW80THST 24THAVENW,S/ONW80THST 32NDAVENW,S/ONW80THST 3RDAVENW,S/ONW145THST 3RDAVENW,S/ONW80THST 8THAVENW,S/ONW80THST 12THAVES,S/OSWELLERST 14THAVES,N/OSDIRECTORST 15THAVES,S/OSBRADFORDST 16THAVES,N/O16THAVESBR 1STAVSOFFRP,SE/OALASKANWYVISB 1STAVSONRP,SE/OALASKANWYVINB 1STAVES,N/OSKINGST 1STAVES,S/OSSPOKANESRST 23RDAVES,S/OSJACKSONST 31STAVES,S/OSJACKSONST 4THAVES,N/OSDAWSONST 4THAVES,S/O2NDAVETS 51STAVES,S/OSBANGORST 8THAVES,S/OSDIRECTORST AIRPORTWAYS,N/OSNORFOLKST AIRPORTWAYS,NW/OSLUCILEST ALASKANWAYS,N/OSKINGST EASTMARGINALWAYS,SE/OBOEINGDR MLKINGJRWAYS,S/OSBRADFORDST MLKINGJRWAYS,S/OSNORFOLKST MYERSWAYS,S/OOLSONPLSW

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I5PIKEREVRP,N/OPIKEST I5SENECAOF,S/O6THAVE I5SPRINGON,S/O6THAVE I5UNIONOFF,N/OCONVENTIONPL I5UNIVERSITYON,N/O6THAVE SENECASTOFFRP,NE/OALASKANWYVINB WESTERNAVOFFRP,NW/OALASKANWYVINB WESTERNAVE,NW/OUNIONST EASTLAKEAVEE,SW/OHARVARDAVEE AURORAAVEN,S/OHARRISONST AURORAAVEN,S/ON145THST AURORAAVEN,S/ON80THST AURORABR,S/OBRIDGEWAYN GREENWOODAVEN,S/ON145THST GREENWOODAVEN,S/ON80THST MERCERST,W/OFAIRVIEWAVEN MERIDIANAVEN,S/ON145THST N105THST,W/OEVANSTONWAVEN N125THST,W/OAURORAAVEN N130THST,W/OLINDENAVEN N145THST,W/OLINDENAVEN N46THST,W/OPHINNEYAVEN N50THST,W/OFREMONTAVEN N65THST,W/OLINDENAVEN N80THST,W/OLINDENAVEN MAGNOLIABR,E/OWGARFIELDSTOFFRP WDRAVUSST,E/O20THAVEW WEMERSONPL,SE/O21STAVEW

RAINIERAVES,E/O75THAVES(CITYLIMITS) RAINIERAVES,SE/OBORENAVES RAINIERAVES,SE/OMLKINGJRWAYS RENTONAVES,SE/OSBANGORST SDEARBORNST,W/O13THAVES SGRAHAMST,E/OSWIFTAVES SHOLGATEBR,E/OSHOLGATEST SJACKSONST,E/O5THAVES SLUCILEST,W/O12THAVES SMYRTLEST,W/OBEACONWRAVES SR99FY,S/OSCLOVERDALEST SWIFTAVES,NW/OSALBROPL 16THAVESW,N/OSWCAMBRIDGEST 35THAVESW,N/OSWROXBURYST 8THAVESW,N/OSWROXBURYST BEACHDRSW,SE/O61STAVESW CALIFORNIAAVESW,S/OSWCHARLESTOWNST DELRIDGEWAYSW,NW/OSWCAMBRIDGEST DELRIDGEWAYSW,S/OSWANDOVERST OLSONPLSW,SW/O1STAVES SEAVIEWAVENW,N/ONW67THST SW106THST,W/OSEOLABEACHDRSW SWADMIRALWAY,SE/OSWCITYVIEWST SWAVALONWAY,N/O30THAVESW SWBARTONST,SW/OFAUNTLEROYWAYSW WESTMARGINALWAYSW,NW/OHIGHLANDPARKWAY SW 28THAVEW,S/OWDRAVUSST 34THAVEW,N/OWBARRETTST

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FlowCountLocations I5STEWARTOF,N/OSTEWARTST I5STEWARTREVRP,N/OSTEWARTST I5STEWARTREVRP,N/OSTEWARTST ALASKANWYVINB,S/O1STAVSONRP ALASKANWYVISB,S/O1STAVSOFFRP ALASKANWYVINB,N/OEASTMARGINALWAYS ALASKANWYVISB,N/OEASTMARGINALWAYS EASTMARGINALWAYS,N/OALASKANWYVINB EASTMARGINALWYS,N/OALASKANWYVISB MARIONST,W/OALASKANWAY YESLERWAY,W/OALASKANWAY YESLERWAY,W/OALASKANWAY 1STAVSBRNB,S/OPOINTA 1STAVSBRSB,S/OPOINTA ALASKANWYVINB,NW/O1STAVSONRP ALASKANWYVISB,NW/O1STAVSOFFRP BATTERYSTTUNNELNB,N/OALASKANWYVINB BATTERYSTTUNNELSB,S/OAURORAAVEN BEACONERAVES,S/OSSPOKANEST BEACONWRAVES,S/OSSPOKANEST SR509NB,S/OCLOVERDALESTOFFRP SR509SB,S/OCLOVERDALESTONRP WESTSEATTLEBREB,E/O1STAVSOFFRP WESTSEATTLEBRWB,W/O4THAVSOFFRP WESTSEATTLEBREB,E/ODELRIDGEWSEATTLEBREBON RP WESTSEATTLEBRWB,E/OWSEATTLEBRWBOFFRP FlowCountLocations,continued

LAKECITYWAYNE,SW/ONE115THST MONTLAKEBLVDNE,N/ONEPACIFICPL NE125THST,E/O35THAVENE NE125THST,W/O27THAVENE NE45THST,E/O16THAVENE NE50THST,W/OTHACKERAYPLNE NE65THST,E/O25THAVENE NE65THST,W/O15THAVENE NE65THST,W/O25THAVENE NE75THST,E/O12THAVENE NE75THST,W/O30THAVENE NENORTHGATEWAY,W/O15THAVENE PINEHURSTWAYNE,NE/ONE115THST ROOSEVELTWAYNE,S/ONENORTHGATEWAY SANDPOINTWAYNE,SW/ONE65THST HOLMANRDNW,NE/O13THEAVENW LEARYWAYNW,NW/O3RDAVENW NW80THST,W/O15THAVENW NW85THST,W/O16THAVENW 1STAVES,N/OSSPOKANENRST 1STAVES,S/OSLUCILEST 4THAVES,N/OSMICHIGANST 4THAVES,S/OAIRPORTWAYS 6THAVES,S/OSFORESTST BEACONAVES,N/OSSPOKANEST CORSONAVES,N/OSMICHIGANST

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WESTSEATTLEBREB,NE/OFAUNTLEROYWAYSW WESTSEATTLEBRWB,NE/O35THAVESW ELLIOTTAVE,W/OLENORAST WESTERNAVE,NW/OLENORAST SCOLUMBIANEBWAY,NW/O14THAVES SCOLUMBIANWBWAY,NW/O14THAVES I5CHERRYREVRP,E/OCHERRYST I5COLUMBIAREVRP,E/OCOLUMBIAST BORENAVE,SE/OPIKEST BROADWAY,S/OEDENNYWAY DENNYWAY,E/OSTEWARTST DENNYWAY,W/O6THAVE I5CHERRYON,N/OCHERRYST I5JAMESOF,S/OJAMESST I5MADISONOF,S/OMADISONST I5OLIVEOF,S/OOLIVEWY I5OLIVEON,N/OI5MELROSEON I5YALEON,S/OHOWELLST JAMESST,NE/O7THAVE MADISONST,NE/OBORENAVE 10THAVEE,S/OEBOSTONST 12THAVEE,N/OEJOHNST 12THAVE,N/OEYESLERWAY 14THAVE,N/OEYESLERWAY 24THAVEE,N/OEPROSPECTST BORENAVE,NW/OEYESLERWAY EALOHAST,E/O10THAVEE FlowCountLocations,continued ECHERRYST,W/O26THAVE

CORSONAVES,S/OSMICHIGANST EASTMARGINALWAYS,NW/OSMICHIGANST EASTMARGINALWAYS,SE/O4THAVES ELLISAVES,S/OSWARSAWST MLKINGJRWAYS,N/OSEDMUNDSST MLKINGJRWAYS,S/OSHOLLYST RAINIERAVES,N/OSALASKAST RAINIERAVES,NW/OSHOLLYST RAINIERAVES,NW/OSMCCLELLANST RENTONAVES,N/OSCLOVERDALEST RENTONAVES,SE/OSHENDERSONST SCOLUMBIANWAY,W/OBEACONWRAVES SGENESEEST,E/O38THAVES SHENDERSONST,E/ORENTONAVES SJACKSONST,W/O23RDAVES SLUCILEST,E/O4THAVES SMICHIGANST,E/O6THAVES SOTHELLOST,E/O43RDAVES 35THAVESW,S/OSWALASKAST 35THAVESW,S/OSWMORGANST CALIFORNIAAVESW,S/OERSKINEWAYSW DELRIDGEWAYSW,N/OSWMYRTLEST FAUNTLEROYWAYSW,N/OSWBARTONST FAUNTLEROYWAYSW,S/OSWALASKAST SWBARTONST,W/O30THAVESW SWHOLDENST,W/ODELRIDGEWAYSW SWMORGANST,W/O35THAVESW SWROXBURYST,E/O26THAVESW

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EJOHNST,E/OBROADWAYE EMADISONST,SW/O38THAVEE EMADISONST,SW/OLAKEWASHINGTONBLVDE EPIKEST,W/OBROADWAY EPINEST,W/OBROADWAY EUNIONST,W/O26THAVE EYESLERWAY,W/O23RDAVE LAKEWASHINGTONBLVDE,NW/OEMADISONST MLKINGJRWAYE,S/OEJOHNST MLKINGJRWAY,N/OEYESLERWAY AURORAAVEN,S/ON112THST FREMONTAVEN,S/ON46THST GREENWOODAVEN,N/ON107THST GREENWOODAVEN,S/OHOLMANRDN N130THST,W/OASHWORTHAVEN N145THST,W/OMERIDIANAVEN N40THST,E/OSTONEWAYN N45THST,W/OEASTERNAVEN NNORTHGATEWAY,W/OASHWORTHAVEN NICKERSONST,NW/OFLORENTIAST PHINNEYAVEN,S/ON65THST STONEWAYN,S/ON45THST WESTLAKEAVEN,S/OHIGHLANDDR 11THAVENE,S/ONE45THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE45THST 15THAVENE,S/ONENORTHGATEWAY FlowCountLocations,continued 35THAVENE,N/ONE75THST 5THAVENE,N/ONENORTHGATEWAY

15THAVEW,N/OWARMORYWAY 20THAVEW,S/OWDRAVUSST ELLIOTTAVEW,SE/OWMERCERPL GILMANAVEW,NW/OWEMERSONPL 1STAVE,NW/OLENORAST 1STAVE,SE/OPIKEST 2NDAVE,NW/OLENORAST 2NDAVE,SE/OPIKEST 3RDAVE,NW/OLENORAST 3RDAVE,SE/OPIKEST 4THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 4THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 5THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 5THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 6THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 6THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 7THAVE,NW/OLENORAST 7THAVE,SE/OPIKEST 8THAVE,SE/OPIKEST ALASKANWAY,SE/OBLANCHARDST ALASKANWAY,SE/OPIKEST COLUMBIASTONRP,NE/OALASKANWYVISB DENNYWAY,E/OMINORAVE DENNYWAY,E/OWESTLAKEAVE DENNYWAY,W/O2NDAVE ELLIOTTAVONRP,NW/OALASKANWYVISB I5COLUMBIAOF,N/OCOLUMBIAST I5JAMESON,S/O6THAVE

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5THAVENE,S/ONENORTHGATEWAY EASTGREENLAKEDRN,NW/OLATONAAVENE 35THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 5THAVENE,S/OI5145OF LAKECITYWAYNE,NE/ONE95THST LAKECITYWAYNE,S/ONE145THST MONTLAKEBR,S/OPOINTA NE145THST,E/O5THAVENE NE45THST,W/ONE45THPL NE45THST,W/OROOSEVELTWAYNE NE50THST,W/OROOSEVELTWAYNE NE55THST,E/O35THAVENE NE75THST,W/OROOSEVELTWAYNE NE80THST,E/O5THAVENE NENORTHGATEWAY,E/O5THAVENE NEPACIFICST,NE/O2NDAVENE ROOSEVELTWAYNE,N/ONE50THST ROOSEVELTWAYNE,N/ONE73RDST ROOSEVELTWAYNE,SE/ONE130THNST SANDPOINTWAYNE,S/ONE74THST 15THAVENW,S/ONW80THST 24THAVENW,S/ONW80THST 32NDAVENW,S/ONW80THST 3RDAVENW,S/ONW145THST 3RDAVENW,S/ONW80THST FlowCountLocations,continued 8THAVENW,S/ONW80THST BALLARDBR,S/OPOINTA NWMARKETST,W/O8THAVENW

I5PIKEREVRP,N/OPIKEST I5SENECAOF,S/O6THAVE I5SPRINGON,S/O6THAVE I5UNIONOFF,N/OCONVENTIONPL I5UNIVERSITYON,N/O6THAVE SENECASTOFFRP,NE/OALASKANWYVINB WESTERNAVOFFRP,NW/OALASKANWYVINB WESTERNAVE,NW/OUNIONST EMADISONST,SW/O17THAVE EASTLAKEAVEE,SW/OHARVARDAVEE AURORAAVEN,S/OHARRISONST AURORAAVEN,S/ON145THST AURORAAVEN,S/ON80THST AURORABR,S/OBRIDGEWAYN EASTGREENLAKEWAYN,NE/ON57THST FREMONTBR,S/OPOINTA GREENWOODAVEN,S/ON145THST GREENWOODAVEN,S/ON80THST MERCERST,W/OFAIRVIEWAVEN MERIDIANAVEN,S/ON145THST N105THST,W/OEVANSTONWAVEN N125THST,W/OAURORAAVEN N130THST,W/OLINDENAVEN N145THST,W/OLINDENAVEN N46THST,W/OPHINNEYAVEN N50THST,W/OFREMONTAVEN N65THST,W/OLINDENAVEN N80THST,W/OLINDENAVEN

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12THAVES,S/OSWELLERST 14THAVES,N/OSDIRECTORST 15THAVES,S/OSBRADFORDST 16THAVES,N/O16THAVESBR 1STAVSOFFRP,SE/OALASKANWYVISB 1STAVSONRP,SE/OALASKANWYVINB 1STAVES,N/OSKINGST 1STAVES,S/OSSPOKANESRST 23RDAVES,S/OSJACKSONST 31STAVES,S/OSJACKSONST 4THAVES,N/OSDAWSONST 4THAVES,S/O2NDAVETS 51STAVES,S/OSBANGORST 8THAVES,S/OSDIRECTORST AIRPORTWAYS,N/OSNORFOLKST AIRPORTWAYS,NW/OSLUCILEST ALASKANWAYS,N/OSKINGST EASTMARGINALWAYS,SE/OBOEINGDR MLKINGJRWAYS,S/OSBRADFORDST MLKINGJRWAYS,S/OSNORFOLKST MYERSWAYS,S/OOLSONPLSW RAINIERAVES,E/O75THAVES(CITYLIMITS) RAINIERAVES,S/OSOTHELLOST RAINIERAVES,SE/OBORENAVES FlowCountLocations,continued RAINIERAVES,SE/OMLKINGJRWAYS RENTONAVES,SE/OSBANGORST SDEARBORNST,W/O13THAVES SGRAHAMST,E/OSWIFTAVES

N85THST,W/OASHWORTHAVEN N85THST,W/OLINDENAVEN QUEENANNEAVEN,S/OCROCKETTST UNIVERSITYBR,SW/OPOINTA VALLEYST,W/OFAIRVIEWAVEN 12THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE145THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE65THST 15THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 1STAVENE,S/ONE145THST 25THAVENE,S/ONE47THST 25THAVENE,S/ONE75THST 30THAVENE,S/ONE145THST 16THAVESW,N/OSWCAMBRIDGEST 35THAVESW,N/OSWROXBURYST 8THAVESW,N/OSWROXBURYST ALKIAVESW,W/OHARBORAVESW BEACHDRSW,SE/O61STAVESW CALIFORNIAAVESW,S/OSWCHARLESTOWNST DELRIDGEWAYSW,NW/OSWCAMBRIDGEST DELRIDGEWAYSW,S/OSWANDOVERST OLSONPLSW,SW/O1STAVES SEAVIEWAVENW,N/ONW67THST SW106THST,W/OSEOLABEACHDRSW SWADMIRALWAY,SE/OSWCITYVIEWST SWAVALONWAY,N/O30THAVESW SWBARTONST,SW/OFAUNTLEROYWAYSW WESTMARGINALWAYSW,NW/OHIGHLANDPARKWAYSW

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SHOLGATEBR,E/OSHOLGATEST SJACKSONST,E/O5THAVES SLANDERST,W/O6THAVES SLUCILEST,W/O12THAVES SMYRTLEST,W/OBEACONWRAVES SR99FY,S/OSCLOVERDALEST

28THAVEW,S/OWDRAVUSST 34THAVEW,N/OWBARRETTST MAGNOLIABR,E/OWGARFIELDSTOFFRP WDRAVUSST,E/O20THAVEW WEMERSONPL,SE/O21STAVEW SWIFTAVES,NW/OSALBROPL

MONTHLYEXPANSIONFACTORS

AGGREGATEOFCONTROLCOUNTLOCATIONS(Less:WSBR) Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 365520 371781 376209 396861 396661 396875 407750 391554 386879 393962 399570 393648 389772 EXP 1.066 1.048 1.036 0.982 0.983 0.982 0.956 0.995 1.007 0.989 0.975 0.990 CBDEXPANSIONFACTORS AGGREGATEOFALASKANWY,DENNYWY,STEWARTST,UNIVERSITYSTAND3AVE 63968 65716 65020 66554 67560 68126 71466 69220 66339 67150 71876 74174 68097 EXP 1.065 1.036 1.047 1.023 1.008 1.000 0.953 0.984 1.026 1.014 0.947 0.918

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BridgeCountLocations 1. AuroraBridge 2. BallardBridge 3. FremontBridge 4. MontlakeBridge 5. SpokaneStreetCorridor(DuwamishRiverWestWaterway) 6. WestSeattleBridge(Highrise) 7. SWSpokaneBridge(Swing) 8. UniversityBridge 9. 1AveSBridge 10. 16thAveSBridge 11. 190Bridge 12. SR520Bridge 13. I5Bridge

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2010PedestrianCollisionTables
2010PedestrianCollisionsbyLocationinStreet Location Intersections Midblocks Unknown Total Collisions 359 156 14 529 PercentofTotal 68% 29% 3% 100%

2010PedestrianCollisionsby LocationinStreet

Intersections Midblocks Unknown

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2010PedestrianActionsduringCollisions Action CrossingatIntersectionwithSignal CrossingatIntersectionNoSignal CrossingMidblockNoCrosswalk OtherActions CrossingatIntersectionAgainstSignal FromBehindParkedVehicle NotinRoadway AtIntersectionNotUsingCrosswalk StandingorWorkinginRoadway CrossingatIntersectionDiagonally CrossingMidblockinCrosswalk PlayinginRoadway FellorPushedintoPathofVehicle WalkinginRoadway WalkingonShoulderOppositeTraffic MissingData Total

Number 77 51 24 19 18 15 7 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 299 529

PercentofTotal 14.6% 9.6% 4.5% 3.6% 3.4% 2.8% 1.3% 0.9% 0.9% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 56.5% 100.0%

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2010ContributingCircumstancesforPedestriansin Collisions ContributingCircumstance Number Nonenoted 165 DidNotGrantRightofWaytoPedestrian 139 Missing 87 Other 55 DidNotGrantRightofWaytoVehicle 22 DisregardStopLight 17 FailuretoUseCrosswalk 16 UnderInfluenceofAlcohol 10 Inattention 7 ExceedingReasonableandSafeSpeed 2 ImproperBacking 2 OperatingDefectiveEquipment 2 DisregardYieldSign 1 ExceedingSpeedLimit 1 ApparentlyAsleep 1 DisregardStopSign 1 DisregardFlagger/Officer 1 GrandTotal 529

2010ContributingCircumstancesforDriversinPedestrian Collisions ContributingCircumstance Number DidNotGrantRightofWaytoPedestrian 256 Nonenoted 103 Other 46 Inattention 10 DisregardTrafficSignal 9 UnderInfluenceofAlcohol 7 ImproperBacking 6 DisregardFlagger/Officer 3 ExceedingReasonableandSafeSpeed 1 ExceedingSpeedLimit 1 DidNotGrantRightofWaytoVehicle 1 ApparentlyIll 1 ImproperTurn 1 UnderInfluenceofDrugs 1 OtherDistractionsInsideVehicle 1 DisregardYieldSign 1 OperatingDefectiveEquipment 1 GrandTotal 449

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Severityof2010PedestrianCollisionsbyAge AgeGroup Missing Unknown NoInjury 0to4 5to14 15to24 25to34 35to44 45to54 55to64 65andup Missing Total 78 78 8 8 39 47 24 13 7 3 12 161

4 2 1 74 81

Possible Injury 2 11 16 21 12 7 2 3 22 96

NonSerious Injury 1 8 25 14 12 11 3 1 7 82

Serious Injury 1 3 5 6 3 5 1 3 27

Fatality

Total 12 30 85 92 53 39 14 9 196 529

3 2 5

Percentof Total 2.3% 5.7% 16.1% 17.4% 10.0% 7.4% 2.6% 1.7% 37.1% 100.0%

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2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyTimeofDay Hour Fatality Injury 12amorNoTime 0 13 1am 0 5 2am 0 12 3am 0 2 4am 0 0 5am 0 1 6am 0 15 7am 0 24 8am 0 23 9am 1 22 10am 0 12 11am 0 22 12pm 0 25 1pm 1 18 2pm 1 30 3pm 0 43 4pm 0 34 5pm 0 38 6pm 1 31 7pm 0 25 8pm 1 16 9pm 0 20 10pm 0 11 11pm 0 12 Total 5 454

NoInjury 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 30

Missing 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40

Total 53 5 12 3 0 1 18 25 27 26 14 23 27 20 32 44 35 42 34 25 18 20 13 12 529

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2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyTimeofDay
60

50 Missing 40 NoInjury Injury 30 Fatality

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FiveYear(20062010)PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyTimeofDay
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Missing PropertyDamageOnly Injury Fatal

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2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyDayofWeek DayofWeek Fatality Injury NonInjury Sunday 0 44 3 Monday 3 73 4 Tuesday 0 71 5 Wednesday 1 67 4 Thursday 1 68 5 Friday 0 78 4 Saturday 0 53 5 Total 5 454 30 Missing 4 7 6 6 6 7 4 40 Total 51 87 82 78 80 89 62 529 2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyMonth Month Fatality Injury January 1 52 February 0 26 March 0 25 April 0 23 May 2 28 June 0 41 July 0 36 August 0 40 September 0 39 October 0 48 November 1 45 December 1 51 Total 5 454 NoInjury 2 5 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 30 Missing 2 0 11 7 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 1 40 Total 57 31 37 33 33 44 40 45 47 55 51 56 529

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FiveYear(20062010)PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyMonth
300 Missing PropertyDamageOnly 250 Injury Fatal

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150

100

50

0 January February March April May June July August September October November December

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2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyVehicleAction Fatality Injury VehicleAction VehicleGoingStraight VehicleTurningLeft VehicleTurningRight VehicleBacking ResultofInitialCollision EnteringAtAngle OtherActions NotStated PersonFell,JumpedorPushed Missing Total 2 2 1 5 181 149 83 17 16 5 1 1 1 454

Property DamageOnly 11 10 6 1 2 30

Missing 40 40

Total 194 161 89 19 18 5 1 1 1 40 529

2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyClothingVisibility ClothingVisibility Fatality Injury PropertyDamage Only Mixed 3 133 11 Dark 1 51 7 Light 21 2 RetroReflective 1 Missing 1 248 10 Total 5 454 30

Missing 40 40 Total 147 59 23 1 299 529

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2010PedestrianCollisionSeveritybyWeatherConditions Weather Fatality Injury PropertyDamageOnly Unknown 14 6 Dry 3 260 12 Wet 61 3 Snow/Slush 2 114 9 Ice 3 Sand/Mud/Dirt 1 Other 1 Missing Total 5 454 30

Missing 40 40 Total 20 275 64 125 3 1 1 40 529

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2010BicycleCollisionTables
BicycleCollisionsbyLocationinStreet Location PercentofCollisions Intersection 59% Midblock 41% BicyclistActionsduring2010Collisions Action RidingwithTraffic CrossingorEnteringTraffic TurnedintoPathofVehicle AllOtherActions RidingagainstTraffic CrossingDiagonally Unknown/Missing Total

Total 118 67 8 5 3 1 164 366

PercentofTotal 32% 18% 2% 1% 1% 0% 45% 100%

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0to4 5to14 15to24 25to34 35to44 45to54 55to64 65andup Missing Total 40 40 1 4 22 24 29 14 13 17 6 130 Severityof2010BicycleCollisionsbyAge AgeGroup Missing Unknown NoInjury Possible Injury Non Serious Injury 1 23 43 19 8 4 2 4 104 Serious Injury Fatality Total Percentof Total 0.3% 2.5% 15.5% 23.7% 17.2% 8.4% 6.3% 5.2% 21.3% 100.0%

2 3 2

2 10 14 8 6 5 9 54

2 3 3 3 1 1 13

18 25

1 9 57 87 63 31 23 19 78 367

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Severityof2010BikeCollisionsbyTimeofDay Hour Injuryor Property Missing Fatality DamageOnly 12amorNoTime 2 0 21 1am 3 0 0 2am 4 0 0 3am 0 0 0 4am 0 0 0 5am 3 0 0 6am 2 0 0 7am 16 2 0 8am 26 5 0 9am 10 1 0 10am 13 3 0 11am 10 3 0 12pm 13 3 0 1pm 15 3 0 2pm 16 3 0 3pm 27 3 0 4pm 34 5 0 5pm 32 5 0 6pm 28 2 0 7pm 13 2 0 8pm 13 1 0 9pm 12 1 0 10pm 4 1 0 11pm 6 0 0 Total 302 43 21

Severityof2010BikeCollisionsbyDayofWeek Total 23 3 4 0 0 3 2 18 31 11 16 13 16 18 19 30 39 37 30 15 14 13 5 6 366 DayofWeek Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total Injuryor Fatality 25 42 52 61 41 45 36 302 Property DamageOnly 3 2 8 9 10 7 4 43 Missing 1 2 2 3 4 5 4 21 Total 29 46 62 73 55 57 44 366

Severityof2010BikeCollisionsbyMonth Month Injuryor Property Fatality DamageOnly January 13 2 February 22 3 March 17 2 April 16 5 May 38 1 June 31 5 July 39 3 August 31 6 September 35 5 October 28 6 November 13 2 December 19 3 Total 302 43

Missing 1 0 3 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 21

Total 16 25 22 31 39 37 42 38 40 35 18 23 366

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FiveYear(20062010)BikeCollisionSeveritybyMonth
Missing 200 PropertyDamageOnly Injury Fatal

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100

50

0 January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Severityof2010BikeCollisionsbyFacilityType FacilityType Roadway DesignatedBikeRoute MarkedCrosswalk UnmarkedCrosswalk Shoulder Sidewalk Missing Total Fatality 1 1 Injury 97 31 21 12 9 3 128 301 Property DamageOnly 15 6 3 4 1 14 43 Missing 21 21 Total 112 38 24 16 9 4 163 366

Property DamageOnly 14 8 5 1 15 43 Missing 21 21 Total 122 42 20 15 3 164 366

Severityof2010BikeCollisionsbyClothingVisibility Clothing Mixed Dark Light RetroReflective OtherReflectiveApparel Missing Total Fatality 1 1 Injury 107 34 15 14 3 128 301

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Severityof2010BikeCollisionsbyWeather Weather ClearorPartly Cloudy Overcast Raining Unknown Missing Total Fatality 1 1 Injury 213 43 37 8 301 Property DamageOnly 25 4 6 8 43 Missing 21 21 Total 239 47 43 16 21 366

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ContributingCircumstanceforDriversin2010BicycleCollisions DriverContributingCircumstance Collisions DidNotGrantRightofWaytoBicycle 142 None 61 Other 31 DidNotGrantRightofWaytoVehicle 8 Inattention 6 DisregardTrafficSignal 5 ImproperUTurn 5 DisregardStopSign 3 UndertheInfluenceofAlcohol 1 ExceedingReasonableandSafeSpeed 1 DisregardYieldSign 1 ImproperSignal 1 ImproperBacking 1 Unknown/Missing 100 Total 366

ContributingCircumstanceforBicyclistsinCollisions ContributingCircumstance None DidnotGrantRightofWaytoPedestrian Other DidnotGrantRightofWaytoVehicle DisregardTrafficSignal Inattention ExceedingReasonableandSafeSpeed ImproperPassing DisregardStopSign OnWrongSideofRoad ImproperUTurn UndertheInfluenceofAlcohol OperatingDefectiveEquipment FollowingTooClosely FailingtoSignal ImproperTurn DisregardYieldSign HeadlightViolation Missing Total Total 141 66 32 22 15 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 45 366

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Glossary TRAFFICVOLUMETERMS SourceWilliamR.McShaneandRogerP.Roess,TrafficEngineering(EnglewoodCliffs,NewJersey:PrenticeHall,1990)49. ADT:AverageDailyTraffic.Anaverage24hourtrafficvolumeatagivenlocationforsomeperiodoftimelessthanayear. AWDT:AverageWeekdayDailyTraffic.Anaverage24hourtrafficvolumeoccurringonweekdaysforsomeperiodoftimelessthanoneyear,such asforamonthoraseason. AADT:AverageAnnualDailyTraffic.Theaverage24hourtrafficvolumeatagivenlocationoverafull365dayyear. INJURYTYPES SourceStateofWashingtonPoliceTrafficCollisionReportInstructionManualandSDOT NoInjury:Applieswhentheofficeratthescenehasnoreasontobelievethat,atthetimeofthecollision,thepersonreceivedanybodilyharmdue tothecollision. PossibleInjury:Anyinjuryreportedtotheofficerorclaimedbytheindividualsuchasmomentaryunconsciousness,claimofinjuriesnotevident, limping,complaintofpain,nausea,hysteria,etc.Thesearecountedasinjurieswhenthetotalnumberofinjuriesispresented. NonSeriousInjury:Anyinjuryotherthanfatalordisablingatthescene,includingbrokenfingersortoes,abrasions,etc. SeriousInjury:Thisreferstoanyinjurythatresultsinatleastatemporaryimpairment,e.g.abrokenlimb.Itdoesnotmeanthatthecollision resultedinapermanentdisability. Fatality:Thiscategoryincludespersonswhodiedatthesceneofthecollisions,weredeadonarrivalatthehospital,ordiedwithin30daysofthe collisionfromcollisionrelatedinjuries. ROADWAYCLASSIFICATIONTYPES SourceCityofSeattleComprehensivePlan,Section3.4andSDOT Residential(NonArterial)Streets:Roadwaysthatprovidelocalizedtrafficcirculation,includingaccesstoneighborhoodlanduses,commercialand industriallanduses,andaccesstohigherleveltrafficstreets. CollectorArterials:Roadwaysthatcollectanddistributetrafficfromprincipalandminorarterialstolocalaccessstreetsorprovidedirectaccessto destinations. MinorArterials:Roadwaysthatdistributetrafficfromprincipalarterialstocollectorarterialsandaccessstreets. PrincipalArterials:Roadwaysthatareintendedtoserveastheprimaryroutesformovingtrafficthroughthecity,connectingurbancentersand urbanvillagestooneanother,ortotheregionaltransportationnetwork.

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