Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Krishnan Sudharsan
Public Policy Fellow
Public Sector Consultants
September 29, 2008
Problem Statement
Over 65,000 deer-vehicle collisions
(DVCs) each year in Michigan; > 1
million nationally
230% increase since 1982
Average cost: $2,300 per crash (AAA MI,
2005)
Total direct costs: $150 million; > $1
billion
Indirect costs: health care, missed
work, etc.
Underreporting rate of ~ 50% (Marcoux
2005)
On average, 5 human fatalities/yr (~
2001 DVC Distribution, by County
DVC Distribution
0-500
501-1000
1001-1500
1501-2000
2001-2500
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Mental Model
DEER
+ LANDSCAPE
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Study Area
Monroe County
Rural landscape
Population ~ 150,000
Washtenaw County
Suburban/rural mix
Population ~ 325,000
Oakland County
Suburban landscape
Population ~ 1.2 million
OAKLAND
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≤ 2 LANES
> 2 LANES
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AVERAGE RELATIVE RISK
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RURAL URBAN RURAL URBAN RURAL URBAN
35 ≤ 2 LANES
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AVERAGE RELATIVE RISK
> 2 LANES
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LOW MEDIUM HIGH LOW MEDIUM HIGH LOW MEDIUM HIGH
50000
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40000
Number of DVCs
30000
20000
10000
0
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DVCs, by Time of Day
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3000
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2000
1500
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500
0
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10
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Hour
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