CITYOF MENDOTA
ROLANDO CASTRO
Chairperson
OSCAR ROSALES
Vice Chairperson
JOSEPH AMADOR
Committee Member
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Agenda
Public Safety Sub-Committee Meeting
City Council Chambers
643 Quince Street
June 6, 2022
12.00 PM
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ll. Approval of Minutes
1. Approval of Minutes of the February 7,2022 Regular Public Safety SubCommittee Meeting. lll. Business
1. Chairperson Castro
a) Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group to present the Safety Data Summary for the Safe Routes to School Master PIan
2. Vice-Chairperson Rosales
3. Committee Member Amador
a) Citizens requesting a stop sign at the intersection of 6th and Riofrio Streets
b) Mendota Unified School District to provide an update on its safety procedures
c) Caltrans to provide an update on local projects
4. Code Enforcement
a) Monthly update
5. Police Department
a) Monthly update
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6. Other Business
IV. Adjournment
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING
I, Celeste Cabrera-Garcia, City Clerk of the City of Mendota, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda for the Mendota Public Safety Sub-Committee meeting of Monday, June 6, 2022, was posted on the bulletin board at City Hall, 643 Quince Street on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
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Public Safety Sub-Committee 2 June 6, 2022
Public Safety Sub-Committee Minutes 1 February 7, 2022
MINUTES
MENDOTA PUBLIC SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE
MEETING
February 7, 2022
12:00 PM
Mendota City Hall
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Castro at 12:02 p.m.
Members Present: Chairperson Rolando Castro and Committee Member Joseph Amador
Members Absent: Vice Chairperson Oscar Rosales
Staff Present: Cristian Gonzalez, City Manager; Michael Osborn, City Engineer; Kevin Smith, Chief of Police; Ramiro Rodriguez, Police Lieutenant; and Celeste Cabrera-Garcia, City Clerk.
Others Present: Terence Cortez, Caltrans; John Liu, Caltrans; Michael Navarro, Caltrans; and Daniel Stevenson, California
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
II. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
The minutes for the meeting of August 2, 2021 were approved based on a motion made and seconded, and unanimous approval.
III. BUSINESS
1. Chairperson Castro
a) Officers patrolling at night and police logs
Chairperson Castro inquired about officers patrolling at night and the maintenance of police logs.
Discussion was held on the item.
b) Police contact with bicyclists
Chairperson Castro asked if the police department makes contact with bicyclists.
Discussion was held on the item, and on drug activity.
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c) Police statistics on drug activity
Discussion was held on the item and a recent significant case.
2. Vice-Chairperson Rosales
The item was skipped due to Vice-Chairperson Rosales being absent.
3. Committee Member Amador
a) Update on Caltrans projects
Committee Member Amador requested an update on Caltrans updates.
John Liu (Caltrans) – provided an update on Caltrans updates.
Discussion was held on upcoming projects; and traffic concerns near Latino Market. b) Update on the City Hall/Police Station project
Committee Member Amador requested an update on the City Hall/Police Station project.
Discussion was held on the item.
c) Complaints received about cars speeding on Sorensen Avenue Committee Member Amador reported on complaints that he has received regarding carts speeding on Sorensen Avenue.
Discussion was held on the item; ongoing projects; and Mayor Castro asked Captain Daniel Stevenson with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on the consistency of compliance checks at Mendota Pool Park.
Captain Daniel Stevenson (California Department of Fish and Wildlife) – provided an update on the compliance checks at Mendota Pool Park.
Discussion was held on the information provided by Captain Stevenson.
4. Code Enforcement
a) Monthly update
Chief of Police Smith provided an update on the Animal Control Department and Code Enforcement Department, including monthly statistics and ongoing tasks for the departments.
Discussion was held on illegal businesses conducting business in the City.
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5. Police Department
a) Monthly update
Chief of Smith provided an update on the Police Department including monthly statistics; significant cases; and a personnel update.
6. Other Business
Chairperson Castro provided an update on COVID-19.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
At the hour of 12:45 p.m., with no more business to be brought before the Committee.
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Rolando Castro, Chairperson
ATTEST:
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Celeste Cabrera-Garcia, City Clerk
CITY OF MENDOTA
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL MASTER PLAN
Memorandum
To: City of Mendota Public Safety Subcommittee
From: Sara Allinder, Project Manager, Provost & Pritchard Morgan Wright, Planner, Provost & Pritchard
Date: June 1, 2022
The City of Mendota is developing a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Master Plan through a Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant. The attached Safety Data Summary was prepared as part of that effort and summarizes traffic incident data in the City of Mendota from 2015 to 2021. It looks at incidents throughout the city overall, as well as focuses on collisions in the vicinity of five Mendota schools: McCabe Elementary School, Mendota Elementary School, Washington Elementary School, Mendota Junior High School, and Mendota High School.
The Safety Data Summary is being submitted to the City of Mendota Public Safety Subcommittee for discussion at the June 6, 2022 meeting to gather safety information that is not represented in the data.
Project staff is requesting the Subcommittee members review the attached Safety Data Summary and provide input on potential discrepancies between incident data, as reported to the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWRTS) and the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), and observational data experienced by members of the Subcommittee that may not be represented in the data. Such observational data may include additional areas of concern where incidents are occurring and not being reported or where near misses are happening.
The observational inputs from the Public Safety Subcommittee will be documented and integrated into a Safety Analysis Memorandum, which will include potential improvement recommendations for consideration as part of the overall SRTS Master Plan.
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 1
CITY OF MENDOTA
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL MASTER PLAN
SAFETY DATA SUMMARY
Introduction
The City of Mendota is developing a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Master Plan through a Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant. The primary objectives of the SRTS Master Plan are to increase accessibility and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists going to and from schools within the city and to improve student health by actively supporting walking and bicycling to and from school. A secondary objective is to increase driver awareness and promote safe driving habits. From January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2021, the City of Mendota reported a total of 98 collisions, resulting in 5 fatalities and 122 injuries. Most of these collisions, a total of 60 (61.2%), occurred along either State Route (SR) 33 or SR 180.
This summary includes traffic incident data in Mendota, specifically focusing on collisions occurring around the school sites being evaluated as part of the SRTS Master Plan. The Plan will look at McCabe Elementary School, Mendota Elementary School, Washington Elementary School, Mendota Junior High School, and Mendota High School. The data contained in this summary is intended to facilitate a conversation with the Public Safety Committee to gather observational data which may not be reflected in the State incident reporting tools.
Data Collection & Mapping
Using historical collision data from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) and the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) from 2015 through 2021, four maps of occurrences within the City of Mendota were created detailing collision types, collision severity, pedestrian collisions by location, and pedestrian collisions by violation type. Each map is summarized below and can be seen in Figures 2 through 5. The maps provide a city-wide view of the TIMS Data from 2015 to 2021. School sites are buffered on the maps, highlighting collisions which occurred within ¼-mile and ½-mile of a school.
In addition to Figures 2 through 5, a map of collision instances by intersection was also created to understand generally where collisions were concentrated. The collision instances by intersection can be seen in Figure 1: Collision Frequency at Intersections. While the majority of intersections in Mendota did not have more than five collisions between 2015 and 2021, ten intersections had six or more collisions.
These intersections are almost entirely located along one of the state routes, with only the intersection of Barboza Street and Bass Avenue not including a state route. The three intersections with the highest number of collisions, between 16 and 27, were all located along SR 180 (Oller Avenue), and were its intersection with Belmont Avenue, 9th Street, and 7th Street.
Incident Reporting
There are a few reasons collisions may not
be included in TIMS data. First, collisions
may not be reported to police and have no
official incident report. Additionally, there
may be reporting discrepancies between
police departments and TIMS. There is also
no way to report a near-miss, and
anecdotal evidence of close calls can still be
a good indicator of the safety of an
intersection or road segment.
SWITRS & TIMS
SWITRS and TIMS represent integrated
systems of data reporting and mapping.
SWITRS is the record system tracking
incident reports. TIMS is a mapping tool
which assists in spatial analysis of the
reported incidents. The data is referred to
as TIMS data throughout this document.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 2 Figure 1: Collision Frequency at Intersections
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 3 Collision Types
The TIMS data reports seven types of collisions:
▪ A head-on collision is a collision of two vehicles that are moving directly towards each other. ▪ A sideswipe collision occurs when the sides of two vehicles traveling in the same or opposite direction makes impact. The two vehicles make contact, usually when one driver tries to make a lane change and does not see that there is another car in his blind spot. Other times, sideswipe accidents occur when a distracted, tired, or careless driver drifts into another lane and hits the other car.
▪ A rear end collision occurs when one driver runs into the back of another driver’s vehicle. Both vehicles can experience significant damage and injuries. ▪ Broadside collisions are also referred to as angle collisions or T-bones and most frequently occur at intersections when the front end of one motor vehicle strikes the passenger side of another vehicle at a right angle.
▪ Hit object collisions occur when a vehicle collides with a stationary object. ▪ Vehicle/pedestrian collisions occur when there is physical contact of the pedestrian with a moving vehicle.
Out of 98 collisions throughout Mendota, rear end collisions were the most frequent with 41 occurrences.
This was followed by head-on and sideswipe collisions, with 15 and 13 occurrences respectively. There were also 15 collisions between vehicles and pedestrians.1 Additionally, there were eight broadside collisions and five hit-object collisions. Lastly there were three motorcycle collisions, which are included in the numbers reported in Table 1: Collision Type. No bicycle collisions were reported.
Table 1: Collison Type
Type of Crash Count %
Rear End 41 42%
Head-On 15 15%
Vehicle/Pedestrian 15 15%
Sideswipe 13 13%
Broadside 8 8%
Hit Object 5 5%
Not Stated 1 1%
Percentage totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Collision Type by School Site
Traffic data for each collision type was reviewed at each of the school sites for the SRTS Master Plan, using a ¼-mile buffer and ½-mile buffer to determine which types of collisions occurred near each school. This is summarized below and detailed in Table 2: Collision Type by School Site. Figure 2: Collision Types shows where each of the collisions occurred relative to each school site. Washington Elementary had the most collisions within both the ¼-mile and ½-mile buffers.
1 There are some discrepancies between how data is reported by TIMS. While the collision type category reported 15 collisions between vehicles and pedestrians, pedestrians were identified as involved parties in a total of 17 collisions between 2015 and 2021.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 4 • McCabe Elementary had nine rear end collisions, two vehicle/pedestrian collisions, one sideswipe, and one broadside collision within ¼ mile of the school. There were an additional 33 collisions within the ½-mile buffer, for a total of 46 collisions. In total there were 21 rear end collisions and 9 vehicle/pedestrian collisions within ½ mile of the school. • Mendota Elementary had five collisions within ¼-mile of the school: three rear end collisions, one broadside collision, and one hit object. There were an additional 21 collisions within the ½-mile buffer, for a total of 26 collisions. The most common collision type within ½ mile of Mendota Elementary was rear end collisions, with 14. There were also two vehicle/pedestrian collisions within ½ mile of the school.
• Washington Elementary had 26 collisions within the ¼-mile buffer of the school, including 7 vehicle/pedestrian collisions. There were also six rear end collisions and five sideswipe collisions within this buffer. There were an additional 32 collisions within the ½-mile buffer, for a total of 58 collisions. In total, there were 22 rear end collisions and 12 vehicle/pedestrian collisions within ½- mile of the school, as well as 9 sideswipes and 8 head-on collisions. • Mendota Junior High School had three collisions within the ¼-mile buffer: one head-on collision, one sideswipe, and one hit object. There were 36 additional collisions within the ½-mile buffer, for a total of 39 collisions. The most common collision type within ½ mile of the school was rear end collisions, with 14. There were also seven of both head-on and sideswipe collisions and six vehicle/pedestrian collisions.
• Mendota High School had six rear end collisions, one head on collision, one sideswipe collision, and one broadside collision for a total of 9 collisions within the ¼-mile buffer. There were an additional 31 collisions within the ½-mile buffer, for a total of 40 collisions. In total, there were 14 rear end collisions, 9 head-on collisions, and 6 sideswipe collisions within ½-mile of the high school.
Four collisions were vehicle/pedestrian collisions.
Table 2: Collision Type by School Site
Type of Crash
Distance
from
Schoola
Counts by School Siteb,c
McCabe
Elementary
Mendota
Elementary
Washington
Elementary
Mendota
Junior High
Mendota
High
Rear End ¼-mile 9 3 6 0 6
½-mile 12 11 16 14 8
Head-On ¼-mile 0 0 3 1 1
½-mile 6 3 5 6 8
Vehicle/Pedestrian ¼-mile 2 0 7 0 0
½-mile 7 2 5 6 4
Sideswipe ¼-mile 1 0 5 1 1
½-mile 4 4 4 6 5
Broadside ¼-mile 1 1 4 0 1
½-mile 2 0 0 3 3
Hit Object ¼-mile 0 1 1 1 0
½-mile 2 1 2 1 2
Not Stated ¼-mile 0 0 0 0 0
½-mile 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 46 26 58 39 40
a Counts within ½-mile exclude all incidents located within ¼-mile of school site. b Collisions occurring within ¼-mile or ½-mile distance from multiple school sites are counted within the totals for each school. c Bold, underline numbers indicate the highest occurrence within each category, distance, and by total number of collisions by school site.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 5 Figure 2: Collision Types
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 6 Collision Severity
Collision severity can be defined as the intensity of an impact of a vehicle against another vehicle, object, or person. Although specific qualitative data for each collision is unavailable, resulting injury can indicate how intense a collision was. The more severe the resulting injury, the more severe the collision can be considered, with collisions resulting in fatality being the most severe.
The collision severity map shows the 98 total collisions in Mendota based on the level of resulting injury from the incident. Of the 98 total collisions, five were fatal, with one fatal incident occurring each year between 2017 and 2021. Despite representing only 15% of total collisions in Mendota, 80% (4/5) of fatal collisions were vehicle/pedestrian collisions. Two of these fatal collisions occurred on SR 33 (Derrick Avenue). Collisions resulting in injury occurred consistently in all areas of the city. 4 collisions resulted in severe injury, 32 collisions resulted in visible injury, and 57 collisions were reported with a complaint of pain. Collision severity is mapped in Figure 3: Collision Severity.
Table 3: Collison Severity
Collision Severity Count %
Fatal 5 5%
Injury (Severe) 4 4%
Injury (Other Visible) 32 33%
Injury (Complaint of Pain) 57 58%
Percentage totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Collision Severity by School Site
Traffic data for each collision was reviewed at each of the school sites for the SRTS Master Plan, using a ¼- mile buffer and ½-mile buffer to determine how severe the collisions that occurred near each school were, as summarized below and detailed in Table 4: Collision Severity by School Site. Figure 3: Collision Severity shows where each of the collisions occurred relative to each school site. Washington Elementary had the most collisions within both the ¼-mile and ½-mile buffers. • McCabe Elementary had 13 collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, 8 which resulted in a complaint of pain, 3 with a visible injury, 1 which resulted in severe injury, and 1 which was fatal. Within the ½- mile buffer, there were 28 collisions which resulted in a complaint of pain, 12 which resulted in visible injury, 4 collisions which were fatal, and 2 with severe injury. • Mendota Elementary had five collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, three which resulted in visible injury, one with a complaint of pain, and one which resulted in severe injury. Within the ½-mile buffer, there were 16 collisions which resulted in a complaint of pain, 6 which resulted in visible injury, 2 with severe injury, and 2 collisions which were fatal. • Washington Elementary had 26 collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, 14 which resulted in a complaint of pain, 9 with a visible injury, 2 which were fatal, and 1 which resulted in severe injury.
Within the ½-mile buffer, there were 34 collisions which resulted in a complaint of pain, 17 which resulted in visible injury, 3 with severe injury, and 4 collisions which were fatal. • Mendota Junior High School had three collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, one which resulted in severe injury and two with a complaint of pain. Within the ½-mile buffer, there were 23 collisions which resulted in a complaint of pain, 12 which resulted in visible injury, 2 with severe injury, and 2 collisions which were fatal.
• Mendota High School had nine collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, four which resulted in visible injury and five with a complaint of pain. Within the ½-mile buffer, there were 27 collisions which Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 7 resulted in a complaint of pain, 11 which resulted in visible injury, 1 with severe injury, and 1 collision which was fatal.
Table 4: Collision Severity by School Site
Severity of Crash
Distance
from
Schoola
Counts by School Siteb,c
McCabe
Elementary
Mendota
Elementary
Washington
Elementary
Mendota
Junior High
Mendota
High
Fatal ¼-mile 1 0 2 0 0
½-mile 3 2 2 2 1
Injury (Severe) ¼-mile 1 1 1 1 0
½-mile 1 1 2 1 1
Injury (Other
Visible)
¼-mile 3 3 9 0 4
½-mile 9 3 8 12 7
Injury (Complaint of
Pain)
¼-mile 8 1 14 2 5
½-mile 20 15 20 21 22
TOTAL 46 26 58 39 40
a Counts within ½-mile exclude all incidents located within ¼-mile of school site. b Collisions occurring within ¼-mile or ½-mile distance from multiple school sites are counted within the totals for each school. c Bold, underline numbers indicate the highest occurrence within each category, distance, and by total number of collisions by school site.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 8 Figure 3: Collision Severity
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 9 Pedestrian-Involved Collisions
Pedestrians were involved in 17 of the 98 collisions that occurred in Mendota between 2015 and 2021, accounting for 17% of collisions. Pedestrian involvement is summarized in two ways: pedestrian location and violation type. Pedestrian location describes where the pedestrian was in the right-of-way when the collision occurred, with pedestrians crossing in a crosswalk, crossing not in a crosswalk, or in the road or shoulder. Violation type identifies an at-fault party and describes the violation that occurred. Pedestrians may be at-fault if they failed to yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of designated crossing areas. Drivers may be at-fault if they fail to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, speed, fail to stop at a limit line or crosswalk, or start or back unsafely.
While pedestrian-involved collisions occurred throughout the city, the majority happened along SR 180 (Oller Avenue) and SR 33 (Derrick Avenue). Most collisions also occurred when pedestrians were crossing outside of designated crossing areas, with nine such collisions (53% of pedestrian-involved collisions). All pedestrian-involved incidents are mapped in Figure 4: Pedestrian Location.
Although nine collisions occurred when a pedestrian was crossing outside of a marked crosswalk, only four collisions were attributed to a pedestrian violation (i.e., pedestrian failure to yield the right-of-way when crossing outside of a marked or unmarked crosswalk). 12 collisions were considered driver violations, with the most common violation being drivers failing to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing at a marked or unmarked crosswalk. Other driver violations include speeding, failure to stop at a limit line, failure to yield right-of-way when turning on a red light, or unsafe starting or backing of a vehicle on a highway. One collision had no violation listed. These incidents are mapped in Figure 5: Violation.
Table 5: Pedestrian Collisions by Pedestrian Location
Pedestrian Action Count %
Crossing Not in Crosswalk 9 53%
Crossing in Crosswalk at Intersection 6 35%
In Road or Shoulder 1 6%
Not Stated 1 6%
Percentage totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Pedestrian Involvement by Location by School Site
Traffic data for each pedestrian collision was reviewed at each of the school sites for the SRTS Master Plan, using a ¼-mile buffer and ½-mile buffer to determine where pedestrians were in the road when collisions occurred near each school, as summarized below and detailed in Table 6: Pedestrian Involvement by Location by School Site. Figure 4: Pedestrian Location shows where each of the pedestrian involved collisions occurred relative to each school site. Washington Elementary had the most pedestrian collisions within both the ¼-mile and ½-mile buffers.
• McCabe Elementary had two pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, one which occurred within a crosswalk and one which occurred outside of a designated crossing area. There were 10 pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer, five which occurred in a crosswalk, four which occurred outside of a designated crossing area, and one which occurred in the travel lane or shoulder.
• Mendota Elementary had no pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer and three pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer. Within the ½-mile buffer, one pedestrian collision occurred within a crosswalk while two occurred outside of a designated crossing area.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 10 • Washington Elementary had seven pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, three of which were within a crosswalk, three of which were outside of the designated crossing area, and one which occurred in the travel lane or shoulder. There were 12 pedestrian collisions within the ½- mile buffer, five of which occurred within a crosswalk, six which were outside of the designated crossing area, and one which occurred in the travel lane or shoulder. • Mendota Junior High School had no pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer and six pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer. Within the ½-mile buffer, one pedestrian collision occurred within a crosswalk, while five occurred outside of the designated crossing area. • Mendota High School had no pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer and four pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer. Within the ½-mile buffer, one pedestrian collision occurred within a crosswalk, while three occurred outside of the designated crossing area.
Table 6: Pedestrian Involvement by Location by School Site Pedestrian
Involvement
Distance
from
Schoola
Counts by School Siteb,c
McCabe
Elementary
Mendota
Elementary
Washington
Elementary
Mendota
Junior High
Mendota
High
Crossing Not in
Crosswalk
¼-mile 1 0 3 0 0
½-mile 3 2 3 5 3
Crossing in
Crosswalk at
Intersection
¼-mile 1 0 3 0 0
½-mile 4 1 2 1 1
In Road or Shoulder ¼-mile 0 0 1 0 0
½-mile 1 0 0 0 0
Not Stated ¼-mile 0 0 0 0 0
½-mile 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 3 12 6 4
a Counts within ½-mile exclude all incidents located within ¼-mile of school site. b Collisions occurring within ¼-mile or ½-mile distance from multiple school sites are counted within the totals for each school. c Bold, underline numbers indicate the highest occurrence within each category, distance, and by total number of collisions by school site.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 11 Figure 4: Pedestrian Location
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 12 Table 7: Pedestrian Collisions by Violation Type
Party Violation
Classification Violation Description Count %
Pedestrian Pedestrian failure to yield right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked or unmarked crosswalk
4 25%
Driver Driver failure to yield right-of-way to pedestrians at a marked or unmarked crosswalk
5 29%
Driver Speeding on the highway, driving at a dangerously high speed given highway conditions, or driving at a speed that endangers people or property
3 18%
Driver Failure to stop at a limit line or crosswalk at a red light or failure to yield right-of-way to a pedestrian when turning on a red light 2 12%
Driver Unsafe starting or backing of a vehicle on a highway 2 12% Not Stated Not Stated 1 6%
Percentage totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Pedestrian Involvement by Violation Type by School Site Traffic data for each pedestrian collision was reviewed at each of the school sites for the SRTS Master Plan, using a ¼-mile buffer and ½-mile buffer to determine who was at fault when pedestrian collisions occurred near each school, as summarized below and detailed in Table 8: Pedestrian Involvement by Violation Type by School Site. Figure 5: Violation Type shows where each of the violation types occurred relative to each school site. Washington Elementary had the most pedestrian collisions within both the ¼-mile and ½-mile buffers.
• McCabe Elementary had two pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, both considered the fault of the driver. One was attributed to driver failure to stop at a limit line or crosswalk and one attributed to failure to yield the right of way. Within the ½-mile buffer around the school, there were eight additional pedestrian collisions, for a total of ten. The primary violation type was driver failure to yield the right of way, with five collisions. The driver was also considered at fault for one failure to stop at a limit line or crosswalk, one unsafe starting or backing, and one speeding collision. Two collisions were considered a pedestrian failure to yield the right of way to vehicles. • Mendota Elementary had no pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer and three pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer. One of these collisions was considered a pedestrian failure to yield the right of way. The remaining two collisions found the driver to be at fault: one for speeding and one for failure to stop at a limit line or crosswalk. • Washington Elementary had seven pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer, only one of which was attributed to a pedestrian failure to yield the right of way. The remaining six were driver violations, with two collisions attributed to speeding and four attributed to a driver failure to yield the right of way. There were 5 additional pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer, for a total of 12 collisions. In total, the pedestrian failure to yield the right of way within the ¼-mile buffer is the only pedestrian violation near Washington Elementary. There were two driver failures to stop at a limit line or crosswalk, three instances of speeding causing a collision, and five driver failures to yield the right of way. One collision did not have a violation recorded. • Mendota Junior High School had no pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer and six pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer. Only one of these collisions was considered a pedestrian violation (i.e., failure to yield right of way to vehicles). The driver was considered at fault in four collisions: two were speeding violations, one was a failure to stop at a limit line or crosswalk, and one was a failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian. One collision did not have a violation recorded.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 13 • Mendota High School had no pedestrian collisions within the ¼-mile buffer and four pedestrian collisions within the ½-mile buffer. None of these collisions were considered a pedestrian violation.
Two were attributed to the driver speeding and one was attributed to a failure to stop at a limit line or crosswalk.
Table 8: Pedestrian Involvement by Violation by School Site Violation Type
Distance
from
Schoola
Counts by School Siteb,c
McCabe
Elementary
Mendota
Elementary
Washington
Elementary
Mendota
Junior High
Mendota
High
Pedestrian Violation
Failure to Yield ¼-mile 0 0 1 0 0
½-mile 2 1 0 1 0
Driver Violation
Failure to Yield ¼-mile 1 0 4 0 0
½-mile 4 0 1 1 0
Speeding ¼-mile 0 0 2 0 0
½-mile 1 1 1 2 2
Failure to Stop ¼-mile 1 0 0 0 0
½-mile 0 1 2 1 1
Unsafe Starting or
Backing
¼-mile 0 0 0 0 0
½-mile 1 0 0 0 0
Not Stated ¼-mile 0 0 0 0 0
½-mile 0 0 1 1 1
TOTAL 10 3 12 6 4
a Counts within ½-mile exclude all incidents located within ¼-mile of school site b Collisions occurring within ¼-mile or ½-mile distance from multiple school sites are counted within the totals for each school. c Bold, underline numbers indicate the highest occurrence within each category, distance, and by total number of collisions by school site.
Safety Data Summary
City of Mendota Safe Routes to School Master Plan Page | 14 Figure 5: Violation Type