Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP)
City Council Meeting
5/24/22
1 Travel Safe Richmond
OVERVIEW OF ROADWAY SAFETY
Travel Safe Richmond is a two-pronged
approach to improving roadway safety
for all users
• Local Roadway Safety Plan
• Bike and Pedestrian Action Plan
2 Agenda
• Overview of an LRSP
• State of Roadway Safety in Richmond
• Outreach
• Safety Vision for Richmond
• Collision Profiles
• Priority Corridors
3 What is a Local
Road Safety
Plan (LRSP)?
• Crash data review
• Trend identification
• Countermeasure
selection
• Project development
4 State of Roadway
Safety in Richmond
5 Severity of
Collisions
SAFETY IN RICHMOND
• 142 collisions where
victims were killed or
severely injured
between 2015 and
2019
• On average, 6 people
are killed each year
142,
8%
1531,
92%
Fatal & Severe Collisions
All Other Injury Collisions6
Injury Collisions By
Year
SAFETY IN RICHMOND
100
200
300
400
500
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of Collisions
Vehicle Collisions Pedestrian Collisions Bicycle Collisions7 Collisions by Mode
(2015-2019)
SAFETY IN RICHMOND
80%
7%
13%
All Injury Collisions
61%8%
30%
Fatal & Severe Collisions
Vehicle Collisions
Bicycle Collisions
Pedestrian Collisions
8 9
Outreach
Community workshops
Stakeholder meetings
Interactive Webmap
Draft Plan review
Source: City of Richmond
10 “Traffic safety impacts the health and
comfort of all those who live and
travel in the City of Richmond. The
implementation of this plan is a step
towards making the transportation
system safer and more equitable for
users of all transportation modes.”Vision Statement
11 Goals
VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS
Reduce fatal and serious injury collisions, particularly those involving people walking and biking.
Reducing Collisions
Ensure equitable traffic safety investments in neighborhoods needing them most.
Equity
Enhance roadway crossings, especially near schools and other high pedestrian activity areas, to promote and support safe travel for people walking and biking.
Crossings
Improve the visibility of roadway and sidewalk users traveling at night.
Nighttime Visibility
Encourage safe driving practices (such as driving at lower speeds, obeying railroad crossing controls, and avoiding driving under the influence) through roadway design and outreach.
Safe Speeds, DUI
Prevention
Invest in the next generation of people in Richmond through climate-resilient transportation safety infrastructure, particularly near schools and in neighborhoods.
Climate Resiliency
Improve post-crash care through increased multi-jurisdictional collaboration and appropriate emergency vehicle access.
Post-Crash Care
12 Unsafe Speeds
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: KSI collisions involving
speeding vehicles hitting fixed
objects mid-block
• Trend: speeding resulting in non-
severe rear ends at/near
intersections
• Countermeasures: road diet, traffic
calming
25%
of bicycle KSI
collisions
26%
of vehicle KSI
collisions
13 Driving Under the
Influence
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: KSI collisions involving
drivers under the influence
hitting fixed objects/parked
cars or driving the wrong way
• Countermeasures: rumble
strips, targeted outreach
16%
of pedestrian
KSI collisions
14%
of vehicle KSI
collisions
14 15-24 Age Group
COLLISION PROFILE
19%
of pedestrian
KSI victims
23%
of driver or
passenger KSI
victims
• Trend: 15-24 year olds (13% of
population) are the most
overrepresented age group in KSI
collisions
• Trend: 15-24 year olds are more
likely to be involved in collisions
involving vehicle right of way
violations and DUIs
• Countermeasures: targeted
education15
Stop Sign Violations
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: bicycle collisions and KSI
vehicle collisions involving stop
sign violations at two-way stop-
controlled intersections
• Countermeasures: All-way stop,
advanced stop bars
13%
of bicycle
collisions (all)
14%
of vehicle KSI
collisions
16 Left Turns at Signals
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: left-turning vehicles
striking pedestrians or other
vehicles at signalized
intersections
• Protected left-turn phase, left-
turn calming, high visibility
crosswalks
11%
of pedestrian
collisions (all)
7%
of vehicle KSI
collisions
17 Pedestrian ROW
Violations at
Uncontrolled Crossings
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: KSI collisions involving
vehicles violating pedestrian
right-of-way at uncontrolled
crossings (two-way stop-
controlled intersections and
mid-block crossings)
• Enhanced crosswalks, beacons,
curb extensions, median refuge
21%
of pedestrian
KSI collisions
18 Pedestrians Crossing
Outside of Legal
Crossings
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: KSI collisions involving
pedestrians crossing outside of
legal crossings (mid-block or at
prohibited intersection
crossings)
• 38% of these collisions occurred
within one block of a bus stop
• Countermeasures: new
midblock crossings, pedestrian
barricades
13%
of pedestrian
KSI collisions
19 17%
of bicycle KSI
collisions
Contraflow Bike
Riding
COLLISION PROFILE
• Trend: bicyclists traveling in the
opposite direction of vehicle
traffic where there are no
dedicated bicycle facilities
• Bike facilities
20 Emphasis Areas
Locations:
• 23rd Street north of Grant Avenue
• 23rd Street and 22nd Street Couplet
• Barrett Avenue from Harbour Way to 24th Street
• Cutting Boulevard from Hoffman Boulevard to Carlson Boulevard 21 22
Emphasis Areas
Countermeasures:
• Road diet
• Bicycle facilities
• Enhanced crossings
• Traffic calming
• Protected left-turn phasing
23 Next Steps
Next Steps:
• Adopt LRSP – June/July 2022
• Apply for HSIP funding for near-term projects – September 2022 • Implement LRSP strategies with all roadway projects - ongoing 24