To: Honorable Mayor and Members of Town Council
From: Ryan Germeroth, P.E., Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering Manager
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Presentation: 2017 Town of Castle Rock Motor Vehicle Crash Facts
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Executive Summary
Safety on the Town’s roadways is a key value our stakeholders seek from this infrastructure asset. Each year the Public Works Department produces an annual crash report that is used to help identify needed safety improvements and trends in driver behavior. This is only one element of the Department’s efforts to identify and correct problems on our street network. Other activities include an annual traffic signal warrant study to identify intersections needing to be signalized, the neighborhood traffic calming program, site specific engineering evaluations, and our ongoing collection of traffic volume and vehicle speed information.
The 2017 report is attached (Attachment A). Since 2005, our population and the total number of crashes has increased by about 50%. The number of crashes that occurred in 2017 was slightly less than the 2016 total. There has been about a 30% increase in collisions since 2013 but the trend appears to have plateaued for now. However, it is worth noting, that as traffic volumes increase in the Town it is likely that an increase in vehicle collisions will follow. The good news is that the number of injury crashes has held relatively steady and is still down from the most recent peak in 2013.
The findings of the 2017 report were presented to the Public Works Commission on August 6, 2018. No content changes are expected to be made to the report as a result of that meeting.
Budget Impact
This report does not have any impact to the current budget.
Staff Recommendation
There is not a formal recommendation on this item as it is for informational and feedback purposes.
Attachments
Staff Report
Attachment A: 2017 Town of Castle Rock Motor Vehicle Crash Facts