Agenda Packet_2024-06-04 (Revised)

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SANTA ANA VISION ZERO PLAN COLLISION ANALYSIS 47 Chart 3-6: Pedestrian Collisions by Day of Week Chart 3-6 shows the total pedestrian collisions by day of week, reveal- ing that Thursdays and Fridays tend to see slightly more pedestrian collisions. Table 3-5 shows lighting conditions at the time of the colli- sion. As may be expected, there are more collisions in daylight hours due to more activity during the day, and a large percentage of colli- sions occur under street lights at night. Light Conditions 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Dark - No Street Lights 5 3 4 4 2 18 Dark - Street Lights 74 53 90 66 66 349 Dark - Street Lights Not Functioning 1 1 Daylight 107 95 114 75 90 481 Dusk - Dawn 10 5 8 7 12 42 Not Stated 4 2 3 2 4 15 Grand Total 200 159 219 154 174 906 Table 3-5: Light Conditions During the Pedestrian Collision Chart 3-7 shows nearly 38% of all pedestrian collisions occur when crossing in a crosswalk at an intersection and over 28% occur when crossing the roadway with no crosswalk. This stresses the importance of slowing down traffic, providing midblock crossings, and enhanced safety infrastructure at intersections, such as curb extensions, pedes- trian refuge islands, and Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPI), which are a traffic signal timing measure that gives people walking a three to seven second head start over motor vehicles moving in the same direction. Other top pedestrian collisions types include: • Vehicle proceeding straight while pedestrian is crossing in a cross- walk at an intersection • Vehicle making a right turn while pedestrian is crossing in a cross- walk at an intersection • Vehicle proceeding straight while the pedestrian is crossing not in a crosswalk Chart 3-8 represents the movement of the automotive involved in the pedestrian collision. As shown, vehicles proceeding straight have the highest rate of pedestrian collisions followed by right and left turns, then vehicles backing up. Chart 3-9 lists the right-of-way controls (signals and signs) with most collisions occurring where there are no controls present. Chart 3-10 lists the primary collision factor showing Chart 3-7: Pedestrian Action at Time of Collision City Council 32 – 52 6/4/2024