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VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS <br />Over the past seven years, people traveling by foot, bicycle, or motorcycle/moped have a much <br />greater likelihood of being killed than those in automobiles (see Figure 6). Pedestrians are eight times <br />more likely to be killed on Hawaii Island roads than drivers (see Figure 7). Hawaii has historically <br />reported a disproportionately high number of pedestrian deaths for elderly adults as compared to <br />national results'. However, results from Hawai� i Island suggest that the percentage of elderly <br />pedestrians killed is roughly proportional to the percentage of elderly adults in the total population. <br />Map 2 identifies the location of each fatal traffic crash by mode between the years 2013 and 2019. <br />Map 3 identifies the location of these High Fatality Corridors and High Fatality Locations in addition to <br />the location of each fatal traffic crash by mode between the years 2013 and 2019. Communities of <br />concern, roadway ownership, and the location of available police stations and hospitals have been <br />delineated as well. <br />FIGURE 6. HAWAII ISLAND FATAL TRAFFIC CRASHES BY TRAVEL MODE <br />35 <br />30 <br />co <br />LL 25 <br />U <br />E 20 <br />co0 <br />L— <br />C) <br />C) 10 <br />E <br />5 <br />z <br />YEAR 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 <br />IIIIIIIIIN Automobile Motorcycle & IIIIIIIIIIN Pedestrian Bicycle <br />Moped <br />Source. NtHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). 2013.2018. Courtly of HaruaYi Pot" Departmeint, Fatal Traffic Collisions Data, 2019 <br />167 <br />Fatal Trattic <br />Collisions <br />2013-201404 V <br />fro °Ire <br />oflislons with automrabi Collisions Willa <br />04 Malofcycle & Moped <br />FIGURE 7. HAWAII COUNTY COMMUTER TRAVEL MODE (YEAR 2017) <br />87%` <br />Automobile <br />�a <br />1. Dangerous by Design Hawaii (Smart Growth America, 2014) <br />Bicycle <br />Ot 0.44% <br />2017 IV, <br />Commuter <br />Travel <br />Mode <br />0 Wolk <br />P'62.3% <br />Motorcycle <br />11040 & Moped <br />0. 5 5 % <br />Transit <br />1,52% <br />Others <br />8.5% <br />* Includes driving alone, carpooling and taxi 10 <br />Source: Census Bureau's API for American Community Survey, 2017 <br />