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HIGH FATALITY NETWORK <br />The High Fatality Network is a collection of roadway corridors and "hot -spot" locations that have <br />the largest concentration of traffic related fatalities on Hawaii Island roads. Focusing Vision <br />Zero efforts on the deadliest roads and in the most vulnerable communities is a fiscally <br />responsible use of limited personnel and funding. While the State of Hawaii owns only 28% of <br />all linear -miles of roadway on Hawaii Island, 67% of all fatal traffic crashes occurred on these <br />state-owned roads (see Figure 8). <br />High Fatality Corridors are reflective of continuous roadway segments with the highest <br />percentage of fatal traffic crashes per mile on Hawaii Island. End points were chosen at likely <br />termini such as intersections or changes in road typology/geometrics. Where clusters of fatal <br />traffic crashes were found to be isolated from all major traffic crashes, the area was considered <br />a High Fatality Location. In general, the roadways with the highest percentage of fatal traffic <br />crashes per mile also had the highest density of major traffic crashes. These tended to be on <br />the high-speed, high-volume arterials. However, there were some exceptions, which are likely to <br />be more a result of roadway geometry or topography. <br />Map 3 identifies the location of these High Fatality Corridors and High Fatality Locations in <br />addition to the location of each fatal traffic crash by mode between the years 2013 and 2019. <br />From this, it was derived that 14% of state-owned linear miles of road and 1 % of County -owned <br />linear miles of road fell along a high fatality corridor. Communities of concern, roadway <br />ownership, and the location of available police stations and hospitals have been delineated as <br />well. <br />FIGURE 8. HAWAII ISLAND FATAL TRAFFIC CRASHES vs. ROADWAY OWNERSHIP <br />2% <br />Occurred on 27% <br />Federally owned <br />roads Occurred on <br />County owned <br />hhh, roads <br />Others 4% <br />67%1 <br />Occurred on <br />State owned <br />roads <br />5% <br />Federally owned <br />roads A. <br />67% <br />County <br />owned roads <br />28%1 <br />State owned <br />roads <br />Source: State of Hawaii Department of Transportation <br />Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), <br />2013-2018; County of Hawaii Police Department, 12 <br />Fatal Traffic Collisions Data, 2019 <br />