Hawaiʻi Island Vision Zero Action Plan

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M *EMS*O- WIN _ . . As 16 MvJ ell Zero, IMLI 2) CURRENT SITUATION Acknowledging the need for a systems-based, data-driven, approach to Vision the most . data . .ht for analysis and to create an understanding . - current FMLIL Collaboration with the Hawaii County It is acknowledged that as a rural island with Police Department (HPD) and the State a relatively small, spread-out, residential Department of Health (DOH) yielded data population, the number of traffic fatalities on all traffic crashes and fatalities on per year is low which increases the margin Hawaii Island roads. However, limitations in of error year-to-year. To address this, a the breadth of the data did not allow for a minimum of five years of historical data was meaningful analysis of potential solutions to sought where possible to help identify the traffic fatality epidemic. Additional data trends versus outliers. This data analysis was sought through the National Highway served as the starting point for developing Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) this action plan. For a more in-depth Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) assessment of the factors associated with which included specifics regarding factors these crashes, additional data was sought associated with each crash (i.e., location, and obtained from the NHTSA National speed, time, mode) as well as the Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA), individuals involved (i.e., impairment, age, to provide a comparison of results for the gender, race). This allowed for a more State of Hawaii and the entire United thorough analysis of historical crash data States (U.S.). The latest demographics which yielded the results herein. associated with each community were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau. 5