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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 /> OF • OF - • OF <br /> COUNTY-OWNED LINEAR MILES OF ROAD FELL AL• <br /> FATALITYHIGH • - - D• - <br /> FIGURE 8. HAWAII ISLAND FATAL TRAFFIC CRASHES vs. ROADWAY OWNERSHIP <br /> Q 67% <br /> 2% County <br /> Occurred on 27% 5% owned roads <br /> Federally owned Federally owned <br /> roads Occurred on roads <br /> County owned <br /> roads Roadway <br /> 167 Ownership <br /> 28% <br /> Fatal Traffic Others 4% State owned <br /> roads <br /> Collisions <br /> 67% Source State of Hawaii Department of Transportation <br /> 2013-2019 <br /> Occurred on <br /> State owned <br /> roads <br /> Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System(FARS), <br /> 2013-2018; County of Hawaii Police Department, 12 <br /> Fatal Traffic Collisions Data,2019 <br />