Evaluation of deer-vehicle collision rates in West Virginia and a review of available mitigation techniques.

Nichols, A.P.; Huijser, M.P.; Ament, R.; Dayan, S.; Unnikrishnan, A.

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Evaluation of deer-vehicle collision rates in West Virginia and a review of available mitigation techniques.

2014-08-01
By Nichols, A.P. ; Huijser, M.P. ; Ament, R.

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Nichols, A.P. ; Huijser, M.P. ; Ament, R. ; Dayan, S. ; Unnikrishnan, A.
Corporate Creators:

Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (U.S.) ; Western Transportation Institute
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RP-291
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

West Virginia
Corporate Publisher:

West Virginia. Department of Transportation. Division of Highways
Abstract:

This project reviewed police crash reports involving deer and carcass data reported by the West Virginia Department ; of Transportation from 2008-2012. The police crash reports were deemed the most reliable in terms of location ; reliability and consistency across the state. This data was used for identifying hotspots across the state based on 2-mile segment lengths. Segments identified as being “high” ranged from 13-22 reported deer-vehicle collisions (DVC) ; over the 5-year period, which is assumed to be lower than the actual number due to underreporting. Modeling ; completed as part of the project suggested that the DVC frequency was positively related to landscape diversity and ; urban/urbanized areas and negatively related to presence of roadside slopes exceeding 60 degrees (uphill or downhill). ; The report provides a summary of DVC mitigation measures and funding mechanisms, including specific mitigation ; recommendations for West Virginia. The report evaluates various transportation metrics for normalizing state-by-state DVC estimates generated by State Farm insurance for national ranking purposes, including the rural and urban ; components of the metrics.
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