Understanding Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Illinois

Details

• Creators:
  Stodola, Kirk W ; Finney, Noah I ; Gronemeyer, Peg A ; Scopel, Lauren C
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Center for Transportation ; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Illinois Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data collection
  • High risk locations
  • Recommendations
  • Traffic crashes
  • Traffic safety
  • Wildlife
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-25-006
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/25-006
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report 10/1/24–6/30/25
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Wildlife-vehicle collisions are a common and costly occurrence on U.S. roadways. An estimated 1 million vertebrates are killed on American roads each day. Most wildlife-vehicle collisions of importance occur with deer. The goal of the proposed research is to better understand wildlife-vehicle collisions in Illinois and to identify mitigation strategies that are available to help reduce the negative impacts. Researchers will identify data collected on wildlife-vehicle collisions in Illinois, identify areas where those collisions are most common and the factors that may influence their occurrence, identify mitigation strategies to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions, and understand where data and information gaps are and make recommendations for data collection and testing of mitigation efforts for wildlife-vehicle collisions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R27-SP70
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84112/dot_84112_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.39 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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