Title: Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety Plan: AGGRESSIVE DRIVING
1Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety PlanAGGRESSIVE
DRIVING
- Dan Galanis
- Injury Prevention and Control Program
- Hawaii Department of Health
- 1250 Punchbowl St., Room 214
- Honolulu, HI 96813
- Ph 586-5943
- E-mail daniel.galanis_at_doh.hawaii.gov
2Overview of presentation
- Fatal traffic crashes (FARS data)
- Definitions
- Overall prevalence
- Trends, county comparisons
- Other factors
- Time, day of week, driver age
- Driver profiles
- Non-fatal traffic crashes (MVAR/DOT crash data)
- Definitions
- Overall prevalence
- Trends, county comparisons
- Other factors
- Driver profiles
3Fatal crashes
- Fatal crash/FARS data
- Traffic only, i.e. crashes on public roads
- Excludes crashes in parking lots, driveways,
military facilities, gated sub-divisions, etc. - Unintentional in nature
- Excludes suicides (1 crash), deaths of
undetermined intent (7 crashes, 1 of total) - Excludes 37 crashes (6) that did not involve a
Hawaii resident fatality - Definitions Aggressive driving 44 of crashes
(250 of 574) - Speeding (driving too fast for conditions or in
excess of posted maximum) 237 crashes - Most common criterion includes 95 of the
crashes that were defined as aggressive - Racing 6 crashes
- Following improperly, or improper/erratic lane
changing 5 crashes - Passing violations 16 crashes
- Reckless/erratic driving 4 crashes
4Fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Proportion related to aggressive driving, by
type of crash
5Fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Trends in the proportion related to aggressive
driving
indicates statistically significant trend
6Fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Crashes related to aggressive driving by time of
day and day of week
7Fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Prevalence of aggressive drivers, by age group
8Aggressive driving in Hawaii, 2001-2005
- Total impact
- 57 residents killed by in traffic crashes related
to aggressive driving each year - Crashes involving aggressive drivers are the 4th
leading cause of death for 16 to 40 year-old
residents - 11.5 of the total of 1,719
- Cancer is 1st (14), suicide 2nd (13), heart
disease 3rd (12) - Crashes involving aggressive drivers are the 4th
leading cause of fatal injuries for all ages - 10 of the total of 2,915
9Characteristics of drivers involved in fatal
crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
indicates statistically significant
difference between aggressive drivers and other
drivers
10Non-fatal crashes
- Motor vehicle accident report (MVAR)
- Criteria
- Any crash resulting in injury, or gt3000
cumulative property damage - Traffic only, i.e. crashes on public roads
- Excludes crashes in parking lots, driveways,
military facilities, gated sub-divisions, etc. - Includes residents and non-residents, intentional
and unintentional - Definitions Aggressive driving
- Value for in Other factors field
- excessive speed 65 of aggressive drivers
- followed too close 31
- improper overtaking 4
- Search of Citation field for 291C-101/102/103/1
04/105, speed, reckless, 291-2,
291C-42/43/45/50 - Only 0.6 of aggressive drivers (53 citations)
11Non-fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Proportion related to aggressive driving, by type
12Non-fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Trends in the proportion related to aggressive
driving, by county
denotes statistically significant trend
over 5-year period
13Non-fatal traffic crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
Prevalence of aggressive driving, by age group
of drivers
14Characteristics of drivers involved in non-fatal
crashes in Hawaii, 2001-2005
indicates statistically significant
difference between aggressive drivers and other
drivers
15Data summary for aggressive driving
- How much?
- 44 fatal crashes related to aggressive
driving 17 of non-fatal crashes related to
aggressive driving - Who? Younger drivers (15-17 years, 18-20
years, etc.)
More likely among male drivers - Where? Generally comparable across counties for
fatal crashes, but more prevalent for Neighbor
Islands for non-fatal crashes
Increasing trend for fatal crashes for
state - When? Nighttime crashes (8pm-5am) 53
Weekend crashes
(Sat/Sun) 52 -