Flattened Fauna and Mitigation: Traffic Victims Related to Road, Traffic, Vehicle, and Species Characteristics

A model is developed to look at the probability of successful road traversing by mammals, based on Poisson-distributed arrivals of cars. It is a double ‘blind’ model presuming that a collision occurs when the animal and the car are on the same part of the road at the same time. When a car and an animal impact, two types of collisions can occur: ‘car hits animal’ and ‘animal hits car’. The probability of these events, and thus the probability of successful road traversing by animals, is determined by road, traffic, vehicle, and species characteristics. Use of the model shows that, for the parameter ranges, traffic volume and the animals’ traversing speed have the largest effects on whether a collision occurs. This model is applied to compare alternative network solutions and to evaluate traffic calming measures on a former arterial highway. It is shown that these measures are effective in mitigating traffic mortality among mammals.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VH8-4K7NHVX-1/1/7dd4e94c8361257bb2222087687b42dc
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Jaarsma, Catharinus F
  • van Langevelde, Frank
  • Botma, Hein
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 264-276
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Crashes; Ecology; Fatalities; Habitat; Mammals; Poisson distributions; Roads; Roadside fauna; Traffic calming; Traffic characteristics; Vehicle characteristics
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I80: Accident Studies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036014
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 27 2006 8:09AM