The Reliability and Effectiveness of an Electromagnetic Animal Detection and Driver Warning System

This report contains data on the reliability and effectiveness of an animal detection system project along US Hwy 160 between Durango and Bayfield, Colorado. The system that was first installed was a Perimitrax® system from Senstar Corporation. In the fall of 2010 this system was replaced by an OmniTrax® system, manufactured by the same company, Senstar Corporation. The Perimitrax® system was also installed at a controlled access facility near Lewistown, Montana. Here more detailed investigations were conducted into the reliability of the system using horses, llamas and sheep as a model for wild ungulates. When it was implemented, if was found that the number of reported large mammal carcasses and crashes with wild animals was highly variable and the number of years that data were available for after system installation in the fall of 2008 was low. Therefore it is difficult to draw conclusions about the potential effectiveness of the system on the number and severity of wildlife-vehicle collisions at this time.

• Record URL:
  http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/research/pdfs/2012/avc/at_download/file
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• Corporate Authors:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250

  SWCA Environmental Consultants

  295 Interlocken Boulevard, Suite 300
  Broomfield, CO  United States  80021

  Colorado State University, Fort Collins

  Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation
  Fort Collins, CO  United States  80523-1474

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  Research Branch
  Denver, CO  United States  80204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Huijser, Marcel P
  • Haas, Chris
  • Crooks, Kevin R
• Publication Date: 2012-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 70p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Animal vehicle crashes; Animals; Detection and identification technologies; Electromagnetic devices; Prevention; Warning systems; Wildlife crossings
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01372756
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CDOT-2012-2
• Contract Numbers: 32.42
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 15 2012 4:03PM