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A high injury network (sometimes shortened to HIN [1] ) is a way of identifying parts of an urban street network with higher rates of traffic injuries or fatalities, typically with a goal of prioritizing these streets for safety interventions. [2] High injury networks have been published by many cities in the US [3] [4] and Canada [5] [6] as part of their efforts to work toward Vision Zero. [7] While data on fatalities and collisions have long been available in many municipalities, the first HIN per se was published by San Francisco in 2013 [2] , though work on similar efforts had begun there as early as 2011. [8]

Creating a HIN is a data-driven [9] exercise, and the analytic methods and data sources used may vary widely. [10] [11] Most HINs are created at the scale of cities where detailed collision data is collected, though regional efforts at defining a more standardized approach also exist. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Ian. "California's High Injury Network and Planning for Zero" (PDF). USDOT Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  2. 1 2 Ferrier, Kathleen (8 March 2018). "HIN for the WIN". Vision Zero Network. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ↑ Susaneck, Adam (2023-04-26). "American Road Deaths Show an Alarming Racial Gap". New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Saxton, John (April 2018). "A High-Injury Network for Atlanta: How are severe and fatal-injury crashes concentrated on Atlanta's streets?". Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Safe Mobility Strategy 2021-2025" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  6. ↑ Gill, Gurdiljot (2022-08-01). "High Injury Network; Analyzing Collision Data to Identify Locations for Road Safety Improvement" (PDF). University of British Columbia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  7. ↑ Claros, Boris (2022-08-31). "High Injury Network: City of Madison, Wisconsin". International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022. pp. 61–69. doi:10.1061/9780784484333.006. ISBN   978-0-7844-8433-3. S2CID   251986662.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "Vision Zero High Injury Network: 2022 Update; A methodology for San Francisco, California" (PDF). Vision Zero SF. 2022-11-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  9. ↑ "High Injury Network Development Checklist" (PDF). Southern California Association of Governments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-06.
  10. ↑ "Developing a High Injury Network: What to Know Before You Start" (PDF). UrbanLogiq. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  11. 1 2 "Recommendations for California Statewide Guidance High Injury Networks" (PDF). Southern California Association of Governments. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-06.
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