Kentucky 2007 Five Percent Report

This report is in response to the Federal requirement that each state describe at least 5 percent of its locations currently exhibiting the most severe highway safety needs, in accordance with Sections 148(c)(1)(D) and 148(g)(3)(A), of Title 23, United States Code. Each state's report is to include potential remedies to the hazardous locations identified; estimated costs of the remedies; and impediments to implementation of the remedies other than costs. The reports included on this web site represent a variety of methods utilized and various degrees of road coverage. Therefore, this report cannot be compared with the other reports included on this Web site.

Protection from Discovery and Admission into Evidence—Under 23 U.S.C. 148(g)(4) information collected or compiled for any purpose directly relating to this report shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in a Federal or State court proceeding or considered for other purposes in any action for damages arising from any occurrence at a location identified or addressed in the reports.

Additional information, including the specific legislative requirements, can be found in the guidance provided by the Federal Highway Administration,
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/fiveguidance.htm.

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"5 % REPORT"

As a condition for obligating HSIP funds, Section 148(c)(1)(D) of 23 USC requires States to prepare an annual report that describes not less than 5 percent of their public road locations exhibiting the most severe safety needs (commonly referred to as the "5% Report"). The legislation requires that these reports also include an assessment of potential remedies at the locations identified, the estimated costs of the remedies, and impediments to their implementation other than costs. It is the Cabinet's hope that this effort will increase public awareness of the highway safety needs and challenges in our Commonwealth.

Kentucky's "5% Report," as required, is targeted in achieving a significant reduction in fatality and incapacitating injury collisions on our roads in Kentucky. A brief discussion of the methodology used to determine the 5% report is as follows:

KYTC has identified 85,334 miles of roadway (that includes state and local roadway miles) as described in the Highway Information System (HIS) database maintained by the Transportation Cabinet's Division of Planning. HIS includes both state-maintained and local roadways for mapping and analysis purposes. Traffic fatalities and incapacitating injuries from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2006, were linked to these roadways, as accurately as possible, and it was determined that a total of 4,725 roadways had fatalities or incapacitating injuries associated with them. Since our purpose in this program is to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, we determined that 5% of these roadways, or 204 total roadways, would be used as the starting point for review. The 4,725 roadways were then sorted in descending order by total fatalities and incapacitating injuries, then total fatalities and the top 204 roadways would be identified as the program candidates. Those roads had a total length of 4,296 miles which is slightly more than 5% of the total state road mileage. Also, for the five collision years reported, it was identified that these roadways provided 1,824 fatalities, and 12,661 incapacitating injuries. These roadways are listed in Exhibit 2-1.

While we understand that this list contains a large amount of roadway miles, we determined that it was the optimum method for identifying the largest potential for reducing fatalities and injuries. The Cabinet expects to perform a more formal investigation on these roadways within the next fiscal year to identify specific improvements from any of the four E's of highway safety and potential funding sources. We will also make a recommendation to the Governor's Executive Committee on Highway Safety that the member agencies should concentrate on these roadways as a main target for reducing Kentucky's overall fatality and injury rates.

Locally-Maintained Highways

KYTC is working with the Governor's Executive Committee on Highway Safety and the Kentucky Traffic Records Advisory Committee (KTRAC) to improve accurate location reporting of collisions on the local road system. KTRAC has applied for and received State Traffic Records Improvement funding from NHTSA with the top priority of developing a mapping system for law enforcement to accurately locate these collisions.

Future Plans and Needs

KYTC recognizes the need to be able to identify the crash rates at intersections involving local roadways and plans to modify the process so that "minor" injury collisions are not included in the analysis. We plan to make these modifications within the next year.

Lane Departure Collisions have been identified as an emphasis area in KYTC's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). One source of funding that will be utilized to address these types of collision is the Lane Departure Resurfacing (LD-R) Improvement funding. See the HSIP Report Section for more information.

Since the highways that will be included in next year's resurfacing program are not identified until December, the Cabinet cannot provide a 5% report for these highways at this time. Once the highways to be resurfaced have been identified, we plan to submit a list of the 5% highways to be resurfaced that exhibit the most severe safety needs involving lane departure collisions. This number of projects on this list will be based on the number of highways to be resurfaced with a history of lane departure collisions and the amount of available funding.

In addition, we will be developing another 5% report that addresses highways (not scheduled to be resurfaced in the near future) that exhibit the most severe lane departure safety needs. The locations on this report are intended to be addressed with the Lane Departure Roadway Section Improvement (RSI) funding. The number of projects on this list will be based on the number of highways with a history of lane departure collisions and the amount of available funding.

Contact Person

All questions regarding Kentucky's "5% Report" should be directed to the following contact:

Jo Anne Tingle, PE
KYTC - Dept. of Highway, Division of Traffic Operations
200 Mero Street, 3rd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40622
502-564-3020

or

Ed Harding
KYTC - Dept. of Transportation Safety, Division of Highway Safety Administration
200 Mero Street, 4th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40622
502-564-1438

Exhibit 2-1 5% Public Road Locations Exhibiting the Most Severe Safety Needs

County Code	County Name	Length (Miles)	Fat/In Inj Col.	FAT	IN INJ	Total Fat/ In Inj
047	HARDIN	37.367	222	20	277	297
056	JEFFERSON	22.135	166	21	210	231
056	JEFFERSON	23.974	141	15	188	203
056	JEFFERSON	14.138	161	17	179	196
098	PIKE	32.828	127	30	165	195
056	JEFFERSON	22.927	163	13	179	192
098	PIKE	25.345	129	24	159	183
034	FAYETTE	19.283	137	17	163	180
056	JEFFERSON	17.375	139	14	166	180
034	FAYETTE	15.767	130	14	148	162
056	JEFFERSON	12.992	131	16	144	160
024	CHRISTIAN	15.99	115	8	150	158
114	WARREN	27.433	111	13	142	155
073	MCCRACKEN	19.886	104	9	143	152
034	FAYETTE	19.273	111	12	130	142
061	KNOX	26.197	100	16	124	140
114	WARREN	28.794	109	12	128	140
100	PULASKI	30.693	94	14	119	133
056	JEFFERSON	1.122	99	3	129	132
097	PERRY	25.179	87	20	109	129
118	WHITLEY	33.763	87	22	106	128
034	FAYETTE	22.286	103	11	117	128
098	PIKE	27.644	94	19	108	127
013	BREATHITT	27.505	84	20	104	124
047	HARDIN	24.647	81	29	91	120
015	BULLITT	26.286	97	9	109	118
019	CAMPBELL	22.722	92	10	107	117
057	JESSAMINE	15.278	78	10	107	117
056	JEFFERSON	17.887	88	9	104	113
059	KENTON	25.514	86	17	94	111
059	KENTON	24.338	89	9	100	109
024	CHRISTIAN	31.574	80	7	100	107
114	WARREN	29.179	60	20	85	105
056	JEFFERSON	24.477	79	23	81	104
041	GRANT	23.024	64	24	79	103
063	LAUREL	23.949	69	17	78	95
056	JEFFERSON	18.424	71	6	89	95
007	BELL	18.651	57	11	82	93
034	FAYETTE	23.089	60	11	82	93
118	WHITLEY	27.943	56	19	71	90
098	PIKE	72.819	73	18	71	89
008	BOONE	13.873	69	12	73	85
056	JEFFERSON	12.724	67	12	73	85
056	JEFFERSON	11.502	60	12	73	85
066	LESLIE	35.3	59	15	69	84
059	KENTON	16.666	59	5	79	84
026	CLAY	32.841	53	14	68	82
106	SHELBY	22.329	49	12	70	82
059	KENTON	13.976	63	7	75	82
030	DAVIESS	28.288	53	9	72	81
037	FRANKLIN	14.038	64	6	74	80
073	MCCRACKEN	13.8	60	4	76	80
063	LAUREL	24.927	50	12	67	79
056	JEFFERSON	11.315	54	10	69	79
056	JEFFERSON	10.519	62	5	74	79
015	BULLITT	21.677	64	3	76	79
076	MADISON	24.295	60	14	62	76
010	BOYD	20.938	57	11	65	76
051	HENDERSON	21.041	60	10	66	76
090	NELSON	27.31	61	10	66	76
105	SCOTT	18.999	53	4	72	76
055	JACKSON	29.585	52	7	68	75
056	JEFFERSON	6.193	56	8	66	74
056	JEFFERSON	16.541	58	8	64	72
010	BOYD	12.88	54	6	66	72
036	FLOYD	21.986	47	19	52	71
092	OHIO	24.262	54	6	64	70
089	MUHLENBERG	27.779	47	17	52	69
056	JEFFERSON	6.59	51	4	65	69
063	LAUREL	22.824	46	16	52	68
069	LINCOLN	21.982	49	12	56	68
037	FRANKLIN	21.4	60	7	61	68
106	SHELBY	23.026	49	3	65	68
116	WAYNE	25.235	39	15	52	67
076	MADISON	22.869	41	13	54	67
076	MADISON	28.161	51	12	55	67
056	JEFFERSON	9.242	57	5	62	67
100	PULASKI	40.1	52	14	52	66
015	BULLITT	19.872	46	10	55	65
114	WARREN	25.096	60	8	57	65
024	CHRISTIAN	21.114	47	7	58	65
056	JEFFERSON	15.977	46	4	61	65
102	ROCKCASTLE	22.641	44	14	50	64
007	BELL	15.88	40	8	56	64
019	CAMPBELL	23.068	50	7	57	64
056	JEFFERSON	7.036	44	7	57	64
057	JESSAMINE	12.008	54	6	58	64
051	HENDERSON	25.263	38	5	59	64
074	MCCREARY	22.252	45	12	51	63
106	SHELBY	19.609	43	7	56	63
008	BOONE	16.632	51	1	62	63
056	JEFFERSON	8.825	42	1	61	62
018	CALLOWAY	17.444	45	15	46	61
008	BOONE	15.287	50	9	52	61
037	FRANKLIN	13.128	48	9	52	61
030	DAVIESS	14.67	48	6	55	61
105	SCOTT	22.447	43	6	54	60
056	JEFFERSON	13.715	51	5	55	60
022	CARTER	35.036	38	20	39	59
113	UNION	26.069	41	12	47	59
073	MCCRACKEN	16.895	43	6	53	59
090	NELSON	37.194	44	5	54	59
034	FAYETTE	6.189	47	2	57	59
022	CARTER	32.147	35	11	47	58
111	TRIGG	28.112	31	10	48	58
070	LIVINGSTON	29.059	36	8	49	57
024	CHRISTIAN	36.151	44	6	51	57
098	PIKE	11.56	40	2	55	57
105	SCOTT	17.658	44	10	46	56
105	SCOTT	25.372	48	7	49	56
051	HENDERSON	17.397	40	3	53	56
059	KENTON	83.78	46	2	53	55
005	BARREN	25.857	39	10	44	54
093	OLDHAM	13.412	44	12	41	53
103	ROWAN	17.112	41	11	42	53
100	PULASKI	22.436	42	8	45	53
036	FLOYD	34.481	41	4	49	53
034	FAYETTE	8.289	38	3	50	53
021	CARROLL	16.5	39	2	51	53
050	HART	20.666	33	13	39	52
019	CAMPBELL	25.722	46	9	43	52
014	BRECKINRIDGE	31.811	32	6	46	52
034	FAYETTE	13.24	40	6	46	52
082	MEADE	35.953	38	8	43	51
059	KENTON	20.36	40	4	47	51
063	LAUREL	22.041	41	4	47	51
118	WHITLEY	33.405	31	13	37	50
076	MADISON	12.571	40	9	41	50
097	PERRY	15.862	33	4	45	49
048	HARLAN	39.182	34	14	34	48
047	HARDIN	28.194	36	11	37	48
103	ROWAN	21.761	37	8	40	48
068	LEWIS	31.218	27	6	42	48
054	HOPKINS	27.705	38	0	48	48
118	WHITLEY	0.26	8	0	48	48
056	JEFFERSON	37.006	36	8	39	47
011	BOYLE	18.505	33	5	42	47
056	JEFFERSON	11.835	39	2	45	47
042	GRAVES	31.58	37	9	37	46
048	HARLAN	27.632	36	6	40	46
061	KNOX	22.704	33	6	40	46
041	GRANT	23.961	38	5	41	46
007	BELL	18.424	35	4	42	46
008	BOONE	14.765	36	3	43	46
069	LINCOLN	18.68	35	3	43	46
057	JESSAMINE	18.985	37	10	35	45
120	WOODFORD	13.039	39	5	40	45
056	JEFFERSON	6.374	27	4	41	45
011	BOYLE	10.319	31	5	39	44
079	MARSHALL	19.25	35	5	39	44
087	MONTGOMERY	15.363	31	15	28	43
087	MONTGOMERY	22.067	36	15	28	43
114	WARREN	13.652	34	12	31	43
062	LARUE	20.651	27	9	34	43
098	PIKE	16.62	33	3	40	43
043	GRAYSON	33.527	31	7	35	42
098	PIKE	15.942	36	6	36	42
056	JEFFERSON	10.55	35	4	38	42
098	PIKE	9.638	29	0	42	42
005	BARREN	11.066	24	11	30	41
073	MCCRACKEN	17.32	32	4	37	41
075	MCLEAN	11.573	24	4	36	40
043	GRAYSON	21.459	27	3	37	40
005	BARREN	22.022	29	2	38	40
099	POWELL	24.087	25	9	30	39
043	GRAYSON	31.216	27	5	34	39
052	HENRY	13.359	28	4	35	39
081	MASON	17.402	27	2	37	39
008	BOONE	11.407	26	6	32	38
087	MONTGOMERY	6.333	26	5	33	38
092	OHIO	37.339	32	5	33	38
013	BREATHITT	37.522	29	4	34	38
079	MARSHALL	28.146	28	3	35	38
107	SIMPSON	13.711	26	12	25	37
036	FLOYD	14.435	24	11	26	37
045	GREENUP	28.76	30	10	27	37
064	LAWRENCE	29.069	29	9	28	37
109	TAYLOR	13.531	24	9	28	37
034	FAYETTE	11.113	24	6	31	37
120	WOODFORD	16.459	30	4	33	37
098	PIKE	14.019	31	3	34	37
034	FAYETTE	8.166	26	2	35	37
008	BOONE	7.834	28	10	26	36
018	CALLOWAY	24.156	29	9	27	36
034	FAYETTE	22.667	26	6	30	36
040	GARRARD	16.417	26	6	30	36
009	BOURBON	10.814	20	5	31	36
004	BALLARD	16.937	21	1	35	36
021	CARROLL	14.625	22	11	24	35
054	HOPKINS	26.394	28	9	26	35
060	KNOTT	15.682	25	9	26	35
102	ROCKCASTLE	27.052	29	9	26	35
041	GRANT	15.56	27	8	27	35
082	MEADE	14.944	27	6	29	35
057	JESSAMINE	3.89	27	5	30	35
089	MUHLENBERG	26.005	26	5	30	35
078	MARION	34.408	24	4	31	35
008	BOONE	7.334	26	2	33	35
066	LESLIE	9.719	25	2	33	35
107	SIMPSON	13.984	28	2	33	35
039	GALLATIN	16.457	23	12	22	34
025	CLARK	14.78	26	4	30	34
082	MEADE	9.097	22	2	32	34
054	HOPKINS	26.908	26	9	24	33