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Toll Facility Safety Study Report to Congress copies of posters, safety presentations, etc., to the study team to assist even further with the study. The detailed findings of the agency interviews can be found in Appendix E. 2.6 Agency Workshop As the final step in the information gathering phases of this study, the team conducted a consensus-building workshop to gather feedback from toll agency staff across the country on the safety strategies that had been identified through the survey, telephone interviews, and site visits. In recognition of the fact that the characteristics of each agency and even of each plaza can dictate what strategies would be practical to implement and what strategies would be the most effective, the primary goal of the workshop was to gather feedback on each of the strategies identified from individuals who are familiar with day-to-day operations at plazas across the country. Another goal of the workshop was to gather information on any additional strategies that the team might not have uncovered through the data gathering activities leading up to the workshop. At the workshop, the team presented each of the strategies that had been identified, one at a time, and then, for each strategy, encouraged participants to offer feedback regarding: (1) their perceptions of the effectiveness of the strategy; (2) thoughts they have on any constraints that they see with that strategy (i.e., any circumstances under which a particular strategy may not be effective for whatever reason); and (3) to provide their “bottom line” opinion of the strategy (e.g., they may feel that the strategy would be very effective but they would not consider implementing it due to cost implications). The workshop included individuals representing a wide range of toll agencies across the country. A full list of the workshop attendees, as well as the ratings from the workshop participants, can be found in Appendix G. Information on workshop participants’ thoughts on each of the strategies can be found in Appendix H. Study Methodology Page 8
Toll Facility Safety Study Report to Congress 3 Findings – Characteristics of Accidents and Injuries Occurring at Toll Plazas To address the first objective of this effort, which was to study the incidence of accidents and injuries occurring in the vicinity of highway toll collection facilities, the team gathered and analyzed available data on accidents and injuries occurring in the vicinity of toll plazas. This section presents the findings of the accident and injury data analysis. The study team obtained data on 10,322 vehicular crashes representing 7 agencies, and data on 2,662 worker injuries representing 15 agencies. A summary of the records for both vehicular crashes and worker injuries and the time periods for which data was made available to the study team is shown in Tables 3-1 and 3-2 below. The amount of data provided by each agency for vehicular crashes varied significantly, with one agency providing as few as 15 records and another providing as many as 5,114 records; as a result, it is important to note that data from only two agencies comprises 88 percent of the vehicular crash records in the database. The findings of the accident and injury data analysis are presented in the following sections. Table 3-1. Worker Injury Data Agency Period Covered Number of Records Agency 2 January 2000 – July 2006 646 Agency 3 January 2005 – July 2006 12 Agency 4 January 2002 – December 2006 4 Agency 6 February 2002 – December 2006 59 Agency 7 January 2002 – February 2005 80 Agency 8 July 2001 – September 2006 29 Agency 9 January 2004 – December 2006 87 Agency 10 January 2005 – September 2006 183 Agency 11 January 2006 – November 2006 15 Agency 12 January 2001 – November 2006 191 Agency 13 January 1996 – October 2006 139 Agency 14 January 2001 – December 2003 615 Agency 15 January 1975 – December 1990 9 Agency 16 January 1997 – December 2006 399 Agency 17 January 2000 – November 2006 194 Total 2,662 Findings – Characteristics of Accidents and Injuries Occurring at Toll Plazas Page 9
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