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<br />2.5 Revh!Jw of Crash Data <br /> <br />Crash data were reviewed in an effort to determine whether the statutory speed limit <br />impacted pedestrian safety. The TaskForce made the following observations based on the <br />2006 data, the most recent year for which data were available: <br /> <br />. tn !vlinnesota .in 2006, 494 fatalities were recorded on all categories of roadways, 38 <br />ofwmch involved pedestrians. <br />. Most of the pedestrian conflicts and fatalities occurred in Minnesota on collectors <br />and arterial r.oadways. <br />. In Minnespta in 2006, 9 pedestrian fatalities occurred on roads with a 30 IY1PH <br />speed.limit. <br /> <br />Togetafurther picture of"ehicle~pedestrian crash incidence, the Task Force also looked at <br />Iowa. and Wisconsin, two neighboring states with good data available. Both of these states <br />have a 25MPH.. speedHn;itonl'esidential roadways, in contrast with Minnesota's 30 (for <br />the entire Urban District). <br /> <br />Table 2-3 summarizes the five-year (2002-2006) pedestrian fatality and injury crash history <br />for Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. In order to obtain a comprehensive view of pedestrian <br />crash occurrences, data \Vereobtainedformultiple.rneasures....Thedata is for roads in <br />Minnesota that are 30 and for Iowa andWisconsinare2S;;.Tables showing comparisons for <br />each individual measure by year are included in the Appendix. <br /> <br /> - ;a.;:::. ,.. . -~ . <br />Measure Pedestrian Fatalitv Rate Pedestrian Iniu "V Rate <br />MN IA WI MN lA WI <br /> Per Million Residents (1) 2.94 2.57 9.35 125.09 100.36 250.82 <br /> Per 100 Square. Miles (2) 0.02 0;01 0.08 0.73 0.53 2.11 <br />Per ]\trillion Licensed Drivers (3) 3.92 3.57 12.90 166.46 139.38 345.96 <br />Per Million Registered Vehicles 2.47 2.22 9.82 . 104.80 86.67 263.37 <br /> Per Billion Vehicle Miles 0.27 0.24 0..86 11.40 9.37 23.13 <br />Traveled <br />ll) . <br /> <br />Table2-3: Pedestrian~lnvolved Crash Experience Summary <br />Minnesota, Iowa andWis~onsin <br />Five Year AveraO'es 200Z 2006 <br /> <br />PopulatIon data. SQurce. U.S. Census Bureau <br />(2) Square mileage data source: U.S. Census Bureau <br />(3) Additional data sources: respective state databases <br /> <br />As shown, amongst these three states Iowa has the lowest pedestrian crash rate experience <br />for all of the indicated measures. For each measure, Minnesota t'anks slightly behind Iowa. <br /> <br />Page 11 <br /> <br />38 <br />