Through the Vision Zero Action Plan, the County of Hawai'i and our partners are working to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all.

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About Vision Zero - A New Vision for Traffic Safety

Vision Zero Mission:  Eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.

International Framework:  First implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has spread across the world and is gaining momentum in U.S. cities to ensure people have safe options to move about their communities, whether walking, bicycling, driving, or riding transit. 

Approach:  Unlike traditional traffic safety approaches, Vision Zero defines traffic collisions as a systemic problem that demands a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive approach to solve.  Vision Zero strategies emphasize the need for data-driven strategies that prioritize effective solutions for eliminating fatalities on roadways.

Vision Zero acknowledges that these tragedies are preventable, and the choices we make -- particularly at the policy level and related to the built environment -- have far greater impacts than we have traditionally accepted. What we have long called “accidents” are most related to policies, systems and environments that can be improved upon with collective action and political will.

Data Maps and Data Sources

DATA SOURCES

Where available, fatal traffic crash data from the years 2013- 2019 was analyzed in a systems based approach in an effort to identify correlations in data so as to inform those working to prevent traffic deaths.

Maps and figures herein were prepared using the following data sources:

1. Hawaii County Police Department

Years 2014 through 2018 data included location, when provided, of major motor vehicle traffic crashes. Details on the cause or results of the traffic crash were not provided with this data. At times, locations were represented only by the road and nearest town in which the crash occurred, with no reference to cross-street or road mile post. Year 2019 data was limited to the date and general location of the fatal traffic crash which were used to research additional information from online news articles.

2. Hawaii Department of Transportation

Miles of roadway owned by the State of Hawaii, County of Hawaii, Federal
Government, or "other" (often less- used roads, reflective of private roads or roads in
limbo).

3. NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System

Years 2013 through 2018 data included the specific locations of fatal motor vehicle
traffic crashes with pedestrians, bicycles, or other motor vehicles. Data included
demographics of persons involved in the crash, transportation modes involved, day and
time of crash, and potential factors associated with the crash ( i. e., drugs, alcohol,
speed) notated by the crash report.

4. NHTSA National Center for Statistics and Analysis

Years 2013 through 2017 data included the average percentage of traffic related
fatalities within the State of Hawaii and nationally, associated with speed, alcohol use,
and time of day.

5. U. S. Census Bureau

American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates, from the years 2013 through 2017,
included race, population, and commuter mode share estimates per county.