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Seaside adopts data-driven Local Roadway Safety Plan to target high-collision corridors
Summary
City staff presented a completed Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) that uses injury/fatality collision data to prioritize multimodal safety improvements; council and staff discussed next steps including grant eligibility, priority corridors, and low-cost countermeasures.
Seaside staff presented the city’s newly completed Local Roadway Safety Plan, a data-driven program intended to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries by prioritizing multimodal safety investments in corridors and intersections with the highest injury rates.
The plan, presented by Patrick Croghan, associate civil engineer in Public Works, identifies emphasis areas including Fremont Boulevard, Canyon Del Rey Boulevard, Del Monte Boulevard and several intersections near Highway 1. “The local roadway safety plan or LRSP as I’ll refer to it, is a data driven plan for roadway safety improvements aimed at improving safety for all types of roadway users, including pedestrians and bicyclists,” Croghan said.
The LRSP was developed using injury-and-fatality crash records from 2018–2022 from the state’s TIMSS/Safetrex database, with technical review by a staffed advisory group that included Seaside Police, Fire, Public Works, Monterey County…
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