Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Vision Zero topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
City staff unveil Vision Zero crash dashboard showing countywide five-year data
Summary
Staff demonstrated a public Vision Zero dashboard that maps suspected serious and fatal crashes and other crash details across Douglas County; the dashboard will present a rolling five-year window and is updated annually.
City staff presented the Vision Zero crash dashboard to the Connected City Advisory Board on Oct. 20, a public, interactive map created under the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant that displays a rolling five-year window of crash reports for Douglas County, including Lawrence, Eudora and Baldwin City.
"Vision 0 was for the entire county," a staff presenter said while explaining the tool—s scope and filters. The dashboard allows users to filter crashes by severity, crash type (including those that involve vulnerable road users), lighting and weather conditions, and whether alcohol or drugs were involved. Individual incidents can be clicked to reveal report-level details such as location, collision type and injury severity.
Staff said the dataset is compiled from police crash reports submitted to the state and that the dashboard will retain the most recent five years of crash reports; staff added they had just added 2024 data during the department—s first maintenance run. The dashboard can be found on the city—s Vision Zero project page, and staff said it will be updated annually.
Board members asked whether distracted driving or other contributing factors would be highlighted; presenters said the dashboard surfaces the fields from the motor vehicle accident report form used by police, but some nuances (for example, injuries that are re-classified after the initial report) depend on state reporting corrections and timelines.
The Vision Zero materials include an analysis and an action plan that assess high-injury corridors and priorities for safety investments. "There's no such thing as an accident," a staff member said during discussion, "they're all preventable crashes," reflecting the Vision Zero emphasis on preventable causes and engineering countermeasures.
What happened next: staff encouraged users to explore the public dashboard and said they would consider clarifying some of the form language used in crash records to make the public-facing labels more understandable.
