Jackson Metropolitan Planning Organization
SAFETY	ANALYSIS
2014-2018 REPORT
2020 Safety Performance Targets

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Central Mississippi Planning & Development District 1170 Lakeland Drive - P.O. Box 4935 Jackson, Mississippi 39296-4935
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Table of Contents

Introduction	1
Safety Performance Measures and Targets	2
Jackson MPO	4
Individual County Reports	12
Hinds County	13
Madison County	18
Rankin County	23
Resources	28
List of Tables

MPO Total Crashes and Percent Change Annually	4
MPO Vehicle Miles Traveled and Percent Change Annually	5
MPO Total Fatalities and Percent Change Annually	7
MPO Fatality Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	7
MPO Crashes with Serious Injuries and Percent Change Annually	8
MPO Serious Injury Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	8
MPO Behavior Related Fatality Data	9
Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in the MPO Planning Area	10
MPO Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes	10
MPO Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injuries	10
Hinds County Total Crashes and Percent Change Annually	13
Hinds County Vehicle Miles Traveled and Percent Change Annually	13
Hinds County Total Fatalities and Percent Change Annually	14
Hinds County Fatality Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	14
Hinds County Crashes with Serious Injuries and Percent Change Annually	15
Hinds County Serious Injury Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	15
Hinds County Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes	16
Hinds County Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injuries	16
Hinds County Behavior Related Fatality Data	17
Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in Hinds County	17
Madison County Total Crashes and Percent Change Annually	18
Madison County Vehicle Miles Traveled and Percent Change Annually	18
Madison County Total Fatalities and Percent Change Annually	19
Madison County Fatality Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	19
Madison County Crashes with Serious Injuries and Percent Change Annually	20
Madison County Serious Injury Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	20
Madison County Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes	21
Madison County Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injuries	21
Madison County Behavior Related Fatality Data	22
Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in Madison County	22
Rankin County Total Crashes and Percent Change Annually	23
Rankin County Vehicle Miles Traveled and Percent Change Annually	23
Rankin County Total Fatalities and Percent Change Annually	24
Rankin County Fatality Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	24

Rankin County Crashes with Serious Injuries and Percent Change Annually	25
Rankin County Serious Injury Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)	25
Rankin County Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes	26
Rankin County Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injuries	26
Rankin County Behavior Related Fatality Data	27
Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in Rankin County	27

Introduction

This report is designed to provide an analysis of the available crash data for the Jackson Urbanized Area (JUA). It focuses specifically on the number and types of crashes that have occurred and the resulting injuries or deaths. Crash data used by the Jackson Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to develop this 2014-2018 Safety Analysis Report was obtained from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and from data provided to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS). Though data provided by the MDOT identifies fatal crashes in the Jackson MPO Planning Area, the data provided by the NHTSA is considered the “official” dataset each state will use to assess fatal crashes and to develop performance measures and set targets to reduce those crash types. Therefore, for purposes of this report all fatal crash data comes from the NHTSA. However, the NHTSA dataset does not include and is not considered the “official” dataset for serious injury crashes. Thus, the data provided by the MDOT to the MPO will be used to identify and assess serious injury crashes. Reducing the total amount of fatal and severe injury crashes in the MPO planning area are both considered high priorities by the MPO in aiding the state in meeting its overall goals set forth in the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). This report covers a five year analysis period from 2014- 2018. This is due to the fact that the most recent NHTSA data available for fatal crashes is 2018, therefore, data provided by the MDOT for serious injury crashes will be used to cover the same time frame as well.
Federal regulations require each MPO to develop a Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). A MTP must provide for consideration and implementation of projects, strategies, and services that address eight planning factors. One of those eight factors to be addressed is safety. Title 23 of the United States Code Part 134 (h)(1) states: In general.—The metropolitan planning process for a metropolitan planning area under this section shall provide for consideration of projects and strategies that will— “increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users.” Volume II of the 2040 MTP for the Jackson Urbanized Area addresses the safety requirement. The Jackson MPO’s 2014-2018 Safety Analysis Report in no way should be construed to take the place of the findings identified in the 2040 MTP, but rather to serve as a supplement to that plan. The MPO places a priority on supporting the findings and implementation of the 2040 MTP. This report does not identify specific high priority crash locations, but rather provides an overview of the crash trends affecting the Jackson MPO planning area.
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) transportation bill, passed in 2006, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core Federal program. The funding for this program is to be used by States to reduce the number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. In order to receive funding under this program, states are required to develop Strategic Highway Safety Plan’s (SHSP’s). A SHSP is a five-year, data-driven, comprehensive safety plan that establishes statewide safety goals and provides strategies necessary for reducing traffic related fatalities and serious injuries. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st    Century (MAP-21) and Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Acts both continued the HSIP with a sustained focus on achieving a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned public roads and roads on tribal lands.

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Safety Performance Measures and Targets
A series of federal rules designed to focus the federal surface transportation program on achieving seven national goals were initiated under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) legislation and continued under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Working collectively, MPOs and State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are required to examine performance data and establish targets for each performance area defined in the federal rules. Safety is the first national goal identified in the FAST Act.

N AT I O N AL S AF E T Y P E RF O RM AN CE G O AL 
TO ACHIEVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON ALL PUBLIC ROADS.

In March 2016, the Highway Safety Improvement Program and Safety Performance Management Measures Rule (Safety PM Rule) was finalized and published in the Federal Register. The rule requires State DOTs and MPOs to set targets for five safety-related performance measures and report progress toward their achievement annually. Targets are established by examining the five-year rolling average for each measure.

Federal Safety Measures
Number of Fatalities: the total number of persons suffering fatal injuries in a motor vehicle crash during a calendar year.

Rate of Fatalities: the ratio of total number of fatalities to the number of vehicle miles traveled (in 100 million VMT) in a calendar year.

Number of Serious Injuries: the total number of persons suffering at least one serious injury in a motor vehicle crash during a calendar year.

Rate of Serious Injuries: the ratio of total number of serious injuries to the number of VMT (in 100 million VMT) in a calendar year.

Number of Non-Motorized Fatalities and Non-Motorized Serious Injuries: the combined total number of non-motorized fatalities and non-motorized serious injuries involving a motor vehicle during a calendar year.

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Safety Performance

Fatalities	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	5-yr Average	
Mississippi	607	677	687	685	664	664	
Jackson MPO	55	71	76	72	64	67.6	

Fatality Rate	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	5-yr Average	
Mississippi	1.540	1.700	1.700	1.687	1.630	1.651	
Jackson MPO	0.994	1.188	1.278	1.339	1.196	1.199	

Serious Injuries	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	5-yr Average	
Mississippi	506	506	627	540	546	545	
Jackson MPO	60	77	93	69	90	77.8	

Serious Injury Rate	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	5-yr Average	
Mississippi	1.281	1.269	1.543	1.321	1.340	1.351	
Jackson MPO	1.085	1.289	1.564	1.284	1.681	1.381	

Non-Motorized Fatalities
and Serious Injuries	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	5-yr Average	
Mississippi	107	110	124	138	143	124.4	
Jackson MPO	21	20	20	17	30	21.6	

A Measure is a statement of what is being assessed, and a Target is a quantifiable level of performance or what you hope to achieve within an identified time period.

2016-2020 State of Mississippi Safety Targets	
Measure	Target	
Number of Fatalities	682.0	
Rate of Fatalities per 100 million VMT	1.690	
Number of Serious Injuries	661.0	
Rate of Serious Injuries per 100 million VMT	1.570	
Number of Non-Motorized and Non-Motorized serious Injuries	145.5	

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Jackson MPO

The Jackson MPO Planning Area includes portions of Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties and the municipalities within those counties. Based on the 2010 Census, the total population for the MPO Planning Area is approximately 457,000. This is roughly 15% of the state of Mississippi’s total population. However, over the five year analysis period of this report (2014-2018) the Jackson MPO has 20% of the state’s total crashes, 9.4% of crashes with serious injuries and, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 10.2% of the state’s fatalities that are a result of traffic crashes.

From 2014 to 2018 the amount of crashes in the Jackson MPO decreased by 712 or 4.6% (See
Table 1-1). During that same time period the annual vehicle miles traveled also decreased by over 178,000 or 3.2% (See Table 1-2). It is natural to discern that with a reduction in vehicle miles travelled in the Jackson MPO that there would also be a decrease in the total amount of crashes. Though the Jackson MPO has experienced a reduction in total crashes over the five year period, there was an increase in both fatal crashes and crashes with serious injuries in the area over that same period as can be seen in Tables 1-3 and 1-5 respectively.

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17,500
17,000

CRASHES

16,500
16,000
15,500
15,000
14,500
14,000
13,500

Table 1-1

8.3%

1.4%

Jackson MPO Total Crashes and Percent Change Annually

	

16,934		

16,697				
				-5.5%	

16,000		

15,416							-8.1%	

14,704		

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

*Data provided by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS)

MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED

62.00
60.00

Table 1-2
Jackson MPO Vehicle Miles Traveled and Percent Change Annually

8.0%	-0.5%

58.00

59.75	59.47	-9.6%	-0.4%	
55.31		
53.76	
53.53	
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	

56.00
54.00
52.00
50.00

*Data provided by the MDOT

The top five crash types in the Jackson MPO make up 79.6% of all crashes with 39.3% involving automobiles being rear ended while moving slowly or at a complete stop. While infrastructure improvements at locations with high volumes of rear ending may aid in reducing these types of crashes, or other crash types for that matter, the overarching problem cannot be addressed with infrastructure improvements alone. Extensive education and enforcement programs are crucial when attempting to reduce automobile crashes.

Typically, a large number of traffic accidents can be attributed to distracted driving. Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in your vehicle, rubber necking, operating entertainment or navigation systems—anything that takes your attention away from the task of safe driving. According to information taken from the MDOT’s Driver Safety Education Program, drivers who use handheld devices are four times more likely to be involved in a crash resulting in serious injury. Drivers who text while driving are 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident. In addition, MDOT’s website notes that sending or receiving a

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text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of
4.6 seconds, the equivalent - at 55 MPH - of traveling the length of an entire football field, blind.

Recently, there has been a nationwide focus to raise awareness of crashes involving distracted driving to reduce resulting traffic fatalities and injuries. As mentioned above, distracted driving can include many actions, but using cell phones to talk or text is currently one of the more problematic distractions and a focus for the national campaign against distracted driving. Mississippi’s crash data was reviewed in an attempt to quantify and document the effects of distracted driving, but, currently, the state’s crash data does not allow for the identification of distracted driving with the current crash report form. Due

 	 Most Common Crash Types in the Jackson MPO 

Rear End 	 	          39.3% 	
Angle     	 	         15.9% 	
Sideswipe 	 	         14.1% 	
Run Off Road - Right	5.6% 
Left turn same roadway	4.7% 

to the national priority set on the topic, a concerted effort to reduce distracted driving through education and enforcement campaigns should be a major focus statewide. The MDOT, MDPS and Mississippi Office of Highway Safety (MOHS) each produce safety resource materials and have developed ad campaigns specifically aimed at reducing distracted driving and improving driver behavior. Some examples of these campaigns include Click it or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over and Pay Attention or Pay a Fine, just to name a few. Continuing, and where applicable improving, these campaigns is essential to curbing driver behavior which results in so many crashes, especially those resulting in serious injury and death.

As noted above, there should be an emphasis on reducing distracted driving through education and enforcement, however, there are also proven safety countermeasures that if implemented correctly could also have a significant impact on improving driver awareness and reducing the total amount and, in some instances, severity of crashes in the MPO Planning Area. These include:

Safety Edge Roundabouts
Corridor Access Management Backplates with Retroreflective Borders Longitudinal Rumble Strips and Stripes
Enhanced Delineation and Friction for Horizontal Curves
Medians and Pedestrian Crossing Islands in Urban and Suburban Areas Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon
Road Diets

*Rumble Strips and Cable Barrier examples.

Though not all of these countermeasures are applicable for reducing distracted driving, each does provide enhanced safety features when implemented. For example, rumble strips are used to aid in reducing distracted driving and drowsy driving, whereas, roundabouts and road diets are used to aid in reducing travel speed. Each aiding in improving overall driver behavior and improving safety. Another major concern in the MPO planning area is roadway departure crashes. Adding enhanced edge lines, rumble strips, enhanced curve delineation and safety edge, especially along roadways with narrow or no paved shoulders, are each low cost safety

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countermeasures that can typically be implemented in a short to moderate time frame. Detailed descriptions of each of these countermeasures, as well as the ones mentioned previously, are available on	the	Federal	Highway	Administration’s	(FHWA’s)	website	at https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/provencountermeasures/.

While a goal of the Jackson MPO is to reduce crashes as a whole, the major focus is to find ways to reduce crashes that result in serious injury or even worse death. Tables 1-3 and 1-5, respectively, show the amount of fatalities and serious injuries that occurred due to crashes in the Jackson MPO between 2014- 2018. For the five year period there was an average of 67.6 fatalities per year with the highest total being 76 fatalities in 2016. There was a significant jump between 2014 and 2015 showing a 29.1% increase. For the five year period as a whole the number of fatalities caused by crashes increased by 16.4% from 55 to
64. However, between 2017 and 2018 there was an 11.1% decrease in fatalities which may coincide with the fact there was a 0.4% reduction in Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled (Table 1-2) during that time period as well.

FATALITIES

Table 1-3

Jackson MPO Total Fatalities and Percent
Change Annually

80
70
60
50
40

29.1%

7.0%

-5.3%

-11.1%

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

*Data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

64

55

30
20
10
0

72

76

71

FATALITY RATE

Table 1-4

Jackson MPO Fatality Rate Per 100 Million
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

1.600
1.400
1.200
1.000
0.800
0.600
0.400
0.200
0.000

19.5%

7.5%

4.8%

-10.7%

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

0.994

1.196

1.339

1.278

1.188

*Data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT)

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The average amount of crashes that resulted in serious injury for the five year period was 44.6 per year with the highest total being 50 in 2018. Between 2016-2017 crashes resulting in serious injuries decreased significantly by 17%. That being said between 2017-2018 that number grew substantially by 28.2%. For the five year period as a whole the number of serious injury related crashes increased by 22% from 41 to
50. It is vital for Local Public Agencies (LPA’s) in the Jackson MPO to work jointly with partners such as the MPO and the MDOT to identify safety countermeasures that once implemented would aid in reducing the amount of crashes that result in fatalities or serious injuries and improving safety for all users of the transportation system.

CRASHES

Table 1-5

Jackson MPO Total Serious Injuries and Percent
Change Annually

100

20.8%

30.4%

80

28.3%

-25.8%

20

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

69

60

77

90

93

60

40

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

-17.9%

18.8%

CRASH RATE

Table 1-6

Jackson MPO Serious Injury Rate Per 100 Million
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
31.0%
21.3%

1.800
1.600
1.400
1.200
1.000
0.800
0.600
0.400
0.200
0.000

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

1.284

1.289

1.085

1.681

1.564

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

As can be seen in Table 1-7, driver behavior plays a significant role in traffic accidents resulting in death. On average, people driving under the influence of alcohol were involved in 24.3% of all fatal crashes in the Jackson MPO. The data also reveals that 32% of all fatal crashes were a result of motorists or their passengers not using a safety belt or restraint device and speeding was involved in 17.2%. Though, in certain circumstances there is a need for roadway or intersection improvements to reduce the amount of fatal and severe crashes, changing driver behavior can have an even more profound effect on reducing

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the overall amount of fatal and severe crashes. As noted, 32% of all fatal crashes were a result of motorists or their passengers not using a safety belt or restraint device, though wearing a restraint device does not guarantee a fatality will not occur, it does reduce the probability of it occurring. On May 27, 2006, Mississippi became the 22nd state to pass a primary safety belt law. Since passage of the law, safety belt usage has improved and the amount of fatalities associated with unbelted drivers and occupants has dropped. However, increased enforcement of the State’s seatbelt law and improved safety education could both aid in reducing the number of fatal crashes in the MPO planning area significantly. (Note: Behavior related fatality data is provided by the NHTSA, this data is not available through the NHTSA for serious injury crashes. Behavior related data for serious injury crashes, provided by the MDOT, does not cover each of the categories seen in Table 1-7. Therefore, there is no corresponding table for behavior related crashes resulting in serious injury.)

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FATALITIES

Table 1-7

Jackson MPO Behavior Related Fatality Data
Total	Alcohol Impaired	Unrestrained Occupants	Speeding Involved

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

71

76

72

64

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

6

11

12

11

17 17

12

19

16

14

25

22

21

19

26

*Data provided by the NHTSA

In addition to educational programs, continued and improved enforcement programs are also fundamental when attempting to reduce driver behavioral related crashes. Visible police presence at critical intersections and corridors where there are high numbers of crash occurrences can aid in deterring certain behavior related crashes. For example, police presence typically causes drivers to reduce their speed, buckle their safety belt, if it is not already buckled and refrain from using their mobile devices each of which is a change in driver behavior. These changes in behavior could lead to a significant reduction in crashes in the Jackson MPO.

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In addition to having increased police presence at critical intersections and corridors, improving police presence at times of day when there are a high number of crash occurrences is also critical. As can be seen from Table 1-8, 47.5% of all crashes in the MPO planning area take place during six hours of the day. The highest amount of crashes take place from 5:00 – 5:59 P.M., which is a peak travel hour during the day for people leaving work headed home. The top three time periods range from 3:00 – 5:59 P.M. and make up 26.4% of all crashes. As mentioned above, it is believed that increasing police presence during these hours of the day could result in less crashes due to improved driver behavior.

Table 1-8
Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in the MPO Planning Area	Percentage of Total Crashes	
05:00 - 05:59 PM	9.9%	
04:00 - 04:59 PM	8.6%	
03:00 - 03:59 PM	7.9%	
07:00 - 07:59 AM	7.5%	
02:00 - 02:59 PM	6.9%	
12:00 - 12:59 PM	6.7%	
TOTAL	47.5%	
*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

Table 1-9 provides information about special users of the transportation system in the Jackson MPO. This table shows the total amount of fatalities for all modes of transportation in green and the amount of those fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists. Table 1-10 identifies the amount of serious injury crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists as it relates to the total amount of serious injury crashes.
As mentioned earlier in this report, distracted driving plays a significant role in automobile accidents. That being said, distracted walking plays an even greater role in pedestrian accidents. Texting and driving is a known danger, but distracted walking results in more injuries per mile than distracted driving. Consequences include bumping into walls, falling down stairs, tripping over clutter or stepping into traffic. Though injuries from car accidents involving texting are often more severe, physical harm resulting from texting and walking occurs more frequently, research shows. An analysis of hospital data conducted at Ohio State University found that injuries involving pedestrians on their cell phones more than doubled between 2005 and 2010. While motorists should not use their cell phones when driving due to the increased probability of a traffic accident, pedestrians have an equal responsibility to pay attention to their surroundings to reduce their chances of being involved in an accident as well.

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Pedestrian	Bicyclist
76

Jackson MPO Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes
Total

55

Table 1-9

71

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

72

64

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

1

0

1

1

12

8

11

14

10

FATALITIES

*Data provided by the NHTSA

Pedestrian	Bicyclist
93

Jackson MPO Non-Motorized Crashes with
Serious  Injury
Total

77

CRASHES

Table 1-10

100

90

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

0

8

1

8

1

4

2

8

16

60
40
20

60

69

80

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

General Crash Statistics for the Jackson MPO

81.9% of all crashes in the Jackson MPO occurred during dry conditions 75.2% of all crashes occurred during daylight conditions
47.5% of all crashes occurred at intersections
47.5% of all intersection crashes are when a car is rear ended while moving slowly or stopped

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Individual County Reports

The previous section provided crash data and statistics for the Jackson MPO as a whole, which includes portions of Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties. Also in the previous section, proposed safety countermeasures were discussed that if implemented could reduce the amount and severity of crashes in the planning area. The following sections provide crash data and statistics for each county within the planning area, but does not include proposed safety countermeasures. This is due to the fact that each of the discussed countermeasures from the previous section can also be applied to priority crash sites in each individual county. As mentioned in the introduction, this report does not identify specific high priority crash locations, but rather provides an overview of the crash trends affecting the Jackson MPO planning area.

Percentage of Jackson MPO Total Crashes
from 2014-2018

Madison
18.4%

28.7%

52.8%

18.5%
Hinds 53.3%

Rankin
28.3%

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Hinds County

Based on the 2010 Census, Hinds County’s total population within the Jackson MPO is 233,706 which is roughly 51% of the Jackson MPO Planning Area’s total population. However, Hinds County has 53.3% of the total crashes, 53.8% of crashes with serious injuries and 51.6% of the fatal crashes that occur in the planning area.

From 2014 to 2018 the amount of crashes in Hinds County has decreased by 0.3% (See Table 2-1). During that same time period the annual vehicle miles traveled decreased by 3.1% (See Table 2-2).

Table 2-1
Hinds County Total Crashes and Percent Change Annually

9,200
9,000

CRASHES

8,800
8,600
8,400
8,200
8,000
7,800
7,600

10.3%

9,026

-3.1%

	8,181						8,372		8,160		
											
	2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		

8,743

-4.2%

-2.5%

29.34

29.62

30.24

30.28

-1.0%

-2.0%

31.81

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

-5.0%

Hinds County Vehicle Miles Traveled and Percent
Change Annually
5.1%

32.00
31.50
31.00
30.50
30.00
29.50
29.00
28.50
28.00

MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED

Table 2-2

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

*Data provided by the MDOT

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The top five crash types in Hinds County make up 79.1% of all crashes in the county while 36.6% of all crashes involve automobiles being rear ended while moving slowly or at a complete stop.

-6.7%	0.0%

Hinds County Total Fatalities and Percent Change
Annually
55.2%

40

FATALITIES

Table 2-3

50

29

10

0

2014

2015

2016

42

45

30

20

*Data provided by the NHTSA

-1.8%

Hinds County Fatality Rate Per 100 Million
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

FATALITY RATE

Table 2-4

47.7%

1.600
1.400
1.200
1.000
0.800
0.600
0.400
0.200
0.000

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

0.958

1.389

1.414

*Data provided by the NHTSA and the MDOT

Most Common Crash Types in Hinds County 
 		
Rear End 	 	           36.6% 	
Sideswipe 	 	           16.9% 	
Angle     	 	           15.2% 	
Parked Vehicle 	 	            5.3% 	
Run Off Road-Right	5.1% 

-21.4%

42

33

2017

2018

2.1%

-20.7%

1.418

1.125

14

41.2%

Table 2-5

Hinds County Total Serious Injuries and Percent
Change  Annually
78.4%

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

22

37

34

48

66

-22.9%

54.5%

CRASHES

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

Table 2-6

Hinds County Serious Injury Rate Per
100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

2.500

80.1%

2.000

48.5%

1.587

0.500

0.000

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

0.727

1.249

1.069

2.249

1.000

47.1%

-21.3%

1.500

CRASH RATE

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

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Table 2-7

Hinds County Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes
Total	Pedestrian	Bicycle

50

45

42

42

40

33

0

1

0

1

0

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

6

7

10

11

10

14

30

20

29

FATALITIES

*Data provided by the NHTSA

48

CRASHES

Table 2-8

Hinds County Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injury
Total	Pedestrian	Bicyclist

70
60
50
40

66

30
20
10
0

22

15

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

0

0

0

0

6

6

3

2

4

37

34

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

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Table 2-9

Hinds County Behavior Related Fatality Data

Total

Alcohol Impaired

Unrestrained Occupants

Speeding Involved

50

45

42

42

40

29

33

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2

8

5

7

5

10

10

10

9

13

11

10

9

18

15

13

30

20

FATALITIES

*Data provided by the NHTSA

Table 2-10

Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in Hinds County	Percentage of Total Crashes	
05:00 - 05:59 PM	9.4%	
04:00 - 04:59 PM	8.3%	
03:00 - 03:59 PM	7.7%	
02:00 - 02:59 PM	6.8%	
12:00 - 12:59 PM	6.5%	
01:00 - 01:59 PM	6.4%	
TOTAL	45.1%	
*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

General Crash Statistics for Hinds County

82.6% of all crashes occurred under dry conditions 73.7% of all crashes occurred under daylight conditions 47.9% of all crashes occurred at intersections
43.7% of intersection crashes are rear end stop or slow

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Madison County

Based on the 2010 Census, Madison County’s total population within the Jackson MPO is 89,496 which is roughly 20% of the Jackson MPO Planning Area’s total population. However, Madison County has 18.4% of the total crashes, 14.3% of crashes with serious injuries and 18.8% of the fatal crashes that occur in the planning area.

From 2014 to 2018 the amount of crashes in Madison County has decreased by 13.7% (See Table 3-1). During that same time period the annual vehicle miles traveled decreased by 19.2% (See Table 3-2).

-6.1%

Madison County Total Crashes and Percent
Change Annually
8.4%

CRASHES

Table 3-1

5.3%

3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0

-19.5%

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

2,467

3,064

3,263

3,010

2,858

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

5.00

0.00

13.69

13.27

17.90

16.85

16.93

10.00

3.2%

-25.9%

15.00

6.2%

-0.5%

MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED

Table 3-2

Madison County Vehicle Miles Traveled and
Percent Change Annually

20.00

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

*Data provided by the MDOT

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The top five crash types in Madison County make up 81.7% of all crashes in the county while 39.1% of all crashes involve automobiles being rear ended while moving slowly or at a complete stop.

Madison County Total Fatalities and Percent Change
Annually
45.5%

FATALITIES

Table 3-3

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

22.2%

16

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

11

9

*Data provided by the NHTSA

2016

0.200

0.000

0.894

Madison County Fatality Rate Per 100 Million
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
36.9%
-15.7%
22.9%

FATALITY RATE

Table 3-4

1.000

0.800

0.600

0.400

0.531

0.653

2014

2015

*Data provided by the NHTSA and the MDOT

Most Common Crash Types in Madison County 
 		
Rear End 	                        39.1%       	
Angle     	 	          18.0% 	
Sideswipe 	 	          10.9% 	
Deer 	 	  	           7.4% 	
Run Off Road - Right	6.3% 

20.0%

-37.5%

10

12

16.3%

0.754

0.877

2017

2018

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Table 3-5

Madison County Total Serious Injuries and
Percent Change Annually

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

160.0%

0.0%

-46.2%

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

5

7

13

13

-64.3%

14

CRASHES

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

144.7%

Table 3-6

Madison County Serious Injury Rate Per
100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

1.200

1.000
0.800

34.9%

0.200

0.511

0.000

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

0.297

0.726

-64.1%

0.827

0.400

0.980

-47.8%

0.600

CRASH RATE

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

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Table 3-7
Madison County Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes

18

FATALITIES

16
14
12
10	9
8
6

1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	
2014	2015		2016		2017		2018		

4
2
0

Total	Pedestrian	Bicycle

16

12
11
10

*Data provided by the NHTSA

Table 3-8

Madison County Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injury
Total	Pedestrian	Bicyclist

16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

14

13

13

7

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

1

0

0

0

0	0

0

2

2

1

5

CRASHES

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

21

12

11

Table 3-9

Madison County Behavior Related Fatality Data

Total

Alcohol Impaired

Unrestrained Occupants

Speeding Involved

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

16

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

1

0

2

3	3

2

3

4

4	4

3

5

7

7

6

10

9

FATALITIES

*Data provided by the NHTSA

Table 3-10
Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in Madison County	Percentage of Total Crashes	
05:00 - 05:59 PM	9.8%	
04:00 - 04:59 PM	8.8%	
07:00 - 07:59 AM	8.6%	
03:00 - 03:59 PM	8.0%	
02:00 - 02:59 PM	7.1%	
01:00 - 01:59 PM	6.5%	
TOTAL	48.8%	
*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

General Crash Statistics for Madison County

80.5% of all crashes occurred under dry conditions 75.4% of all crashes occurred under daylight conditions 42.4% of all crashes occurred at intersections
49.4% of intersection crashes are rear end stop or slow

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Rankin County

Based on the 2010 Census, Rankin County’s total population within the Jackson MPO is 133,881 which is roughly 29% of the Jackson MPO Planning Area’s total population. However, Rankin County has 28.3% of the total crashes, 31.8% of crashes with serious injuries and 29.7% of the fatal crashes that occur in the planning area.

From 2014 to 2018 the amount of crashes in Rankin County has decreased by 6.9% (See Table 4-1). During that same time period the annual vehicle miles traveled has also decreased by 0.8% (See Table 4-2).

4,000
3,000
2,000

CRASHES

Table 4-1

Rankin County Total Crashes and Percent
Change Annually

6,000
5,000

6.5%

5.7%

-7.4%

-10.7%

1,000
0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

4,077

4,564

4,928

4,661

4,377

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

19.04

19.27

19.20

-1.2%

19.84

20.17

-4.4%

Rankin County Vehicle Miles Traveled and
Percent Change Annually
1.6%
3.4%

20.40
20.20
20.00
19.80
19.60
19.40
19.20
19.00
18.80
18.60
18.40

MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED

Table 4-2

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

*Data provided by the MDOT

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Most Common Crash Types in Rankin County 
 
Rear End	44.5% 
Angle	16.0% 
Sideswipe	10.9% 
Run Off Road – Right	6.2% 
Left turn same roadway	5.6% 

The top five crash types in Rankin County make up 83.2% of all crashes in the county while 44.5% of all crashes involve automobiles being rear ended while moving slowly or at a complete stop.

-11.8%

FATALITIES

Table 4-3

Rankin County Total Fatalities and Percent
Change Annually

25

20

20.0%

11.1%

-5.0%

5

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

19

20

18

15

17

15

10

*Data provided by the NHTSA

-14.6%

0.800

18.1%

1.000

FATALITY RATE

Table 4-4

Rankin County Fatality Rate Per 100 Million
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

1.200

16.3%

-3.9%

0.200
0.000

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

0.893

0.756

0.998

0.886

0.400

1.038

0.600

*Data provided by the NHTSA and the MDOT

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Table 4-5

Rankin County Total Serious Injuries and
Percent Change Annually
58.3%
-15.8%

40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

2014	2015	2016	2017	2018

17

19

24

32

-10.5%

38

-40.6%

CRASHES

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

2.500

CRASH RATE

2.000

Table 4-6
Rankin County Serious Injury  Rate Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

53.2%

1.500

1.000

0.500

1.250

1.915

-17.2%

	0.986	0.893	
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	

1.587

-37.9%	-9.4%

0.000

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

25

15

18

17

Table 4-7

Rankin County Non-Motorized Fatal Crashes
Total	Pedestrian	Bicycle

25

20

20

19

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

1

0

0

0

1

0	0

2

1

3

15

10

5

FATALITIES

*Data provided by the NHTSA

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CRASHES

Table 4-8

Rankin County Non-Motorized Crashes with Serious Injury
Total	Pedestrian	Bicyclist

40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

38

32

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

0

1

0	0

1

0

1	1

0

3

17

19

*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

26

15

17

19

Table 4-9

Rankin County Behavior Related Fatality Data

Total

Alcohol Impaired

Unrestrained Occupants

Speeding Involved

25

20

18

20

0

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2

1

3

3

2

2

2

3

5

4

4

5

6

5

6

10

10

15

FATALITIES

*Data provided by the NHTSA

Table 4-10

Highest Crash Occurrences by Hour of Day in Rankin County	Percentage of Total Crashes	
05:00 - 05:59 PM	10.7%	
07:00 - 07:59 AM	9.0%	
04:00 - 04:59 PM	8.9%	
03:00 - 03:59 PM	8.0%	
12:00 - 12:59 PM	7.3%	
02:00 - 02:59 PM	6.8%	
TOTAL	50.7%	
*Data provided by the MDOT and the MDPS

General Crash Statistics for Rankin County

81.3% of all crashes occurred under dry conditions 77.9% of all crashes occurred under daylight conditions 50.1% of all crashes occurred at intersections
53.4% of intersection crashes are rear end stop or slow

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Resources

Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) – Mississippi Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) – Safety Analysis Management System (SAMS) Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) – Mississippi Traffic Safety Data Book - 2014
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Mississippi Office of Highway Safety (MOHS)

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Central Mississippi Planning and Development District
P. O. Box 4935
Jackson, Mississippi 39296-4935
601-981-1511
www.cmpdd.org