Project status
Completed
Start date: 08/01/06
End date: 12/31/07
Researcher(s)
Principal investigators:
- Shauna Hallmark | 515-294-5249 | shallmar@iastate.edu (project list)
Co-principal investigator:
- Tom McDonald | 515-294-6384 | tmcdonal@iastate.edu (project list)
Other authors: Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Shauna Hallmark, Thomas McDonald, Massiel Orellana, and David Matulac
Student researchers:
- Massiel Orellana | 515-294-8325 | massiel@iastate.edu
- Eric Fitzsimmons | 515-294-0253 | efitz@iastate.edu
About the research
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that red light running causes more than 100,000 crashes and 1,000 fatalities annually and results in an estimated economic loss of over $14 billion per year in the United States. In Iowa alone, a statewide analysis of red light running crashes, using crash data from 2001 to 2006, indicates that an average of 1,682 red light running crashes occur at signalized intersections every year. As a result, red light running poses a significant safety issue for communities. Communities rarely have the resources to place additional law enforcement in the field to combat the problem and they are increasingly using automated red light running camera-enforcement systems at signalized intersections. In Iowa, three communities currently use camera enforcement since 2004. These communities include Davenport, Council Bluffs, and Clive. As communities across the United States attempt to address red light running, a number of communities have implemented red light running camera enforcement programs. This report examines the red light running programs in Iowa and summarizes results of analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of such cameras.
Publications
Report: http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/reports/rlr-phase2.pdf (6.4 mb pdf) December 2007
Related publications:
- Cameras reduce red light running crashes in Iowa 226 kb pdf (Technology News) Dec 2007
- Evaluating Red Light Running Programs in Iowa 519 kb pdf (Tech transfer summary) Dec 2007
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s): Iowa Department of Transportation
