Safety Update
First Quarter FY 2017
Operations, Planning, and Safety Committee
February 15, 2017
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Introduction
• Capital Metro sets annual goals for vehicle and
passenger accidents per contractor
– Vehicle accident goals for total and preventable accidents
– Disincentives in the contracts for failure to meet the goals
– Action plans required to address accident trends
• Accidents are tracked by severity and accident
cause
– Severity stable compared to FY 2016
– Accident frequency rate increasing
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Preventable Accidents
• A preventable accident is one in which the
driver failed to exercise every reasonable
precaution to prevent the accident. This is
irrespective of whether or not there is
property damage or personal injury, the
extent of the loss of injury, to whom it
occurred and the location of the accident.
– Source: National Safety Council
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Severity Pyramid
I
II
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Category I Catastrophic
Death or severe injury, system loss, extreme
financial loss, damages greater than $100k
Category II Critical
Severe injury/illness resulting in transport,
significant equipment damage, minor
service disruption, damages $25k - $100k
III
Category III Minor
Minor injury, minor damages and insignificant
service disruption; damages less $1k - $25k
IV
Category IV Less than $1,000
Minor injury, insignificant service disruption;
damages less than $1,000
Vehicle Collision and Incident Severity
FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
0.50 [1]
5.53% [11]
31.66% [63]
62.31% [124]
BUS & PARATRANSIT
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Category I Catastrophic
Death or severe injury, system loss, extreme
financial loss, damages greater than $100k
Category II Critical
Severe injury/illness resulting in transport,
significant equipment damage, minor
service disruption, damages $25k - $100 k
Category III Minor
Minor injury, minor damages insignificant
service disruption; damages $1k - $25k
Category IV Less than $1,000
Minor injury, insignificant service disruption;
damages less than $1,000
Vehicle Collision Severity by Mode FY 2017
through 12/31/2016
0.62% [1]
5.59% [9]
36.65% [59]
57.14% [92]
BUS
McDonald and MV Bus
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Category I Catastrophic
Severe loss, damages greater
than $100k
0
Category II Critical
Significant loss, damages
$25k – $100k
5.26% [2]
Category III Minor
Minor loss, damages less
than $1k - $25k
10.53% [4]
Category IV Less than $1,000
Insignificant loss, damages
less than $1,000
84.21% [32}
PARATRANSIT
MV Para and Ride Right
Vehicle Collisions Per 100,000 Miles
YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
5.00
Through 12/31/2016
4.50
4.66
4.00
3.50
3.75
3.57
3.00
2.50
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.45
2.66
2.36
2.00
2.00
2.33
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
All Services
MV Bus FR & UT
Services
MV Bus
MetroRapid
FY 17 Goal
7
McDonald
MV
Ride Right
Preventable Vehicle Collisions Per 100,000 Miles
YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
3.00
Through 12/31/2016
2.50
2.46
2.00
1.93
1.98
1.50
1.48
1.24
1.00
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.94
0.80
0.80
0.50
0.00
All Services
MV Bus FR & UT
Services
MV Bus
MetroRapid
FY 17 Goal
8
McDonald
MV
Ride Right
Passenger Injuries Per 100,000 Trips
YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
1.00
Through 12/31/2016
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.30
0.25
0.25
0.20
0.10
0.14
0.16
0.19
0.07
0.00
All Services
MV Bus FR & UT
Services
MV Bus
MetroRapid
FY 17 Goal
9
McDonald
MV
Ride Right
Vehicle Collisions by Classification Groups
Bus Mode FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
10
Vehicle Collisions by Classification Groups
Paratransit Mode FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
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Rail Collisions, Derailments and Passenger
Injuries YTD Rates vs. FY 2017 Goals
4
3
2
3.00
2.0
2.0
2.0
1
1
0
MetroRail Vehicle Collisions
[Herzog]
Commuter Passenger
Injuries [Herzog]
Freight Vehicle Collisions
[Watco]
FY 17 Goal
*MetroRail – DMU collisions with other vehicles or with pedestrians
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Freight Derailments [Watco]
Rail Collisions, Derailments and Passenger Injuries
Severity FY 2017 through 12/31/2016
Red =
Category I Catastrophic Severe loss, damages greater than $100k
Yellow =
Category II Critical Significant loss, damages $25 – $100k
Green =
Category III Minor Insignificant loss, damages less than $25k
I
II
III
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
METRORAIL
VEHICLE COLLISIONS
COMMUTER
PASSENGER INJURIES
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FREIGHT
COLLISIONS
FREIGHT
DERAILMENTS
Actions to Address Accident Rates
• On-going monitoring by the Risk Management Oversight Team
• Safety Management System Plans based on Federal Transit
Administration and FAST Act guidance
• Continuing service provider countermeasures on most frequent
accident types
• Texas Transportation Institute Study work ongoing
– Safety Culture Survey
– Accident hot spot analysis and communications
– Correlate accident data with route trip data
• Safety Champion Campaign
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