Every few years the IMPO, along with Central Indiana communities, emergency services professionals, and roadway engineers, evaluate high-risk intersections in the region to advance the IMPO’s Vision Zero commitment. The studies identify and prioritize high‑crash intersections on the High Injury Network and recommend potential countermeasures to improve safety. Completed studies are provided to local agencies to support applications for federal, state, IMPO, or local funding for safety improvements.
This study identifies 19 high-crash locations within the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA). This includes 5 high priority Pedestrian and Bicycle locations. For each location, the team reviewed crash data and existing conditions, created a collision diagram, conducted a field check, met with local engineering and police representatives, and identified specific improvements to remedy existing safety issues. Recommended improvements range from lower-cost maintenance items, such as signage and pavement markings, to higher-cost capital improvements, such as intersection reconstruction or added travel lanes.
This study identifies the top fifty (50) high-crash locations within the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA). For each location, the team reviewed crash data and existing conditions, created a collision diagram, conducted a field check, met with local engineering and police representatives, and identified specific improvements to remedy existing safety issues. Recommended improvements range from lower-cost maintenance items, such as signage and pavement markings, to higher-cost capital improvements, such as intersection reconstruction or added travel lanes.
The IMPO developed a High Injury Network (HIN) to identify the local corridors with the highest frequencies of crashes resulting in incapacitating injuries and fatalities within the MPA. The HIN represents the top 10% of regional collector and arterial streets scored by the number of incapacitating injury and fatal crashes per centerline mile. The HIN enables IMPO and local agencies to prioritize safety investments and other strategies on the streets with the highest number of severe crashes to make rapid progress toward regional safety goals.