PBCAT Software Upgrade Progress and Plans
Carol Tan Esse
Federal Highway Administration
David Harkey
University of North Carolina
Highway Safety Research Center
Traffic Records Forum
July 14 - 17, 2003
Denver, Colorado
Presentation Overview
• What is crash typing?
• Overview of PBCAT version 1.0
• Ongoing applications of PBCAT
• Planned upgrades for version 2.0
Crash Typing• Traditional crash data provide where, when
and whom facts about ped and bike crashes
• Lacks information on the sequence of events/causes leading up to crash – important in selecting countermeasures
• Crash typing fills this gap – initially developed by NHTSA in the 1970’s for
peds and bikes
PBCAT Version 1.0
• Development Goals– Create an automated tool for quickly and easily
typing ped and bike crashes– Update/refine the definitions of the 1970’s – Provide links between crash types and potential
countermeasures– Provide limited report capability
• Released in 1999
PBCAT Distribution
Widely distributed - more than 600 software orders from all 50 states and 28 countries
www.walkinginfo.org/pbcat
FHWA Pedestrian ITS & Safety Engineering Countermeasures Demo Project
• Projects in three municipalities– Miami-Dade– Las Vegas– San Francisco
• Determine high crash locations • Identify specific types of pedestrian crashes
– Application of PBCAT
• Implement appropriate countermeasures
NC Ped/Bike Crash Query System
5 years of data 11,000 ped crashes 5,000 bike crashes
Annual Crash Facts On-line Query
Function Summary Reports
www.pedbikeinfo.org/pbcat
PBCAT Version 2.0
Product Goals– Enhanced crash analysis tool in a more
familiar user interface
– More user options and greater customization
– Greatly enhanced countermeasure information to help improve walking and bicycling safety
General Enhancements
• Navigation and appearance more familiar and user-friendly– i.e., Windows Look
• Compatibility with existing Access databases
• Section 508 compliant
Crash Typing and Data Entry
• New, customizable data entry form
• Ability to capture additional information - including detailed pedestrian crash location variables
• Abbreviated crash typing option based on fewer crash groups
Crash Reports
• Analysis results will be exportable to Excel
• Options of displaying tables & charts in frequencies or percents
• Easy-to-use parameter selection
Countermeasures
• PedSafe Guide and Countermeasure Selection System will be incorporated– under development for FHWA
• Companion bike expert countermeasure selection system to be added later
PBCAT Upgrade Schedule• Beta Version - September 2003
• Beta Testing - October 2003
• Software Revisions - December 2003
• Software Release - January 2004
• Technical Support - through December 2005
More Information
David HarkeyUNC Highway Safety Research Center
Carol Tan EsseFederal Highway Administration
www.walkinginfo.org/pbcat
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