Napa Valley Transportation Authority Releases Vision Zero Study

NAPA VALLEY, CA — Napa Valley Transportation Authority released its Vision Zero Study last week and the proposed plan once completed should improve roadway safety for all roadway users, NVTA said.

The Vision Zero Plan, which is a safety strategy to reduce and eliminate fatal and severe road crashes by 2030 using what organizers call the "Safe Systems Approach," will include items such as strategies for engineering, education, and enforcement; evaluation and implementation strategies and location-specific engineering recommendations for areas with the most severe and fatal injury crash rates.

According to the study, there were 4,908 total injury collisions in Napa County from 2015 through 2021 and of those collisions, 608 were severe or fatal injury collisions, the report said.

"Most of these collisions occurred on what has been identified as the Countywide High Injury Network (HIN)," a news release announcing the report said. "The Napa Valley Vision Zero plan will focus efforts on improving conditions on the HIN using proven safety countermeasures designed to reduce crash severity and improve roadway safety overall."

Some of the potential projects to increase safety include adding bike lanes, traffic signals, crossing beacons and pedestrian medians along with adding four way stops and roundabouts, improving signal timing and installing pavement markers to divide lanes, the study said.

"We are working with our partners in law enforcement, public health, community organizations, safety advocates, elected officials and our citizens to produce an achievable Vision Zero action plan that will bring us closer to the goal of zero fatal and severe roadway injuries in all of Napa County," organizers said.

To read the full study, click here.