SHROYER ROAD SAFETY STUDY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The purpose of this safety study is to evaluate the existing safety performance and to identify potential countermeasures on Shroyer Road between Dorothy Lane and the north corporation line of the City of Oakwood (Dellwood Avenue). The Dorothy Lane and Shroyer Road intersection ranks #60 on the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) list of high crash locations for 2014.

A review of crash data provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) crash database yielded a total of 180 crashes within the study area over a 5 year period (2010-2014). The following crash types and conditions are over represented within the study area compared to the statewide averages (2010-2014) shown in parenthesis. No fatalities occurred.

  • Injury crashes: 48 crashes or 26.7 percent (23.5 percent)
  • Rear end crashes: 78 crashes or 43.3 percent (20.7 percent)
  • Angle crashes: 34 crashes or 18.9 percent (17.6 percent)
  • Left turn crashes: 29 crashes or 16.1 percent ( 3.9 percent)
  • Sideswipe passing: 16 crashes or 8.9 percent ( 6.9 percent)

Two pedestrian and two bicycle crashes also occurred. Three of these crashes resulted in injuries:

  • A pedestrian struck on September 1, 2014 was crossing the north leg of Shroyer Road at Dorothy Lane.
  • A pedestrian struck on December 9, 2010 was riding a skateboard on Peach Orchard Avenue and was at fault. No injuries were reported.
  • A bicyclist struck on August 13, 2013 was riding on the sidewalk at Acorn Drive.
  • A bicyclist struck on January 10, 2014 was crossing Shroyer Road at Acorn Drive and was at fault.

A pedestrian was also struck on September 10, 2015 on Shroyer Road about 100 feet south of Wiltshire Boulevard. The elementary school age pedestrian suffered minor injuries from the crash. Although this crash occurred outside the 5 year time period of this safety study, the crash highlights the challenges facing pedestrians, especially school age pedestrians, of choosing adequate gaps in traffic when crossing the 4-lane section of Shroyer Road. No facilities exist to assist pedestrians to cross Shroyer Road other than the legal (unmarked) crosswalks at each unsignalized intersection within the study area.

A road diet is proposed to mitigate the 80 crashes within the City of Oakwood. A road diet is the conversion of an undivided 4-lane roadway to a 3-lane roadway made up of two through lanes (one each direction) and a center left turn lane with raised medians or two-way left-turn lane

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