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<br /> 24 <br />5. Safety <br />Analysis <br />This chapter summarizes the safety needs in San Leandro based on the last five years of reported collision data across the city. Crash data and contextual data were collected and analyzed. This analysis considers injury collisions from 2014 through 2018 3 included in the Transportation Injury Mapping Systems (TIMS), a statewide database that reports injury collisions from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). Note that all references to “collisions” in <br />this chapter as reference to injury collisions, and do not include <br />property damage-only collisions. <br />Collisions by Year by Mode From 2014 to 2018, there were 976 total injury collisions, and 80 collisions where victims were killed or severely injured 4 (KSI). On average, three people are killed each year in San Leandro by traffic violence. The number of collisions for each year by mode in Figure 2. <br /> 3 The date ranges reflects the last five years of complete data available as of May 2022. 4 US DOT defines serious injury using the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) 4th Edition “Suspected Serious Injury (A)” as: <br />• Severe laceration resulting in exposure of underlying tissues/muscle/organs or resulting in significant loss of blood <br />• Broken or distorted extremity <br />• Crash injuries <br />• Suspected skull, chest, or abdominal injury other than bruises or minor lacerations <br />• significant burns <br />•Collisions involving <br />people walking, <br />on bicycles, or on <br />motorcycles are <br />less likely to be <br />reported than <br />collisions involving <br />people driving <br />•Younger victims <br />are less likely to <br />report collisions <br />•Alcohol-involved <br />collisions may be <br />under reported <br />•Race, income, <br />immigration status, <br />and English <br />proficiency may <br />also impact <br />reporting, but <br />there is limited <br />research on those <br />factors. <br />Collision databases have <br />been found to have <br />certain reporting biases <br />including: