Kicking Horse Canyon, British Columbia, Canada

User Information

Organization/Agency: Focus Corporation (for the Ministry of Transportation - British Columbia, Canada)

Basic Project Information

Project Name/Description: Kicking Horse Canyon Project/Highway Reconstruction

Nature of the Project/Study: Safety improvement

Project Location: Golden, British Columbia, Canada

Highway Length: Approx 15 km

Functional Classification: Arterial

Design Speed: 80 km/h

Posted Speed: 80 km/h

Terrain Type: Mountainous

Application of IHSDM

IHSDM Module(s) used:

• Crash Prediction

Purpose of using IHSDM on this project:

Comparing options with respect to safety for cost analysis

Stage(s) of the project development process in which IHSDM was applied (e.g., planning, preliminary design, final design, etc.):

Preliminary design

How IHSDM results were used to make design decisions:

They played a part in comparing options with respect to safety.