Advanced technologies for improving large-truck safety on two-lane secondary roads : final report

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• Creators:
  Garber, Nicholas J. ; Black, Kirsten A.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council ; Virginia. Dept. of Transportation ; University of Virginia. Center for Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway safety
  • Heavy duty trucks
  • Two lane highways
  • Trucking
  • Research
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Truck crashes
  • large trucks
  • secondary roads
  • truck safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VTRC 95-R17
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1402907
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents
• Abstract:
  The use of large trucks has steadily increased since the passage of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act to the point where they now account for over 50% of vehicle traffic on some highways in Virginia. This study identified the causal factors and predominant types of large-truck crashes on two-lane secondary roads in Virginia and compared the large-truck crash rates for two-lane secondary roads and two-lane primary roads. The study also identified advanced technologies associated with intelligent transportation systems (ITS) that can be used to minimize the causal factors of large-truck crashes on these roads.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12508/dot_12508_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.58 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1fc50a35f2109ddb735250cfc4ac4faad4a09e48de41b975efc0281bd11c952b