HSIS Summary Report: Using GIS in the Analysis of Truck Crashes

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • High risk locations
  • Risk analysis
  • Geographic information systems
  • Truck crashes
  • Highway Safety Information System (HSIS)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Report No: FHWA-RD-99-119
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Abstract:
  An analysis effort was undertaken to illustrate the advantages of a geographic information system (GIS)-based crash analysis system. The problem selected was the identification and analysis of high-truck-crash locations, both along designated truck corridors and on other roadways within Wake County, North Carolina. The goal of the study was to determine if there are benefits to using a GIS-based crash referencing system over the traditional data bases that contain crash, roadway feature, and operations data that can be linked by location. Specific objectives for the project included: 1) identifying high-truck-crash locations using the GIS-based system, and 2) exploring the applicability of non-traditional data bases to this type of analysis. This summary report presents the results of this analysis.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13996/dot_13996_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 93.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d1dc1e698591f3ea9b7e731957bd20c484a33dfccf26804b7a6acf6f6c5cdb60e10e63851eb9d45174caf5198cd79d606c591eefdf1784c2f4f8f56230ac54c5