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Developing inexpensive crash countermeasures for Louisiana local roads : project research capsule.
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2011-02-01
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Abstract:Local roads make up 73 percent of all road miles in Louisiana and have
40 perfect of all crashes that occur yearly on Louisiana roads. Over the
past 5 years, 851 fatal crashes, over 81,000 injury crashes, and over 23,000
property-damage-only crashes occurred on local roads. The total cost
for these crashes added up to over $10 billion. Louisiana also has one
of the highest insurance premiums of all 50 states. Being among the 10
worst states with respect to safety performance in the U.S., Louisiana
has launched an ambitious Strategic Highway Safety Plan aiming at zero
death with the interim goal to reduce traffi c fatalities and serious injuries
by half by 2030. An accomplishment of such tall objectives calls for
eff ective crash countermeasures in all aspects, including reducing crashes
on local roads. Thus, local road crash countermeasures are an important
part of the overall eff orts to reduce crashes in Louisiana and their impact
on lives, health, and the economy.
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