Safety effects of cross-section design on rural multilane highways : summary report

Wang, Jun; Hughes, Warren E.; Stewart, Richard

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Safety effects of cross-section design on rural multilane highways : summary report

1997-06-01
By Wang, Jun ; Hughes, Warren E. ; Stewart, Richard

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Wang, Jun ; Hughes, Warren E. ; Stewart, Richard
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United States. Federal Highway Administration
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FHWA-RD-97-027
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
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United States. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

National statistics indicate that fatality rates on rural Federal-aid primary highways have been significantly higher compared to those for urban and rural Interstate highways and urban primary highways. Although this group of highways includes two-lane rural roads, an important component of the rural Federal-aid primary highways are multilane rural highways. More than 56 000 km of arterial highways in the United States are multilane, non-Interstate roads in rural areas. Many previous studies have been conducted regarding the safety effects of various traffic and geometric roadway features. The majority of these studies were concentrated on rural two-lane roads. There have also been a few notable studies that investigated roadway crosssection design elements for suburban highways and urban streets. However, there has been limited research on the safety effects of geometric design features on rural, multilane, nonfreeway highways. This study examined the effects of various cross-section-related design elements on accident frequency and developed an accident prediction model for rural, multilane, nonfreeway highways.
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