Safety Effectiveness of the HAWK Pedestrian Crossing Treatment : [techbrief]

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Contributors:
  Do, Ann
• Corporate Contributors:
  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crosswalks
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Traffic signals
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-10-045
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Abstract:
  The city of Tucson, AZ, developed the High intensity Activated crossWalK (HAWK) pedestrian crossing beacon in the late 1990s to assist in pedestrian crossings, especially at major arterials with minor street intersections.(1) Previous research found driver yielding percentages above 95 percent for the HAWK treatment, even on major streets with multiple lanes or higher speeds.(2) Because of the limited number of treatments with high yielding rates for major arterials, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored this current study to evaluate the safety effectiveness of the HAWK device. This TechBrief provides a summary of the research findings, while the corresponding main technical report (FHWA-HRT-10-042) provides additional details.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41747/dot_41747_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 231.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:596f0b670b3213c4d6e2f7a5f01b0c0bce1a3251867a3a715211ff496200305b4174a56abd5db3adf4d90c6f328d66db2c4fcb11fae3e9bfb5999579ea499c99