Local and Rural Road Safety Briefing Sheets - Low-Cost Safety Improvements for Rural Intersections

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Local transportation
  • Rural highways
  • Rural transportation
  • Intersections
  • Improvements
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-14-089
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Abstract:
  The slowing, stopping, crossing, and turning of traffic at intersections represents potential vehicle conflicts, which may result in crashes at local and rural intersections. More than 80 percent of rural intersection fatalities occur at unsignalized intersections. Furthermore, rural unsignalized intersections often have high-speed approaches, which contributes to the increased severity of any crashes that do occur. The most severe crash type at unsignalized intersections is a right-angle crash, which typically occurs when two vehicles approaching at a perpendicular angle collide due to one vehicle failing to stop or yield the right-of-way. Out of every 100 reported angle crashes at unsignalized intersections, it is estimated that between 1 to 3 fatalities and 5 to 15 serious injuries result. Therefore, it is important that local and rural road owners understand and know how to identify both the safety concern and the types of countermeasures that address unsignalized intersection crashes.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49370/dot_49370_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 437.80 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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