Noteworthy Practices: HFST Institutionalized at PennDOT

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  Cheung, Joseph ; Hershock, Jason
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Friction course
  • Pavements
  • Wet weather
  • Traffic safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-21-127
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Pennsylvania
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  HFST is a safety countermeasure intended to restore and maintain pavement friction in wet and dry conditions to reduce crashes. This treatment is especially effective where there is a history of wet-pavement crashes. In Pennsylvania, over 50% of the fatal and serious injury crashes involve a lane departure, and intersection crashes account for 21% of the annual fatalities and 30% of serious injuries with slippery and wet roads conditions often contribute to many of the fatal and serious injury crashes. This noteworthy practice highlight PennDOT's effort in reducing wet-pavement crashes at curves and intersections throughout the Commonwealth by installing high friction surface treatments (HFSTs) at strategic locations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62988/dot_62988_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.45 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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