Identification of Work Zone Crash Characteristics

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• Creators:
  Dissanayake, Sunanda ; Akepati, Sreekanth Reddy
• Corporate Creators:
  Kansas State University. Department of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative ; Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration ; Iowa. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Work zone safety
  • Highway safety
  • Work zones
  • Crash characteristics
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Iowa ; Kansas ; Missouri ; Nebraska ; Wisconsin
• Corporate Publisher:
  Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative
• Abstract:
  Since construction of most of the major highway networks in the United States has already been completed, the majority of current highway work includes maintenance and rehabilitation of those highways, during which work zones are generated. In these areas disruptions to regular traffic flow are inevitable and the safety of road users and highway workers is a major concern. In the U.S. for the past five years from 2002-2006, there were nearly 5,406 fatalities occurring in or near work zones. Among other reasons, this may be partly due to ineffective implementation of preventive measures at work zones and shows that more effort must be made in order to improve safety in work zones for both highway users and workers.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88123/dot_88123_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.52 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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