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Work Zone Crashes Climb During Pandemic, Even as Traffic Ebbs (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Work zone crashes and fatalities have increased in some states during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the drop in traffic. Highway workers are at more risk than ever as distracted drivers speed through…More

Addressing Work Zone Speed and Safety Webinar (Training)

This 90-minute workshop will discuss the effectiveness of various work zone countermeasures used to reduce speeds and address crashes in work zones.  General countermeasures, such as dynamic speed fe… More

INDOT to Roll out New Work Zone Safety Measures Next Year (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Republican Jon Ford's bill on using cameras to catch speeders faced pushback in legislature. INDOT plans to roll out other new safety measures in work zones next year, which include additional police …More

Discussion of Active Safety Countermeasures of Motorway Work Zone (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
A series of comparison analyses of work zone configurations, traffic organizations and work management among China and oversea countries are carried out. Taking into consideration of human, vehicles, …More

Integrated and Automated Systems for Safe Construction Sites (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Construction leads all industries in total worker fatal injuries in the U.S. Unsafe human behavior is considered a significant contributing factor to occupational incidents in construction. Technologi…More

Evaluation of Speeding and Behaviour of Drivers in Roadwork Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Due to the increased traffic flow, more and more roadwork zones are formed in highways. Accidents are a significant problem in all European countries in roadwork zones while noncompliance with speed l…More

ODOT Making Changes After Eighth Crashes off I-270 (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Eight trucks went off the highway since April. Those crashes have coincided with highway lanes narrowing and shifting caused by an I-270 widening project. To prevent such crashes in the future, Ohio D…More

Analysis of Work Zone Crash Characteristics and Countermeasures (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 240: Analysis of Work Zone Crash Characteristics and Countermeasures documents the research results of multiple analyses f…More

Setting Work Zone Speed Limits (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Increasing travel demands and an aging highway infrastructure drive the need for extensive construction, maintenance, and utility work zones. The introduction of work zone environments creates risks f…More

Work Zone Intrusion Prevention

Over the last decade, the number of occupationally-related work zone fatalities has not been reduced with an average of over 120 fatalities annually, the majority of which are the result of third-part… More

Work Zone Deaths Demand Wake-up Call (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles
The number of highway work zone fatalities is epidemic and averages more than 50 per month. Work zone deaths occur at a rate five times more than that of all law enforcement, fire, and rescue and EMS …More