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Crash Analysis

Using Binary Logistic Regression to Explain the Impact of Accident Factors on Work Zone Crashes (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
For consolidated road networks, the identification, programming, and implementation of maintenance actions enables addressing the deficiencies identified in the infrastructure, ensuring the provision …More

Analyzing Highway Work Zone Crashes and Traffic Control Effectiveness: Utilizing Effective Safety Countermeasures to Reduce Vehicle Crash Risks (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Highway work zones create an inevitable disruption to regular traffic flows and have resulted in traffic safety problems. Systematically investigating work zone vehicle crashes is a critical step towa…More

Safety Analysis of Truck Mounted Attenuators in Mobile Work Zones Using Differential Analysis (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
While talking about road maintenance and safety in mobile work zones, it is unavoidable to not talk about truck mounted attenuators (TMAs). TMAs are eminent in work zones as they are mainly inte…More

“Work Zone Crash Analysis” & “Traffic Management in Work Zones – The ODOT MOT Process” (Publication)

Resource Type: Presentations
This presentation analyzes contributing factors to work zone crashes and presents Ohio DOT's policy on traffic management in work zones.More

Highway Safety: Work Zones, Law Enforcement, Motorcycles, Trucks, Older Drivers, and Pedestrians (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report offers findings on road use behavior in Estonia; the typology of motorcycle crashes; truck crashes; the relationship between injury and fatality in aging road users; pedestrian collision p…More

An Analysis of Fatal Occupational Injuries at Road Construction Sites, 2003—2010 (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles, News and Other Non-research Articles
From 2003 to 2010, 962 workers were killed at road construction sites. Nearly half of these deaths resulted from a vehicle or mobile equipment striking the worker. Using data from the Bureau’s Censu…More

Michigan Department of Transportation Work Zone Safety and Mobility Manual (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
Specific processes, procedures and guidelines to support implementation of the policy are developed and communicated through the Work Zone Safety and Mobility Manual. This manual also includes methods…More

Exploration of Work Zone Crash Causes and Implications for Safety Performance Measurement Programs (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Police crash reports are a fundamental data source for state work zone safety performance measurement programs. Studies have often identified work zone crashes simply on the basis of their location an…More

2007 National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference

The National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference – the premier event for traffic management and roadway safety professionals was held October 9-12 in Fort Lauderdale Florida… More

Exploration of Work Zone Crash Causes and Implications for Safety Performance Measurement Programs (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles
Police crash reports are a fundamental data source for state work zone safety performance measurement programs. Studies have often identified work zone crashes simply on the basis of their location an…More

I-35 Construction-Zone Fatalities Near Waco Spur TxDOT to Reconsider Safety Measures (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles, News and Other Non-research Articles
An increase in accidents including three construction zone related fatalities near Waco since September 18th has prompted the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to review its construction safe…More

Identifying the Factors Contributing to Injury Severity in Work Zone Rear-End Crashes (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Egypt’s National Road Project is a large infrastructure project aiming to upgrade the existing network of 2500 kilometers as well as constructing new roads of 4000 kilometers to meet today’s need.…More

Mobile Barrier Trailer: A Critical Analysis of an Emerging Workzone Protection System (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles, Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Within the construction industry, the highway sector is particularly dangerous. Despite the fact that highway work zone safety has received significant attention from the research community, injury ra…More

Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Work Zone Crashes and Investigation of Relationships Between Work Zone Traffic Control Measures and Crash Characteristics (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The deterioration of highway infrastructure requires reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, widening, etc to better serve the users. In order to efficiently and safely manage the traffic for all…More

Traffic Accidents in Connection to Road Work in Sweden (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Each year at least 300 traffic accidents occur in connection to road work in Sweden in which people are injured or killed. The two types of accidents that are most common are rear-end collisions and a…More

Identification and Assessment of Risks Involved in Operations and Maintenance Activities on Highways: Crash Data Analysis and Development of Severity-Frequency Lists (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Mobile operations and highway maintenance work is among the riskiest activities of state highway agencies. Over the past ten years 1,300 fatal-major crashes occurred in Iowa due to mobile operations. …More

Distracted Drivers Make Construction Zones Dangerous (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles, News and Other Non-research Articles
The North Tarrant Express Project blames distracted drivers for half of all crashes in construction zones. Work Zones are constantly changing, and very often drivers are too distracted to notice the c…More

Injury Severity and Total Harm in Truck-Involved Work Zone Crashes (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Society pays a high cost for work zone crashes in terms of operational disruptions, property damage, injuries and loss of life. Given narrow lanes in work zones, large trucks are of particular concern…More

Frequency of Work Zone Accidents on Construction Projects (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The overall objective of this research was to study work zone accidents in New York State, with particular attention to the occurrence and mitigation of rear-end vehicle accidents. The specific object…More

Modeling Safety of Highway Work Zones with Random Parameters and Random Effects Models (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This paper presents an investigation of traffic safety in highway work zones using detailed data obtained from the results of a survey of project engineers and existing datasets. The observations were…More

Evaluation of Rear-End Crash Risk at Work Zone Using Work Zone Traffic Data (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This paper aims to evaluate the rear-end crash risk at work zone activity area and merging area, as well as analyze the impacts of contributing factors by using work zone traffic data. Here, the rear-…More

Evaluation of Work Zone Crashes in California (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zone crashes have been a major concern of safety for many government agencies and travelling public. According to the Federal Highway Administration Fact & Statistics, there is need for maint…More

Highway Work Zone Risk Factors and Their Impact on Crash Severity (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Numerous factors may contribute to high-severity crashes in highway work zones. Identifying these factors and then alleviating their impact is a challenging task that traffic engineers and researcher…More

Analysis of Bottleneck Capacity and Traffic Safety in Japanese Expressway Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This paper explores the characteristics of both bottleneck capacity and traffic safety in work zones of an 150 km two-lane section on the Tomei Expressway in Japan. It is found that vertical sag in a …More

Investigating the Impact of Work Zones on Crash Severity by Comparative Analysis (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zone safety has received much attention in recent years due to numerous highway construction projects that have resulted in many work zone crashes. To minimize the impact of work zones on roadway…More

Our View: Road Caution Everyone’s Responsibility: Whether on Foot or Behind the Wheel, Safety Must be Priority (Publication)

Resource Type: Articles, News and Other Non-research Articles
Two recent roadside fatalities – one pedestrian and one highway worker – raise the need for increased highway safety awareness by people on both sides of the wheel.More
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