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Design and Operation of Work Zone Strategies to Improve Large Truck Safety (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This document summarizes available methods for transportation agencies and road contractors to design and operate work zones to reduce the risk of large truck crashes. Large trucks include vehicles co…More

Talking Freight – Work Zone Design and Large Trucks (Training)

The reconstruction and rehabilitation of U.S. interstate highways and other major and minor roadways that are part of the overall roadway system network often require work zones that allow the necessa… More

Safe Trucking Through Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
This brochure offers safety tips for trucking through work zones.   Statistics and the most commonly occurred types and locations of large truck crashes in work zones are also provided.More

Large Trucks and Buses by the Numbers (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
This web page provides the data of both work zone and non-work zone crashes that involve large trucks and buses.More

Construction Season Draws Attention to Work Zone Safety Issues in Ohio, West Virginia (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Construction zones and traffic delays can be a source of frustration for drivers, but drives are mostly responsible for the safety of workers. Although the recent work zone crash data shows a decreas…More

Looking Into a New Year of Construction Laborer Injury Data (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
In November 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released their latest 2019 report on injuries on the job. The data shows in 2019, injury and illness rates among construction laborers increased slight…More

Alarming Trench Survey Highlights Risks for Workers and Employers (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
After trench-related deaths tripled between 2011 and 2016, OSHA instituted a National Emphasis Program to reduce the number of trench fatalities in construction. The CPWR – The Center for Constructi…More

Annual Fatality Data Shows Uneven Results for Construction Workers (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its 2018 data on occupational fatalities in December 2019.  By reviewing and comparing the 2017 and 2018 BLS data in each sector, this article concl…More

Fatal Injuries Among Hispanic Workers in the U.S. Construction Industry: Findings from FACE Investigation Reports (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Identifying and understanding the characteristics of workplace accidents can provide vital information required to clarify their causes and prevent similar accidents from happening in the future. The …More

MD Drivers Finally Heed Work Zone Speed Cameras: AAA (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Speed cameras deployed in work zones in the Baltimore metro area and across Maryland have worked to reduce speeding violations. The numbers of crashes, fatalities, and fines paid have dropped signific…More

ODOT, State Troopers Increasing Air Enforcement to Make Safer Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
With 6,553 work zone crashes in Ohio in 2019 and 3,145 work zone crashes this year as of September 21, state troopers are taking to the sky to make a difference. With help from Ohio Department of Tran…More

Fatal Injuries at Road Construction Sites Among Construction Workers (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Working at road construction sites can be dangerous. Between 2011 and 2015, 962 workers lost their lives at road construction sites, an average of 122 workers annually (BLS, 2017). This Quarterly Data…More

Construction and Maintenance Work Zone Safety (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
The safe and efficient flow of traffic through construction and maintenance work zones is of major concern to the Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety (OMCHS). OMCHS has prepared this fact sheet…More

Work Zone Safety Data Collection and Analysis Guide (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
The Work Zone Safety Data Collection and Analysis Guide is designed to assist highway agencies in developing techniques and strategies to successfully collect and analyze work zone safety-related data…More

Data Quality Review for GIS-Based Crash and Work Zone Data Integration (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Effective work zone safety analysis requires comprehensive data on crashes, work zones, and other environmental factors. Fundamental to such knowledge is the ability to correlate crash data with corre…More

Crash Analysis of Work Zone Lane Closures with Left-Hand Merge and Downstream Lane Shift (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) began the Interstate Rehabilitation Program (IRP) in the spring of 2000 that ultimately rebuilt approximately 380 miles, or 60% of Arkan…More

Traffic Safety Facts 1996 (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report is a compilation of motor vehicle crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the General Estimates System (GES). This report has 1996 National Statistics on motor ve…More

Shoulder Rumble Strip Effectiveness: Drift-off-Road Accident Reductions on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
To help decrease the number of accidents caused by drowsy drivers, engineers for the Pennsylvania Turnpike developed and installed an innovative type of shoulder rumble strip called the Sonic Nap Aler…More

Accidents at Entrance Ramps in Long-Term Construction Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Presented in this paper is an analysis of accidents in entrance ramp areas on two long-term freeway reconstruction projects in Texas. Entrance ramp areas were compared with nonentrance ramp areas to d…More

Road Workers Worry after Recent Work Zone Deaths: Chicago Heights Man, Others Reconsidering Job (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
24 people have died in construction zones this year. Five of those were construction workers and a sixth was a tollway worker walking between toll booths, according to the Illinois Department of Trans…More

Cost of Highway Work Zone Injuries (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Two types of accidents occur in highway work zones: those that involve construction workers, which account for 30% of the accidents; and those that involve motorists outside the construction area, whi…More

Study Cites Rear-End Collisions as Number 1 Work-Site Danger for Drivers (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
According to a study conducted by the Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, rear-end collisions account for 41% of all vehicular accidents that occur at roadway construction sites. The…More

New Design Standards for Streets and Highways (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
As collisions with fixed objects are a leading cause of traffic fatalities in Texas, TxDOT is proposing changes to improve the crash worthiness of barricades and sign supports. This article discusses…More

Work Zone Safety ~ Give ‘Em a Brake (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Discusses some work zone statistics, outreach campaigns, laws, and a true story of an Oregon highway worker involved in a work zone accident. Article focuses on informing motorists of the dangers of …More

Proactive Safety Assessment in Roadwork Zones: A Synthesis of Surrogate Measures of Safety (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zone safety studies have traditionally relied on historical crash records–an approach which is reactive in nature as it requires crashes to accumulate first before taking any preventive actions…More

Accident Characteristics Before, During, and After Safety Upgrading Projects on Ohio’s Rural Interstate System (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
In 1973, minor safety upgrading projects were conducted at 21 locations on the rural Interstate system of Ohio, involving 618 km (384 miles) of freeways. In 1972, the accident rate per million vehicle…More

Work Zone, War Zone: ‘A Case of Inattention’ (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
This article discusses a work zone accident in August. A motorist drove over Henry Gaddies-breaking his legs, an arm and hip-as he toiled at a VDOT work zone. A fellow worker was killed that day. Acci…More

Work Zone Fatalities Still on the Rise in Texas (Publication)

Resource Type: Other News Releases
An increase seen in the number of highway work zone fatalities in Texas is prompting state transportation officials to ask motorists to use caution and heed warning signs in construction areas. TxDOT …More

An Analysis of Fatal Work Zone Crashes in Texas (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report documents the data collection at and analysis of 77 fatal work zone crash sites throughout Texas from February 2003 through April 2004. The methodology used to collect the data for this pr…More

Key Work Zone Facts

A few Work Zone Facts tell the story… In 2004, crashes in roadway work zones resulted in over 1,000 deaths and nearly 50,000 injuries to persons of all ages. That’s enough people to fill a sta… More
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