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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…MoreCrashes
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Guidelines on Use of Exposure Control Measures (Publication)
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Guidelines on Use of Exposure Control Measures summarizes the various types of exposure control measures and discusses how each can improve the safety of workers and motorists in work zones. The docum…MoreTreating Potential “Back-of-Queue” Safety Hazards (module) (Training)
The purpose of this document is to highlight strategies that can help reduce the work zone congestion that increases back-of-queue crash risk. Studies have shown that rear-end crashes in the advance w… 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
Treating Potential Back-of-Queue Safety Hazards (Publication)
Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
This fact sheet is designed to highlight common pitfalls in estimating potential impacts that can result from implementing a traffic control plan as well as strategies that can help reduce work zone c…MoreSafe 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.More2009 National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference
The acclaimed Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference managed by the ARTBA - Transportation Development Foundation was held March 9-13 in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with World o… More
SWZ: Technology Applications Types of Applications: Queue Warning
Queue warning systems are designed to quickly detect the presence of queues at the work zone and warning approaching motorists that traffic is slowed or stopped ahead.
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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.MoreRoad 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…MoreODOT, 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…MoreAlarming 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…MoreAnnual Fatality Data Shows Uneven Results for Construction Workers (Publication)
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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…MoreMD Drivers Finally Heed Work Zone Speed Cameras: AAA (Publication)
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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…MoreData Driven Decision Making Tools for Transportation Work Zone Planning (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This research provides tools and methods for integrating stakeholder input and crash data analytics to better guide transportation engineers in effective work zone design and management. Three key con…MoreEvaluation 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“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.MoreHighway Accident Report: Work Zone Collision Between a Tractor-Semitrailer and a Tennessee Highway Patrol Vehicle in Jackson, Tennessee, July 26, 2000 (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
About 8:52 a.m. on July 26, 2000, an eastbound 1999 International truck tractor pulling a loadedsemitrailer, and traveling at a driver-estimated speed of 65 mph in a 55-mph work zone, collided with a …MoreModeling 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…MorePedestrian Fatalities in Work Zone and Non-Work Zone Crashes by Functional Classification
Overall, pedestrian fatalities in work zones occur slightly less frequently in work zones that outside of work zones. By functional classification, pedestrian fatalities in work zone locations com… More
Assessment of Stakeholders’ Awareness of the Construction Health and Safety Regulations on Construction Sites in South Africa (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
In 2009, the Construction Industry Development Board commissioned the study of construction health and safety in South Africa, which revealed that despite the advancement in legislation in the form of…MoreAsphalt Milling Superintendent Crushed Under Asphalt Milling Machine, Virginia (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
On August 5, 1994, a 40-year-old male asphalt milling superintendent (the victim) was crushed when the asphalt milling machine he was operating overturned off a transporter (lo-boy) trailer. The victi…MoreSpatial 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…MoreNational Work Zone Awareness Week is April 6-12: Four out of Five People Killed in Work Zones Are Drivers and Passengers (Publication)
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Across the nation, April 6-12 is being observed as National Work Zone Awareness Week. Officials stress the stark but little-known fact that more than 80 percent of fatalities in highway work zones are…MoreCDC Report Suggests Ways to Prevent Injuries, Fatalities to Workers in Highway Work Zones (Publication)
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Ways to build on current safeguards and better protect workers in highway and street work zones from serious injury and death are recommended in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and P…MoreHighway Work Zone Safety (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The safety issues discussed in this study are: 1) the usefulness of work zone accident data; 2) the hazards of two-lane, two-way operations without positive separation of traffic on a normally divided…MoreWork 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…MoreSafety 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…MoreReview of Behavioural Studies, Accident Studies and Research Methods (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The present Deliverable 2 reports on the work carried out for Workpackage 2 of the ARROWS Project, titled Review of Behavioural Studies, Accident Studies and Research Methods. The main objectives of W…MoreFatal 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…MoreRoad Safety at Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The focus of this thematic report is improving safety for both employees and road users in relation to work zone areas on and adjacent to roads. The report sets the context by outlining the nature and…MoreData 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…MoreProactive 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…MoreCrash 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…MoreKansas Highway Work Zones to be Targeted Again for Increased Enforcement; Statistics Released from 1997 Enforcement Effort (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Highway patrol will cooperate again this year to make highway work zones safer for workers and motorists. KHP troopers will target designated wo…More