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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)
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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.MoreHighway Accident Report: Multiple Vehicle Collision and Fire in a Work Zone on Interstate Highway 79 Near Sutton, West Virginia July 26, 1990 (Publication)
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About 5:40 p.m. on July 26,1990, a truck operated by Double B Auto Sales, Inc., transporting eight automobiles entered a highway work zone near Sutton, West Virginia, on northbound Interstate Highway …MoreHighway Accident Report: Work Zone Collision Between a Tractor-Semitrailer and a Tennessee Highway Patrol Vehicle in Jackson, Tennessee, July 26, 2000 (Publication)
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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 …MoreTruck Drivers’ Concerns in Work Zones: Travel Characteristics and Accident Experiences (Publication)
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A study was conducted to determine truck drivers' concerns about traffic control in work zones (WZs) and to identify the locations of accidents and risky driving situations. A statewide opinion survey…More5 Workers Killed after Elderly Driver Loses Control: Accident Occurred on Country’s First Annual ‘Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day’ (Publication)
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An 81-year-old man lost control of his apple delivery truck Wednesday and plowed through a construction zone, killing five workers on the nation's first annual "Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day." The …MoreHighway Accidents in Construction and Maintenance Work Zones (Publication)
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Statewide accidents in which road under construction was listed as a contributing factor were documented for the period 1983 through 1986. Accident data and traffic control devices used at 20 case stu…MoreHighway Accident Report: Multivehicle Collision, Interstate 44 Eastbound, Gray Summit, Missouri, August 5, 2010 (Publication)
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On August 5, 2010, in Gray Summit, Missouri, traffic slowed in the approach to an active work zone on eastbound Interstate 44. A 2007 Volvo truck-tractor with no trailer was traveling in the right lan…More6 Killed, 1 Hurt in Chain-Reaction Crash in Work Zone on Northern NY Road (Publication)
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Six people were killed in an accident on a northern New York road Thursday when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a vehicle moving slowly due to road repaving, causing a chain reaction of accidents involvi…MoreHighway Safety: Work Zones, Law Enforcement, Motorcycles, Trucks, Older Drivers, and Pedestrians (Publication)
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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…MoreInjury Severity and Total Harm in Truck-Involved Work Zone Crashes (Publication)
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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…MoreDesign and Operation of Work Zone Strategies to Improve Large Truck Safety (Publication)
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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…MoreI-80 Fatality Near Work Zone Raises More Safety Questions (Publication)
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A segment of Interstate 80 passing through Jasper County, Iowa has proven to be extremely dangerous in 2010. In the month of August there were eight fatalities and multiple injuries on the interstate …MoreMDOT Uses Twitter to Reach Thousands During I-75 Shutdown (Publication)
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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) used the social messaging service Twitter to communicate with thousands of travelers in the aftermath of the July 15 tanker truck crash and explosion o…MoreIntelligent Work Zone System and Connected Vehicle Technologies to Reduce Crashes in Roadway Construction Area (Publication)
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Even though a lot of countermeasures have been implemented in construction area (or called work zone), there are still many crashes in work zone reported in the United States. Angle and rear-end crash…MoreEnforcement Boosted in I-80 Work Zone After Truck Wrecks (Publication)
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In about one week’s time, several large trucks overturned in the same location at the I-80 work zone in Johnson County. It raised some concerns about the conditions of pavement edges. The DOT has ad…MoreConstruction Worker Hit and Killed by Flatbed Truck on S. Billings Blvd. Exit (Publication)
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Jeffrey Dyekman, a 52-year-old Montana Department of Transportation worker, was killed in a fatal crash involving four vehicles that occurred near the South Billings Boulevard exit on I-90. Dyekman wa…MoreTalking 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
Analysis of Large Truck Overrepresentation in Fatal Work Zone Crashes (Publication)
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This paper documents an analysis of fatal work zone crash data on US roadways for calendar years 2012 through 2014 in order to better understand when and where large trucks tend to be most overreprese…MoreHighway Worker Killed! Struck by Truck While Picking up Traffic Cones (Publication)
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A 27-year-old laborer, Manuel H.*, died when a pick-up truck hit him while he was picking up traffic cones on an interstate highway. Manuel was in a man-bucket attached to the rear of a traffic contro…MoreFatal Work Zone Accident on Turnpike Near Fremont (Publication)
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One man is dead and two seriously injured after a semi-truck struck three Ohio Turnpike Commission workers. The accident caused westbound lanes on the turnpike to be shutdown, resulting in a few miles…MoreSafe Trucking Through Work Zones (Publication)
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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.MoreODOT Making Changes After Eighth Crashes off I-270 (Publication)
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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…MoreNIOSH FACE Reports
Below are links to reports from NIOSH investigations of road construction fatalities where workers were run over or backed over by construction equipment. They offer recommendations for prevention.… More