Reducing Urban Arterial Intersection Crashes through Crash Typing Analysis: A Case Study
This paper describes how, in order to target engineering resources for crash prevention, it is important to identify locations where particular types of crashes frequently occur and where countermeasures likely to reduce them can be implemented. In the present study, the frequency of specific crash types were identified along an urban arterial in Virginia, and low-cost traffic engineering countermeasures were implemented. Results showed large reductions in crashes. This study provides evidence that intersections with excessive numbers of crashes of a particular type can be good candidates for relatively simple engineering countermeasures that reduce crashes.
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Availability:
- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/1933452161
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Corporate Authors:
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Washington, DC United States -
Authors:
- Retting, Richard A
- Farmer, Charles M
- Ferguson, Susan A
- Weinstein, Helen B
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Conference:
- 2006 ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers
- Location: Milwaukee WI, United States
- Date: 2006-8-6 to 2006-8-9
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 8p
- Monograph Title: 2006 ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Case studies; Countermeasures; Crashes; High risk locations; Intersections; Merging area; Traffic conflicts; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Traffic lanes; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Crash reduction factors
- Geographic Terms: Virginia
- Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01036895
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 1933452161
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 15 2006 4:22PM