Intersection Safety: A Manual for Local Rural Road Owners

According to the Federal Highway Administration, over 6 million lane-miles of roadway are in rural areas, and more than two-thirds of these rural roads are owned and operated by local entities. In 2008 56 percent of the 37,261 fatalities on U.S. roadways occurred in rural areas. Rural areas face a number of highway safety challenges due to the nature of their facilities. More than 20 percent of all traffic fatalities in the United States occur at intersections and over 80 percent of intersection-related fatalities in rural areas occur at unsignalized intersections. This document provides information on effectively identifying intersection safety issues in local areas, choosing the countermeasures that address them, and evaluating the benefits of those treatments. It is geared toward local road managers and other practitioners with responsibility for operating and maintaining their roads. It offers information on the procedures and processes to improve the safety of local rural unsignalized intersections and to reduce the potential for future crashes.

• Record URL:
  • http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/local_rural/training/fhwasa1108/fhwasa1108.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42607
• Corporate Authors:

  Science Applications International Corporation

  8301 Greensboro Drive
  McLean, VA  United States  22102

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Golembiewski, G A
  • Chandler, B
• Publication Date: 2011-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 60p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Fatalities; Highway safety; Intersections; Manuals; Rural areas; Rural highways; Unsignalized intersections
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01342033
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-11-08
• Contract Numbers: DFTH61-05-D-00025, T-09-003
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 2011 4:36PM