THE DELAWARE TREATMENT OF HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS

THE USE OF ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE AS A FACTOR IN PROGRAMMING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, AND EFFORTS IN THE DIRECTION OF COMPUTERIZATION OF PRIORITY SELECTION PROCEDURES ARE REVIEWED. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH WILL USE COMPUTERIZED METHODS TO MAXIMIZE FUND ALLOCATION FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF ACCIDENT DATA COMPILATION. SAMPLES OF ACCIDENT PRINTOUTS ARE PRESENTED. ACCIDENT DATA ON HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS, DATA COLLECTION ON CORRECTIVE ACTIVITIES, CREATION OF ACCIDENT HISTORY, CORRECTIVE-ACTION EXPERIENCE, BENEFIT-COST FILE, AND HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES ARE OTHER ASPECTS COVERED IN THIS BOOKLET.

• Corporate Authors:

  Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation

  Office of Planning, Safety Planning Section
  Dover, DE  United States  19901
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Crash investigation; Data collection; Hazards; High risk locations; Highway safety; Information processing; Location; Samples; Values in measurement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Correction (Mathematics)
• Old TRIS Terms: Data recording
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222411
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM