A STUDY OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HIGHWAY BRIDGES
ACCIDENT REPORTS, FIELD EVALUATIONS, STATE POLICE AND HIGHWAY ENGINEER QUESTIONNAIRE REPLIES, AND OTHER DATA SOURCES WERE USED TO CONDUCT A GENERAL STUDY OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HIGHWAY BRIDGES IN VIRGINIA. THE BRIDGES INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS: ARTERIAL AND PRIMARY SYSTEM, INTERSTATE, AND DRAW AND SWING-SPAN. SEVERAL GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS WERE FOUND TO PREDOMINATE AT MANY ARTERIAL AND PRIMARY SYSTEM BRIDGES. A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH NUMBER OF INTERSTATE ACCIDENTS WAS CHARACTERIZED BY POOR SURFACE CONDITIONS. REAR END COLLISIONS PROVED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM ON SEVERAL DRAW OR SWING-SPAN STRUCTURES. THE UPGRADING OF EXISTING BRIDGE-RAIL--APPROACH-GUARDRAIL SYSTEMS, WIDENING OF CERTAIN NARROW-ROADWAY BRIDGES, AND CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS IN PLANNING AND DESIGN ARE AMONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Report No VHRC 70-R34, 54 PP, FIGS, TABS, REFS
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Corporate Authors:
Virginia Highway Research Council
Charlottesville, VA United States -
Authors:
- Hilton, M H
- Redick, J R
- Publication Date: 1971-3
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridges; Crashes; Geometric design; Guardrails; Highway bridges; Highway safety; Questionnaires; Rear end crashes; Structural design; Surface course (Pavements); Texture
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221589
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
- Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 17 1972 12:00AM