EXPRESSWAY MEDIAN BARRIER RAILS, BEFORE AND AFTER ACCIDENT RATES, 1963-1968

THE PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE MEDIAN RAIL ON ACCIDENT RATES AND SEVERITIES. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WAS THE EFFECT OF THE MEDIAN RAIL ON HEAD-ON ACCIDENTS. ALTHOUGH MEDIAN-RELATED ACCIDENTS ROSE 35%, ALL THE OVERALL SEVERITY RATES WERE LOWERED. HEAD-ON COLLISIONS DROPPED FROM 0.7% TO 0.1%. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rpt No Tr-11, 19 PP, 2 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, P.O. Drawer A
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109
• Authors:
  • GOODGE, M J
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Expressways; Frontal crashes; Injury severity; Median barriers; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Severity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226116
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 29 1971 12:00AM