IDENTIFYING AND IMPROVING HIGH ACCIDENT LOCATIONS

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES METHODS USED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SECTION OF THE CITY OF CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, USA., TO IDENTIFY HIGH-ACCIDENT LOCATIONS, AND TO DETERMINE THE MAJOR HAZARDS OF THESE LOCATIONS. IMPROVEMENTS WHICH RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF ACCIDENTS THE YEAR FOLLOWING THEIR EXECUTION, ARE AS FOLLOWS: SIGNAL INSTALLATION OR MODIFICATION, 22 PERCENT REDUCTION; DELINEATION STRIPPING, 21 PERCENT; PAVEMENT MARKINGS, 35 PERCENT; ADJUSTMENT OF SIGNAL TIMING AND INCREASED ENFORCEMENT, 48 PERCENT; IMPROVED SIGHT DISTANCE, 67 PERCENT; AND FLASHING BEACONS, 27 PERCENT. /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Mitchell, R
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 75-6
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beacons; Crashes; Flashing beacons; Hazards; Highway delineators; Location; Prevention; Safety; Sight distance; Striping; Traffic signals
• Old TRIS Terms: Delineators (Traffic)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226978
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM