Guidelines for Reducing Wrong-Way Crashes on Freeways

Each year, hundreds of fatal wrong-way driving (WWD) crashes occur across the United States, and thousands of injuries are reported in traffic crashes caused by wrong-way drivers. Although WWD crashes have been a concern since the advent of access-controlled, divided roadways, the problem persists despite efforts to address it over time. The objective of this book is to provide guidance for implementing traditional and advanced safety countermeasures to achieve a significant reduction in the number of WWD incidents and crashes on freeways.

• Record URL:
  http://hdl.handle.net/2142/48998
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  205 North Mathews Avenue
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801-2352

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Zhou, Huaguo
  • Rouholamin, Mahdi Pour
• Publication Date: 2014-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 92p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Freeways; Guidelines; Traffic safety; Wrong way driving
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01527894
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-ICT-14-010, ICT-14-010, UILU-ENG-2014-2010
• Contract Numbers: R27-90
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 9 2014 9:43AM