Systemic Safety Improvements: Analysis, Guidelines and Procedures
As outlined in the Illinois Strategic Highway Safety Plan (ISHSP), Illinois is focused on saving lives and reducing severe injuries on Illinois roadways. This document explains how to collect crucial safety data that is not readily available, analyze safety data, use available resources to implement strategies effectively and make proactive infrastructure improvements, and to target enforcement and education programs. The information presented in this document will assist in better identifying potential safety performance issues on a roadway system and guide efforts to save lives. Specifically, this document includes the tools necessary for conducting safety analysis, network screening and the systemic approach. These Guidelines detail the systemic process which includes collecting data, organizing the data, obtaining critical values, compiling the results, field assessment and countermeasure selection. This document also includes an example of a systemic Benefit/Cost analysis using the Illinois Benefit/Cost Tool.
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Corporate Authors:
Illinois Department of Transportation
Bureau of Safety Engineering, 2300 Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL United States 62764CH2M Hill
, United States - Publication Date: 2014-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 85p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Countermeasures; Data analysis; Data collection; Guidelines; Highway safety; Improvements; Strategic planning
- Identifier Terms: Illinois Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01610804
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 21 2016 2:40PM