Practical Safety Solutions for Local and Tribal Roads: A Human Factors Approach

Human factors principles explain how road users gather information, make sense of that information, make decisions, and execute actions when traveling on the roadways. Understanding these principles can assist in identifying safety issues and selecting the most effective countermeasures to address those issues on local and tribal roads. Using plain language, this report provides the practitioner with information on the effects of road users actions on roadway safety and how, when, and where to use this information to improve safety on their roadways. The information provided is not a substitute but a complement to technical information found in other documents. Throughout the report references are provided.

• Record URL:
  • https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/local_rural/training/docs/fhwasa20071.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication date on the cover page is August 20, 2020.
• Corporate Authors:

  Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

  ,    

  ToXcel, LLC

  7140 Heritage Village Plaza
  Gainesville, VA  United States  20155

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  U.S. Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Raymond, Paula
  • Anderson, Rosemarie
  • Sykes, Kayla
• Publication Date: 2020-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 68p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Highway safety; Highway travel; Human factors; Indian reservations; Rural highways; Streets; Travelers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01767552
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HWA-SA-20-071
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-16-D-00052
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 22 2021 10:36AM