ROADWAY CROSS SECTION AN ALINEMENT

This article summarizes the relationships between safety, as measured by accidents, and the geometric cross section and roadway alinement elements. Five recent studies described have been conducted to determine the relationship of cross section features with accident data.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BISSELL, H H
  • Pilkington II, G B
  • Mason, J M
  • Woods, D L
• Publication Date: 1983-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 142-151
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Crash rates; Cross sections; Highway safety; Slopes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Grade (Slope)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00377882
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1983 12:00AM