PINPOINTING THE PROBLEMS

The Federal Aid Safety Acts of 1973, '76 and 78 made the states responsible for determining high-accident locations and correcting the problems that create them. To help, the federal government provides funds (through the Federal Hazard Elimination Safety Program) and the inevitable guidelines and procedures. This article reports on a survey to determine how successful has this approach proved. Highway and safety officials of each state were surveyed and one-third of the states responded. The answers provide an in-depth review of the state-of-the-art in eliminating or improving high-accident locations. Subjects covered include strip developments accident pattern computations, and economic losses from accidents.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1519687
• Publication Date: 1982-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 22-23
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crashes; High risk locations; Highway engineering; Highways; Improvements; Prevention; Safety; State of the art studies; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381804
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM