ASSESSMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENT COUNTERMEASURES. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Improved cost-effectiveness techniques are developed for evaluating highway safety programs. These improved techniques include: better methods of determining accident costs; statistical procedures for calculating accident costs; consistent system for evaluating accident cost and countermeasure effectiveness; and improved incremental benefit-cost algorithm for ranking safety projects. In addition to developing improved cost-effectiveness techniques the report reviews selected accident countermeasure studies and provides a critique of current procedures for evaluating safety programs. Three techniques are recommended for use in allocating safety funds: incremental benefit-cost, with improved algorithm; dynamic programming; and integer programming.

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McFarland, W F
  • Griffin, L I
  • Rollins, J B
  • Stockton, W R
  • Phillips, D T
  • Dudek, C L
• Publication Date: 1979-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Benefit cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Countermeasures; Crashes; Dynamic programming; Evaluation; Highway safety; Integer programming; Safety programs; Statistical analysis; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Fund allocations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457084
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-027 151, FCP 31X-2012
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9243
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM