HIGHWAY 407 SAFETY REVIEW: OBSERVATIONS AND IMPACT

Highway 407 is a new 69 km, 10 lane electronic toll road north of Toronto and is the largest single infrastructure project ever undertaken in Canada. It is a design-build project with a fixed cost of $928.6 million. The first phase which is the subject of the report is 36 km and has 6 lanes. The Highway 407 Safety Review was initiated because of safety concerns raised by the Ontario Provincial Police and others. The review made 12 recommendations to improve the safety of Highway 407 and future highways. The Ontario government has implemented 11 of the recommendations at a cost of $15 million. This paper describes the process of arriving at the committee's recommendations, the recommendations themselves, and the way in which they have impacted road safety in Canada. The Highway 407 Safety Review is an important point in the evolution of road safety in Canada. This is the first safety review of a major highway in North America. The results of the review have been widely reported in both the media and the engineering professional press. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. E200025.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Queensland University of Technology

  School of Civil Engineering
  Brisbane,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Navin, F
• Conference:
  • INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, RECONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION AND THE LAW, 2ND, 1997, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 361-70

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access roads; Bridge piers; Conferences; Cross sections; Geometric design; Highway design; Lighting columns; Medians; Paved shoulders; Safety; Street lighting; Toll roads
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 435: Access road; 3434: Bridge pier; 8018: Canada; 2914: Central reserve; 8525: Conference; 6404: Cross section; 2916: Hard shoulder; 2855: Highway design; 2885: Layout; 545: Lighting (street); 527: Lighting column; 1665: Safety; 2702: Toll road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 1-86435-241-8
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM