Safety Effects of Access Design Decisions

Over the past half of a century, a number of researchers have examined and reported on the safety of design and of operational features that play a part in managing access along roadways. Since many access management techniques reduce or eliminate some conflicting traffic movements, one would anticipate that they would have some affect on crash rates. This paper reviews a number of these research documents, and draws conclusions about the trends found among the findings they report.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Gattis, J L
• Conference:
  • ITE 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibit
  • Location: Miami FL, United States
  • Date: 2008-3-30 to 2008-4-2
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p
• Monograph Title: Compendium of Technical Papers. ITE 2008 Technical Conference and Exhibit, March 30-April 2, 2008, Miami, Florida

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Countermeasures; Crash rates; Highway design; Highway safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109080
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2008 8:43AM