VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AT MAINTENANCE AND UTILITY WORK ZONES

The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude and characteristics of safety problems, in terms of reported accidents, that are associated with moving vehicular traffic around and through highway maintenance and utility work zones. This was accomplished by examining 280 maintenance and utility work zone accidents that occurred on the Virginia state highway network over a period of 14 months. These represented approximately 0.4% of the total number of accidents reported during that period. A review of accident reporting procedures, however, indicated that the sample of accidents examined did not include a variety of work zone accidents. The report discusses several characteristics of the maintenance and utility work zone accidents including general and specific locations of the accident, time of the accident, roadway and environmental factors, characteristics of the work zone, cause of the accident, and accident severity. Where data were available comparisons were made between the maintenance and utility work zone accidents and all reported accidents.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18809
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council

  Charlottesville, VA  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hargroves, B T
• Publication Date: 1978-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction sites; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash severity; Data analysis; Highway traffic control; Highways; Maintenance; Mathematical analysis; Prevention; Road construction; Safety; Statistical analysis; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: Virginia
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00197339
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: VHTRC-79-R22 Final Rpt., FHWA/VA-78/206
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1979 12:00AM