COST EFFECTIVENESS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT VERSUS BEHAVIORAL PROGRAMS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: DRAFT LITERATURE REVIEW

The objectives of this study are to (1) provide a comprehensive survey of infrastructure versus behavioral programs to improve highway safety, (2) develop procedures to estimate the cost effectiveness of infrastructure improvements versus behavioral programs on statewide accident reduction, (3) perform a cost effectiveness comparison of infrastructure versus behavioral programs, and (4) show how this comparative analysis can be used by the Colorado Department of Transportation to help determine an appropriate balance of statewide funding for these programs, since both strategies are needed to improve highway safety. In responding to the first objective, the purpose of this report is three-fold. First is to provide a statistical summary of information about the causes of traffic accidents and related factors. Second is to describe programs that have been implemented in this country to reduce traffic accidents by affecting drivers' behaviors or road conditions. Third is to provide a few recommendations as to how these mitigation programs might be improved and better focused on the high-risk driver groups and accident causes. As the authors continue to discover more relevant documents of safety program evaluations, they will continually update this review of literature to be included in the final project report.

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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Colorado, Denver

  Transportation Research Center, PO Box 173364, Campus Box 113
  Denver, CO  United States  80217-3364

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 E Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222
• Authors:
  • Janson, B N
  • Karimkhani, E
• Publication Date: 2001-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior modification; Cost effectiveness; Crash causes; Drivers; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Improvements; Infrastructure; Literature reviews; Recommendations; Safety programs; Statistical analysis; Strategic planning; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941332
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 11 2003 12:00AM