RIGHT TURN ON RED: ACCIDENT STUDY. FINAL REPORT

INSTALLATION OF "RIGHT TURN ON RED" SIGNS AT SELECTED INTERSECTIONS REDUCED MOTORIST DELAY FOR RIGHT TURNING VEHICLES BY 47 PERCENT. LIMITED "BEFORE AND AFTER" ACCIDENT DATA PROVIDED NO DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS REGARDING RIGHT TURN ON RED ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE. BASED UPON THAT DATA, NO REASON CAN BE GIVEN TO SUPPORT BANNING OF "RIGHT TURN ON RED" INTERSECTIONS, AND NO SPECIFIC WARRANTS FOR THEIR INSTALLATION CAN BE DETERMINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROJECT NO 75-350-346
• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Highways

  /Traffic Res & Surveillance Section
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crashes; Right turn on red
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226336
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 1972 12:00AM