HIGHWAY DEBRIS HAZARD CONTROL AND CLEANUP STUDY. FINAL REPORT. VOL. 2. DEBRIS INCIDENT CASE STUDIES

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS 36 CASE STUDIES OF ACTUAL HIGHWAY DEBRIS INCIDENTS RECONSTRUCTED FROM INTERVIEW AND RECORDS DATA OBTAINED IN A SAMPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE LOCATIONS. THE STUDY TEAM SOUGHT TO OBTAIN DATA ON A WIDE VARIETY OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING MULTIPLE OR "CHAIN REACTION" VEHICLE COLLISIONS; CARGO SPILLAGES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLAGES; PRESENCE OF FOREIGN OBJECTS; LOCATIONS PRESENTING PROBLEMS OF EMERGENCY SERVICE ACCESS; PRESENCE OF UNUSUAL HIGHWAY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INJURIES OR FATALITIES. EACH CASE STUDY INCLUDES INCIDENT DATA, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, AND DISCUSSION. THERE ARE 17 RURAL AND 19 URBAN DEBRIS INCIDENTS DESCRIBED. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  System Development Corporation

  2500 Colorado Avenue
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90409
• Publication Date: 1971-3-19

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Cleaning; Commodities; Debris removal; Disasters and emergency operations; Fatalities; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Hazards; Hazards and emergency operations; Highways; Injuries; Multiple vehicle crashes; Spills (Pollution)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Debris; Removal
• Old TRIS Terms: Cleaning procedures; Spillage
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226067
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 207 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM