Roadway Visibility Research Needs Assessment

This report focuses on a review of issues related to nighttime visibility and assessment of how the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety’s three safety program areas—roadway departure safety, intersection safety, and pedestrian and bicycle safety—address concerns for nighttime visibility, as well as a review of fatality data and a gap analysis for research needs. In addition to the assessment of the three program areas, this report summarizes a survey of practices and policies of highway design, traffic engineering, and highway safety that are based on daytime conditions and may neglect issues and concerns that arise from nighttime conditions

• Record URL:
  https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/night_visib/fhwasa17031/fhwasa17031.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

  3500 Transportation Research Plaza
  Blacksburg, Virginia  United States  24061

  Leidos

  11251 Roger Bacon Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20190

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety
  1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety Research and Development
  6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101-2296
• Authors:
  • Terry, Travis
  • Brimley, Brad
  • Gibbons, Ronald
  • Carlson, Paul J
• Publication Date: 2016-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 104p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cyclists; Highway safety; Intersections; Needs assessment; Night visibility; Pedestrians; Ran off road crashes; Safety programs; Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01637644
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-17-031
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-10-D-00024
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 1 2017 2:19PM