Review of the Safety Benefits and Other Effects of Roadway Lighting

As part of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 5-19, a number of studies on the effects of roadway lighting on safety, crime, perceptions of security, economic development and light pollution are summarized. There is a good amount of variability among published findings, and most likely there are biases that tend to inflate the benefits of roadway lighting in terms of nighttime crash reduction and crime reduction. Nonetheless, the literature reviewed in the present report suggests that roadway lighting can contribute to reductions in nighttime crashes and to reductions in crime.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP05-19_LitReview.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=878
• Corporate Authors:

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Lighting Research Center, 21 Union Street
  Troy, NY  United States  12180

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Rea, Mark S
  • Bullough, John D
  • Fay, Charles R
  • Brons, Jennifer A
  • Van Derlofske, John
  • Donnell, Eric T
• Publication Date: 2009-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 61p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crimes; Economic development; Literature reviews; Nighttime crashes; Safety; Security; Street lighting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Light pollution
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01710431
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCHRP Project 05-19
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 7 2019 3:34PM