TRUCK ACCIDENT STUDIES

Data compiled for most accident reporting systems are typically the result of police accident investigations. Police officers usually have neither the time nor the experience to conduct in-depth accident investigations or collect the necessary data, when trucks are involved, that will allow examination of the relationships between trucks and the roadway environment. When accidents involve multiple deaths or numerous injuries, special police agencies or accident investigation teams may devote the resources necessary to examine truck-roadway environment relationships. Microscopic data, including specific accident investigations, are examined to determine problem areas and to identify vehicle characteristics. Then macroscopic studies and nationwide accident statistics are analyzed to define the potential scope of problems related to trucks and roadway environment. Truck accidents involving runaways, intersections, grade crossings, pavement roughness, barriers, overturns, and wet pavement are examined.

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  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Record N1052, Symposium on Geometric Design for Large Trucks. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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• Authors:
  • Jackson, Lawrence E
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 137-145
• Monograph Title: SYMPOSIUM ON GEOMETRIC DESIGN FOR LARGE TRUCKS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1052
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Crash analysis; Crash investigation; Intersections; Overturning; Pavements; Railroad grade crossings; Roughness; Traffic crashes; Trucks; Wet weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Wet pavements
• Old TRIS Terms: Runaway vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459774
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-309-03968-1
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 142
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1990 12:00AM